Gaza, Palestine. 20 December 2019. Palestinian paramedics assist injured demonstrators during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Abu Safiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of protesters had gathered on Friday afternoon at different sites closed to the Gaza-Israeli border, as part of the Great March of Return rallies. Dozens of Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday by Israeli soldiers’ tear gas and gunfire. According to the Gaza Health Ministry more that 310 demonstrators have been shot dead and thousands injured by Israeli soldiers since March 30 last year, when protesters began

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Gaza, Palestine. 20 December 2019. Palestinian paramedics assist injured demonstrators during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Abu Safiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of protesters had gathered on Friday afternoon at different sites closed to the Gaza-Israeli border, as part of the Great March of Return rallies. Dozens of Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday by Israeli soldiers’ tear gas and gunfire. According to the Gaza Health Ministry more that 310 demonstrators have been shot dead and thousands injured by Israeli soldiers since March 30 last year, when protesters began demanding an end to Israel’s 12-year-long blockade on the Gaza Strip. The blockade has crippled the economy of the already impoverished coastal enclave and brought Gazans on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe

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