Israeli forces attack Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza

SANAA, May 16 (YPA) – The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday afternoon attacked thousands of citizens who had come to the five return camps in the eastern Gaza Strip to participate in marking the seventy-first anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba

A young man was shot in the face by rubber bullets fired by Israeli snipers stationed near the security fence east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A young man was also shot in the chest by Israeli snipers who fired bullets and tear gas canisters at thousands of people who came to participate in the event.

Thousands of citizens gathered after the end of Zuhr prayers in response to the invitation of the Supreme National Authority for Return and Breaking the Siege to commemorate the 71 Nakba events.