Israeli Occupation Forces Kill 15 Palestinians on Great March of Return
GAZA–Israeli occupation forces on Friday shot and killed 15 Palestinians as they quelled rallies that set out to commemorate the Land Day on many locations at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency.
Palestinian Health Ministry said that the number of Palestinian martyrs on the Great March of Return reached 15, plus 1416 injured people.
Earlier, the agency reported that Israeli occupation forces opened fire at thousands of Palestinians who participated in the Great March of Return along Gaza borders marking Land Day 42nd anniversary. At least seven Palestinians have been killed and more than 550 others have been injured since Friday morning, said medical sources, according to the Palestinian WAFA News Agency.
Earlier the Agency reported that a Palestinian farmer was killed and another injured several hours before the Great March of Return as an Israeli tank shell struck east of Qarara village in the southern Gaza district of Khan Younes.
The slain Palestinian, identified as Omar Samour, 27, had been reportedly gathering crops to sell later.