85th GMR : IOF Shot and Injured 45 Palestinian Civilians, Including 17 Children, 3 Women and a Journalist

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  • 85th GMR: IOF Shot and Injured 45 Palestinian Civilians, Including 17 Children, 3 Women and a Journalist | Palestinian Center for Human Rights
    December 20, 2019
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    Forty-Five Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, 3 women and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 85th Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 20 December 2019.

    This week, IOF continued the use of excessive force against peaceful protestors, as 11 civilians were shot with live bullets and shrapnel; 3 were deemed in serious condition, in addition to other injuries with rubber bullets, mainly in protesters’ upper bodies.

    The Supreme National Authority of GMR called for today’s protests under the slogan “Hebron is a thorn in the way of efforts to create a Jewish majority” in solidarity with Hebron Governorate, which has been lately the target of Israeli settlement schemes. (...)

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