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A fire near the Gaza border caused by an incendiary balloon, earlier on Friday. Credit: Tsafrir Abayov/AP Published by Haaretz

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by IMEMC News
Sep 22, 2023

Israeli forces shot and injured, on Friday afternoon, 31 Palestinians, including a child, along the separation fence, on the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Dozens of Palestinians gathered along the separation fence, east of Gaza City and Jabalia, in the north, east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central part of Gaza, and east of Khan Younis, in the south.

Israeli forces, stationed inside military barracks, and armored vehicles, along the separation fence, and fired many live rounds and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian youths.

At least 30 citizens were shot with live rounds, one child was shot in the thigh with a tear gas canister, east of Jabalia, while dozens sustained inhalation injuries as a result of tear gas exposure.

The injured child was transported to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia for medical treatment.

Dozens of youths gathered along the border fence, which separates the Gaza Strip from Israel, burned tires, and hurled rocks at the Israeli army.

Protestors detonated crude explosive devices, one of which made a large hole in the separation fence, east of Gaza City.

Palestinian youths launched many incendiary balloons which, according to the Hebrew website “0404” caused fires in fields east of the Gaza Strip, near the “Sderot” settlement, and another near the “Kissufim” colony.

For seven consecutive days, Palestinian youths have gathered along the eastern borders of Gaza to express their rejection of the 17-year-long blockade imposed on them, and the escalating attacks on the people of Palestine.
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Israel Strikes in Gaza After Border Protests, Incendiary Balloons

Dozens of Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops along the Strip's border ■ The Israeli government announced on Tuesday that the Gaza border will remain completely shut until further notice

by Yaniv Kubovich for Haaretz
Sep 22, 2023

Israel attacked Hamas installations in the Gaza Strip on Friday, after dozens of Palestinians protested and clashed with troops near the border. During the earlier clashes at the border, the military used riot-dispersal methods, such as tear gas, as well as live fire. Incendiary balloons launched from Gaza caused two fires to break out near the border in Israel.

Israel Defense Forces said drones attacked two targets located next to where rioting was taking place and a tank shelled a third, located next to a site where troops had recently been fired on.

A 25-year-old Palestinian was killed Tuesday by IDF fire during near the border fence. The Palestinian Health Ministry he had been struck in the head by live fire. Nine other protesters were hurt in clashes that day, one seriously.

The past two weeks have seen a renewal of Palestinian protests at the Gaza border, five years after the "March of Return" that saw thousands of participants. Palestinian organizations in Gaza announced that they would renew the protests last month.

The government announced on Tuesday that it would keep the Erez Crossing, the primary crossing for people, shut until further notice. The decision was made following demonstrations by hundreds of Palestinians in protest of Jewish worshipers entering the Temple Mount compound on Rosh Hashanah.

Last week, a routine closure was imposed on the West Bank and the crossings to Israel from the Gaza Strip for the holiday, and the Erez Crossing still hasn't been reopened. Every year, the Israeli army imposes such closures on the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the Jewish High Holy Days, Purim, Passover, and any Election Day.

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