Many Palestinians injured and killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 10:59 PM

Many Palestinians injured and killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers

Gaza, March 30: At least seven Palestinians were killed and over 500 injured in violent clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers during a march close to the border between Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death toll and according to reports 550 Palestinians were injured as they launched a six-week protest dubbed the "Great March of Return" amid Israeli Army presence on the borderline area with the Gaza Strip, the BBC reported.

Eyewitnesses said the Israeli Army sent more forces, including armoured vehicles, snipers, sniffer dogs and soldiers equipped with teargas, rubber bullets and live ammunition to prevent the Palestinians from reaching the fence of the borders.

Thousands of Palestinians, including women and children, arrived by buses at six different areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip to join the march.

Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra told reporters that early in the day, Israeli soldiers targeted two farmers close to the border with the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, killing a 27-year-old farmer and wounding another. Witnesses said the two men were hit by tank fire while collecting parsley in a field.