32 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Gaza

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A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli troops on a beach near the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 10, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

At least 32 Palestinian protesters were injured on Monday during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between the northern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said.


According to a press statement by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, 11 of them were injured by live gunshots, 12 by rubber-coated metal bullets and nine by tear gas canisters.


Every Monday, Palestinian protesters gather on the beach of the northern Gaza Strip close to the border fence with Israel, calling on Israel to end its 12-year blockade on the coastal enclave.


Protests also occur every Friday as part of the Great March of Return rally which began on March 30.


The Islamic Hamas movement and other minor factions in Gaza, which are leading the anti-Israel Palestinian rally, insist that the protests won't stop until Israel lifts its blockade.


Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said in a press statement that the Israeli army has shot dead 239 Palestinians and wounded 25,000 others since March 30.

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