On 50th Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child and Wound 133 Civilians, including 32 Children, Woman, 3 Paramedics and 3 Journalists | Palestinian Center for Human Rights
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On Friday evening, 08 March 2019, in excessive use of force against peaceful protesters on the 46th Friday of the March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and wounded 133 civilians, including 32 children, a woman, three paramedics, and three journalists, in eastern Gaza Strip. The injury of three of the wounded civilians was reported serious.
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Although the demonstrators gathered in areas open to the Israeli snipers stationed on the top of the sand berms and military watchtowers and inside and behind the military jeeps, the Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets in addition to a barrage of teargas canisters. The Israeli shooting, which continued at around 18:00, resulted in the killing of Tamer Khaled Mostafa ‘Arafat (23), from Rafah. Tamer was hit with a live bullet to the head in eastern Rafah and his death was later declared at the Gaza European Hospital after he succumbed to his serious wound. (…)
