Gaza protests - more deaths

For more than five months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have protested along the fence with Israel demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago.
The Great March of Return rallies culminated on May 15 to mark what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or Catastrophe - a reference to the forced removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and villages to clear the way for Israel's establishment in 1948.
The mass Friday demonstrations have continued since.
Since the protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least 183 Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave and wounded more than 18,000 people, according to health officials in Gaza.

Three Palestinians, including minor, killed by Israeli fire

The Gaza health ministry has confirmed that 12-year-old Faris al-Sirsawi has been killed near the fence east of the coastal enclave by Israeli sniper fire.
Mahmoud Akram Abu Samaan, 24, was also shot and killed while Hussein al-Raqab, 28, succumbed to his wounds in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after being shot at earlier.
According to the ministry's spokesperson Ashra al-Qidra, 192 others have been wounded, including a parademic and a journalist, with seven in serious condition.

Wednesday, October 3

Palestinian teenager killed, 24 others injured 

A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations along Gaza's northern border with Israel.
Ahmed Abu Habel, 15, succumbed to a head wound after being hit with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers near a checkpoint between Israel and the besieged enclave.
Twenty-four others were injured, the spokesperson for Gaza's health ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra said. 
Israel's military did not comment on the specific incident but a spokeswoman told AFP that soldiers had "fired live rounds in accordance with the rules of engagement" as protesters massed along the border.

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