On 71st Great March of Return : 149 Civilians Injured, including 66 Children, 7 Paramedics including a woman by Israeli forces

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    Israeli Soldiers Injure 122 Palestinians In Gaza
    August 23, 2019 7:51 PM – IMEMC News
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    Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, and injured 122 Palestinians, including 50 who were shot with live rounds, and three medics.

    Thousands of Palestinians gathered along the eastern parts of the coastal region, hundreds of meters away from the perimeter fence.

    The protesters marched carrying Palestinian flags and posters of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire, while chanting against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, its illegal colonies and polices, and the siege on the Gaza Strip.

    The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has confirmed that the medics provided treatment to 122 Palestinians, including fifty who were shot with live rounds, and three medics.

    The Ministry added that dozens of wounded Palestinians were moved to a few hospitals, while the rest received treatment by field medics.

    It is worth mentioning that the army placed more sand hills, across the perimeter fence in the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, from the northern parts in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, in addition to the eastern part of Gaza city and the central region, all the way to the southern parts in Khan Younis and Rafah.

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      On 71st Great March of Return: 149 Civilians Injured, including 66 Children, 7 Paramedics including a woman by Israeli forces
      August 23, 2019
      ▻https://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=12803

      On 71st Great March of Return, 149 civilians injured as a result of the Israeli military’s continued use of excessive force against peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border; 66 children, 7 paramedics, including a female paramedic, were among those injured this Friday, 23 August 2019. This week’s protest marked a spike in the number of civilian injuries especially ones caused by live bullets and shrapnel; as well as, targeting medical crews in an indication to the Israeli military’s escalated use of excessive force against protesters. Seventy-seven civilians were shot with live bullets and shrapnel, and 6 civilians were deemed in a critical medical condition.

      This escalation came despite that the Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking issued instructions for civilians to maintain the peaceful nature of the protests and stay away from any areas open to soldiers and snipers and avoid friction in today’s protest, titled “Protests for al-Aqsa Mosque.” This week also witnessed an increase in number of participants compared to last weeks, knowing that the organizers widely mobilized for the protests.

      The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00, and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Dozens of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. The protestors threw stones, fireworks and balloons at Israeli forces while the latter used excessive force in response.

      To this date, PCHR documented 208 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 44 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 13,629 were wounded, including 2,801 children, 419 women, 230 paramedics and 210 journalists, noting that many had sustained multiple wounds on multiple occasions.

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