London, UK. 31st March 2018. An emergency protest opposite the Israeli embassy condemns the cold-blooded shooting by the Israeli army of peaceful protesters near the separation wall in Gaza yesterday. Israel Defence Force snipers were placed in position on the wall and opened fire on unarmed protesters several hundred yards using live ammunition. 17 Civilians were killed and over 750 seriously injured by live fire, with others injured by rubber bullets and tear gas. The massacre yesterday shocked the world and led the UN to call for an independent investigation. The Palestinians were taking pa
London, UK. 31st March 2018. An emergency protest opposite the Israeli embassy condemns the cold-blooded shooting by the Israeli army of peaceful protesters near the separation wall in Gaza yesterday. Israel Defence Force snipers were placed in position on the wall and opened fire on unarmed protesters several hundred yards using live ammunition. 17 Civilians were killed and over 750 seriously injured by live fire, with others injured by rubber bullets and tear gas. The massacre yesterday shocked the world and led the UN to call for an independent investigation. The Palestinians were taking part in a mass popular march commemorating Land Day, 42 years ago when Palestinian refugees demanded the right of return to the homes and villages. Israeli forces in 1976 killed six Palestinians, seriously wounded around a hundred and arrested many more. Over 70% of the Palestinians in Gaza are from families that were ejected from their land 70 years ago, and are demanding the right to return. The march on Land Day was the start of a six-week period of regular peaceful actions, 'The Great March of Return' leading up to May 15th, the day after Israeli Independence Day, celebrated as Nakba or Catastrophe Day by Palestinians who were expelled from their homes and land in 1948.
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