Iran Press/ Middle East: Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians and injured more than 200 others as people of Gaza start their mass protests marking the anniversary of the Great March of Return and the Palestinian Land Day.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that 17-year-old Adham Amara was killed on Saturday after being shot by Israeli soldiers in east Gaza City. The ministry said that the teenager had been shot in the face, Iran Press reported.
Just hours before the massive protests a Palestinian youth was martyred at dawn on Saturday because of wounds he sustained after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces in the Great March of Return in Gaza on Friday (29 March).
Mohammed Saad, 20, was hit by shrapnel in the head during a border demonstration East of Gaza city.
Protesters at the site said he had been taking part in an overnight rally ahead of the massive demonstrations scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Details about the third fatality are not available yet.
Israeli forces have also fired tear gas canisters at protesters, who are marking the first anniversary of the Great March of Return protests.
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A general strike was announced in all Gaza institutions on Saturday, which marks the Palestinian Land Day and the first anniversary of the Great March of Return.
As Palestinians mark a year of weekly demonstrations on Saturday, medical groups operating in the coastal enclave have expressed concern over the thousands of people who have been wounded.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that Gaza had been "completely abandoned" over the past 12 months of rallies and that the more than 6,500 people shot by Israeli forces during the protests have been largely left to their fate.
The United Nations Human Rights Council announced last week that Israeli troops may have committed war crimes by using excessive force against the protests.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated along the fence demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago.
The Great March of Return rallies culminated on May 15 to mark what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or Catastrophe - a reference to the forced removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and villages to clear the way for Israel's establishment in 1948.
More than 273 Palestinian protesters have been killed and more than 30,000 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Great March of Return rallies in Gaza in late March 2018.
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