An 8-month old infant was pronounced dead in the blockaded Gaza Strip early Tuesday as a result of the heavy inhalation of tear gas randomly fired by the Israeli occupation forces at thousands of Palestinian marchers near the border fence.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the casualty as Laila Anwar Ghandour aged eight months.
Her death brings the total number of Palestinians murdered by the Israeli army in a day of carnage on the eastern Gaza border to 59 the ministry’s spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidrah reported.
Among the reported deaths were children under 18 years of age.
2771 Palestinians were also injured among them 76 cases on the verge of death and 54 others in critical condition according to ministry statistics. 1359 protesters were injured with live ammunition.
The ministry called for urgent action to supply Gaza’s under-equipped hospitals with life-saving medicines and press for urgent medical referrals outside of besieged Gaza.
At least 113 Palestinians have been killed since the launch of the Great March of Return protests along Gaza’s border fence on March 30. Over 12000 marchers have been left wounded.
The march comes to speak up for Palestinians’ right of return to their motherland and also to protest the US decision to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem.
