109 Injured by Israeli Gunfire on Gaza Border, Palestinian Succumbs to Earlier Wounds

25 May

9:52 PM

At least 109 Palestinians, including four children and nine women, were injured by gunfire and others suffocated from teargas, after Israeli soldiers attacked them, while partaking in the continuing Great March of Return protests along the Gaza-Israel border, WAFA medical sources said.

Among the wounded, three were critically injured by gunshots in the head, while the remaining others sustained various bodily injuries.

Other protesters also suffocated when Israeli soldiers fired teargas canisters at them, who, despite a hot Ramadan day, continued to protest peacefully along the eastern border of the Strip, demanding the right of return to their pre-1948 homes in historical Palestine.

The protesters burned damaged tires near the border, to disrupt the visibility of the Israeli soldiers, who opened fire at the protesters, despite the fact that they did not pose a life threat to the soldiers.

Over 120 Palestinians were killed and thousands have been injured since the outbreak of the Great March of Return protests, on March 30.

Also on Friday, a young Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained from Israeli army gunfire during the protests on May 14, according to medical sources.

Yasser Sami Habib, 24, died of his wounds at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Jerusalem, where he had been moved for medical treatment.

Habib was shot and critically injured during the protests against relocating the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Two other Palestinians who were injured, during the protests on May 14, also succumbed to their wounds on Thursday evening.

(photo: Al Ray archive image)