IOF OPENS FIRE AT PROTESTERS AGAINST SIEGE IN GAZA

Gaza, 27 Jumadil Awwal 1436/18 March 2015 (MINA) – The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Monday (16/3) afternoon opened machinegun fire at a Palestinian rally to the east of  Gaza calling for accelerating Gaza reconstruction.

The National Movement Committee for Breaking the Siege and Reconstruction organized at noon a massive rally, east of Rafah, with the participation of the owners of houses destroyed by the IOF. The rally demanded acceleration of the reconstruction process and lifting the siege on Gaza, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Local sources said that Israeli soldiers, stationed east of Gaza, opened fire and tear gas intensively at the protesters and luckily, no casualties were reported except for some participants who fainted as a result of inhaling tear gas and were treated in the field.

The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last summer’s offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians. (T/P006/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)