At least 198 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces near the Gaza-Israel border since March 2018

Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday paid farewell to three people killed by Israeli army fire during the “Great March of Return” protests near border of the Gaza Strip on Friday.

Palestinians in eastern Gaza’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood took part in the funeral of 12-year-old Faris al-Sirsawi, who was killed by Israeli forces stationed near a security fence in eastern Gaza.

Mourners also laid to rest the bodies of Mahmoud Abu Samaan, 24, and Hussein al-Raqib, 28, in central and southern Gaza.

Friday’s deaths brought to 198 Palestinians martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire near Gaza border in anti-occupation protests since March.

Four days ago, on October 3rd, 15-year-old Ahmad Samir Abu Habel was shot in the head by Israeli forces as he participated in protests near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. Dozens others were injured at that same incident.

Demonstrators demand the “right of 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 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.

                                                      

 

Source: Middle East Monitor