An injured Palestinian is seen taken away as Israeli forces clash with Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border during the 10th consecutive week of protests, organised as part of the Great March of Return, on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
An injured Palestinian is seen taken away as Israeli forces clash with Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border during the 10th consecutive week of protests, organised as part of the Great March of Return, on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
An injured Palestinian is seen taken away as Israeli forces clash with Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border during the 10th consecutive week of protests, organised as part of the Great March of Return, on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians on Friday gathered along the Gaza-Israel security fence — for the 10th consecutive Friday — to take part in ongoing rallies against Israel’s decades-long occupation.
Gaza’s National Authority for Breaking the Siege, which is organizing the rallies, dubbed Friday’s demonstration “From Gaza to Haifa: Unity of Blood and Shared Destiny”.
“We also urge Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem — and inside Israel — to rise up against the occupation,” the authority said in a statement.
In Israel’s northern city of Haifa, meanwhile, Palestinian activists said they, too, planned to hold demonstrations in solidarity with their compatriots in blockaded Gaza.
For the first time last Friday, a parallel demonstration was held in Haifa to condemn ongoing Israeli violence against unarmed Gazan demonstrators.
Israeli police forcibly dispersed the Haifa demonstration, arresting 19 protesters — including one whose leg was allegedly broken later while he was in police custody.
“To our people [in Gaza] from the territories occupied by Israel in 1948: let’s act together to defend our legitimate rights,” Palestinian activist Amani Mushtahi declared in a video message broadcast from Haifa.
Activist Ayman Ali, for his part, tweeted: “We must take part in the Gaza-to-Haifa rally for the sake of our martyrs, injured and imprisoned.”
Since 30 March, at least 118 Palestinian demonstrators have been martyred — and thousands more injured — by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza-Israel security fence.
Palestinians seen protesting at the Gaza-Israel border as part of the 10th week of the Great March of Return on June 1, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen protesting at the Gaza-Israel border as part of the 10th week of the Great March of Return on June 1, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen protesting at the Gaza-Israel border as part of the 10th week of the Great March of Return on June 1, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen protesting at the Gaza-Israel border as part of the 10th week of the Great March of Return on June 1, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters at the Gaza and Israel border on 1 June 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Gaza: Palestinians return to Israel border for 10th Friday in row