One protester was killed by an Israeli sniper near the Gaza fence, in Friday’s protest, the Palestinian Ministry of Health told local media. The Palestinian Health Ministry told reporters on the ground that the number of casualties could be as high as 170.
Fifty-four people have been wounded, three by IDF fire, according to local reports cited by Haaretz. Three journalists are among the injured, according to Hindi Khoudary, an RT contributor based in Gaza.
Four paramedics were injured at a camp in Al-Burayj in the Gaza Strip when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas, targeting a medical point there, Khoudary said.
The rallies, which kicked off on March 30, are expected to continue until the anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel on May 15. The day, known as Nakba, which literally means “catastrophe,” marks the 1948 exodus of around 700,000 Palestinians, who fled or were expelled from their homes during the Arab-Israeli War.
Last week, some 3,000 protesters took part in demonstrations in which four Palestinians were killed. Of the 150 people who reported injuries, 63 were hit by live ammunition, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
International medical group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said the injuries sustained by those hit by live ammunition have been unusually severe. “Half of the more than 500 patients we have admitted in our clinics have injuries where the bullet has literally destroyed tissue after having pulverized the bone,” said Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, the organization’s head of mission in the Palestinian territories.
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