YEMEN Press Agency

54 Palestinians injured in return marches in eastern Gaza Strip

SANAA, Oct. 19 (YPA) – At least 54 Palestinian were injured and suffocated on Friday during their participation in peaceful protesters in the return marches in the eastern Gaza Strip.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qadarah said that over 52 citizens were injured by the Israeli occupation, including during the ongoing clashes in the eastern Gaza.

Two Palestinian civilians were shot and a number of others were severely suffocated by gunfire and tear gas bombs towards them in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.

The occupation forces shot at protesters, 300 meters from the Zaïla fence in the Queen’s Camp east of Gaza City.

In the city of Khan Yunis, witnesses reported that the Israeli occupation forces targeted protesters with tear gas and live bullets before they arrived for the transient fence.

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