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Three Gazans injured by Israeli gunfire in night border protests

Friday 8-March-2019

At least three Palestinian young protesters suffered bullet injuries on Thursday when Israeli soldiers attacked nighttime anti-siege rallies staged east of the Gaza border.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that Israeli soldiers behind the security fence in central and southern Gaza intensively fired live ammunition and tear gas grenades at youths participating in night protests.

He added that three protesters suffered bullet injuries in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp and Khan Younis .

Dozens of Gazan young men marched to the March of Return camps in central and southern Gaza where they torched tires used loudspeakers to play national songs and sirens and flashed laser beams at soldiers behind the border fence.

Organizers say such night rallies are aimed at creating confusion among Israeli forces on the border and pressuring Israel to lift its blockade on Gaza.

The night protests are part of a resurgence in border demonstrations following a brief lull after Egypt Qatar and UN officials have failed to broker a long-term truce between Hamas and Israel.

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