Description

Photos:
Gaza Protest Scene. File? Published by IMEMC News?

Injury. File? Credit: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)
Published by IMEMC News
_____________

by IMEMC News
December 14, 2019 4:01 AM

Over 2,000 Palestinians gathered in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday to take part in the weekly ‘March of Return’ protests.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that five Palestinians were shot with live rounds fired by the army across the perimeter fence.

One of the wounded Palestinians was shot in the head, and suffered a serious injury.

It added that four Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and dozens suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The protests were held on Palestinian land across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, from Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, in northwest Gaza, to Gaza city and the central district, in addition to Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
______

Israeli Forces Injure Several Palestinians at Protests in West Bank and Gaza

Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam
December 14, 2019 11:19 PM

Dozens of Palestinian protesters were reportedly wounded while others were arrested during the Israeli crackdown on weekly peaceful protests along the separation fence in Gaza, and throughout the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers injured five with live ammunition, wounding one seriously, shot 4 protestors with rubber-coated metal bullets, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas in eastern Gaza, Quds News Network reported.

In the West Bank, dozens of Palestinian protesters suffered the effects of extensive tear-gas fire from Israeli soldier in Kufur Qaddoum, west of the northern occupied West Bank.

Israeli soldiers arrested three protesters, one of them being shot prior to arrest, at the northern entrance to Al Bireh, southeast of Ramallah.

Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Edited for IMEMC: Ali Salam

Features