A number of Palestinian protesters were injured on Wednesday evening when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at a group of youths who gathered at the border fence between Gaza and Israel.
According to the PIC reporter 14 youths suffered slight and moderate injuries as they were attending a peaceful rally in Deir al Balah city in central Gaza Strip.
At least eight persons suffered gunshot injuries while six others suffered teargas inhalation medical sources said.
Meanwhile the protesters managed to set fire to dozens of car tires in an effort to block the view of Israeli snipers.
Since Wednesday afternoon dozens of Palestinians gathered in the eastern fence of central Gaza Strip with Israel in order to join the ongoing popular Palestinian rallies known as The Great Return March.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza’s border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.
Since Gaza border protests started 188 Palestinians have been killed 27 of whom are children and over 19000 injured by the Israeli army.
