The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that the soldiers killed two Palestinians, and injured 83 others, in several parts of the Gaza Strip, Friday.
The Ministry said the soldiers shot five Palestinians, including a medic who was shot with a live round in the head, and a journalist who was wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It added that the soldiers killed Ahmad Nabil Abu ‘Aqel, 25, who is physically challenged, after shooting them with an expanding bullet in the head, just before noon, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
The soldiers also killed Ahmad al-Athamna, 24, near the border fence, in northern Gaza.
Eighty-three Palestinians were also injured, including many who were shot with live fire, and the rest were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Updated From: Army Kills Two Palestinian In Gaza, Injures Seven
Apr 20, 2018 @ 15:47
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians, and injured at least seven others, including a journalist, and a medic, who was shot in the head, in the Gaza Strip.
It said the soldiers shot and killed a young man, identified as Ahmad Rashad al-Athamna, 24, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The army also killed Ahmad Nabil Abu Aqel, 25, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, after shooting him with a live round in the head.
The Ministry said the soldiers shot five Palestinians, including a medic who was shot with a live round in the head, and a journalist who was wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
It added that the soldiers also two other Palestinians with live fire east of Rafah, in southern Gaza. One of them was shot in his knee, and the other was shot in his thigh.
The army also fired many gas bombs at a Palestinian ambulance east of Gaza city.
Update – Apr 20, 2018 @ 13:48: The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that a young man, who was seriously injured Friday, has succumbed to his wounds.
It identified the slain young man as Ahmad Nabil Abu A
qel, 25, from Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
The Ministry stated that he was shot with a live round in the head. He died approximately two hours after being shot.
The soldiers also shot three other Palestinians who were rushed to local hospitals.
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Army Injures Two Palestinians In Northern Gaza
Apr 20, 2018 @ 13:39
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, two young Palestinian men with live fire, including one who suffered a serious head injury, after the army attacked protesters east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medical sources said the seriously wounded young man, Ahmad Nabil al-‘Aqel, was shot with a live round in the head, and was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital, in Beit Lahia.
The two Palestinians were injured just as hundreds of Palestinians marched on their lands, near the border fence, on the fourth week of the “Great March of Return.”
Hundreds of Palestinians started gathering near the border fence, demanding their internationally-guaranteed Right of Return.
The protests started on March 30th, which marks the Palestinian Land Day, and are planned to continue until May 15th, the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), in which more than 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces in 1948, and their villages and towns were destroyed, prior to the establishment of Israel in historic Palestine.
The army killed at least 34 Palestinians, and injured thousands or protesters since the nonviolent protests started on March 30th.
