Israeli occupation troops kill two Palestinians in Gaza

SANAA,  July 28 (YPA) – At least two Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli Occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, Medic sources reported on Saturday.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said that Ghazi Abu Mustafa, 43, was shot in the head near the fence that separates the occupied territories from Gaza east of Khan Yunis on Friday.

An unnamed 14-year-old boy was also killed during clashes east of Rafah in southern Gaza, it added.

Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.” Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.

The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington’s relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

The Israeli occupation forces’ fire has taken the lives of at least 155 Palestinians since March 30.

More than 14,800 Palestinians have also sustained injuries, of whom at least 360 are reportedly in critical condition.

E.M