At least 16 Palestinians were killed on Friday and some 1,400 were injured by the Israeli forces during protests at the Gaza-Israeli borders, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. About 30,000 of Palestinians marched towards the border that separates Gaza from Israel. A 16-year-old was among the dead on the first day of demonstrations scheduled to take place over six weeks in what is dubbed “March of Return”. The protests are set to end on 15 May and had erupted in commemoration of the killing of six Palestinians by the Israeli forces during demonstrations over land in 1976. Palestinians demand the right of return to their homes and villages which they say to have been expelled from in 1948. The two million residents of Gaza are either refugees from the 1948 war that erupted over Israel’s creation or their descendants, according to the New York Times. Ahead of the protests, the organizers vowed that there would be no violence. The Israeli Defense Forces, however, stated that protestors were hurling stones at the IDF troops and directed burning tires at the fence; hence, the Israeli troops had opened fire towards “main instigators”. In light…
Israeli Forces Kill 16 Palestinians During Confrontations on Gaza Border
March 31, 2018
