A Palestinian child was killed and a number of Palestinian citizens were injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful demonstration near Beit Hanoun crossing north of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Ministry of Health said that Ahmad Abu Habel 15 was killed after being shot in the head north of Gaza.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health said that 24 demonstrators suffered teargas inhalation and live bullet wounds. One of the injuries was described as “serious”.
According to the PIC reporter medical and press crews were under attack too and an ambulance was partially damaged after it was targeted with IOF fire.
Since 30 March Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting on almost a daily basis near the border between the coastal enclave and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The protests known as the Great March of Return mainly call for lifting Gaza siege and allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948.
Since the start of Gaza border protests 204 Palestinians have been killed by the IOF and over 22000 injured 460 of whom are in critical condition.
