A Palestinian reacts during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
An injured Palestinian receives care after Israeli forces fire tear gas at protesters at the Gaza border on 14 December 2018 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]
A Palestinian is being carried away after being injured by Israeli forces during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
A Palestinian is being carried away after being injured by Israeli forces during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
A Palestinian is being carried away after being injured by Israeli forces during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
A Palestinian reacts during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
A Palestinian is being carried away after being injured by Israeli forces during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018. ( Ali Jadallah – Anadolu Agency )
At least 33 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza-Israel border, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, the ministry said that the 33 Palestinians had been wounded by live ammunition.
Since Palestinians began holding regular rallies along the border on March 30, more than 200 protesters have been martyred and thousands more injured.
Demonstrators demand the right to return to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.
They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.
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Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
A Palestinian woman seen holding the Palestinian flag at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on 7 December, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]
Palestinians seen at the Gaza-Israel border during a protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on December 07, 2018 [Mohammad Asad / Middle East Monitor]