Israel kills Palestinian in Gaza protests

25 year old Ahmed Yahya Attallah Yagi died while 120 Palestinians were injured

Protestors seen at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing ‘Great March of Return’ on August 3, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

Palestinian medics treat protesters who were injured by Israeli forces during the Great March of Return in Gaza on 9 August 2018 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]

Protestors seen at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing ‘Great March of Return’ on August 3, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

A Palestinian-launched “incendiary device” [balloon or kite] can be seen in the top-right, as Israeli forces shower Palestinians in a hail of tear gas, at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing ‘Great March of Return’ on August 3, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire during the “Great March of Return” in Gaza yesterday, the Ministry of Health said.

Twenty-five-year-old Ahmed Yahya Attallah Yagi died while 120 Palestinians were injured.

Thousands had come out to demand and end to the 12-year siege on the Strip and demand their right to return to the houses their families had been forced out of during the Nakba.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza had announced this week that 155 Palestinians have been killed since the “Great March of Return” protests were launched on 30 March. A further 17,000 people were injured mainly as a result of gas inhalation.

Protestors seen at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing ‘Great March of Return’ on August 3, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

Israeli forces fire at Palestinian protesters during ‘Great March of Return’ on 3 August 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

Protestors seen at the Gaza-Israel border, gathered as part of the continuing ‘Great March of Return’ on August 3, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]

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