Seven Palestinians shot by Israeli troops along Gaza borders

GAZA CITY - 30 March 2018: Seven Palestinian youths were shot and injured on Friday morning by Israeli occupation forces near eastern borders between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

The injured were shot after participating in protests that were staged on the occasion of the Land Day against Israeli occupation, according to medical sources.


Israeli soldiers take position next to the border fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as Palestinians demonstrate on the Gaza side of the border, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

On Friday morning, thousands of Palestinians launched the Great March of Return in the besieged Gaza Strip to protest against Israel’s refusal to allow refugees right of return to their pre-1948 homes.

The Palestinian citizens have set up tents on Thursday night, about 700 meters from the borderline with Israel, in eastern Gaza.


Palestinians shout during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Mobile clinics are existing in the site to provide protesters with needed medical care, as Israeli troops are threatening to use live bullets against the Palestinian protests.

The Land Day on March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events that date back to 1976.

In response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for settlement purposes, a general strike and marches were organized across Palestine.