Beit Hanoun, Palestine. 2 June 2019. Al Baraa Fayeq Ahmed al-Kafarneh, 11, receives medical treatment in hospital after he was injured by Israeli soldiers on Friday border protests in the Abu Safiya area in northern Gaza. The boy, who is from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, lost his eye immediately after being shot by an Israeli soldier with a rubber bullet and despite the treatment received in an ophthalmic hospital in Gaza City. According to a report released by the "Save the Children" organisation at the end of last March, at least 49 children have been killed at the Gaza border fence since
Beit Hanoun, Palestine. 2 June 2019. Al Baraa Fayeq Ahmed al-Kafarneh, 11, receives medical treatment in hospital after he was injured by Israeli soldiers on Friday border protests in the Abu Safiya area in northern Gaza. The boy, who is from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, lost his eye immediately after being shot by an Israeli soldier with a rubber bullet and despite the treatment received in an ophthalmic hospital in Gaza City. According to a report released by the "Save the Children" organisation at the end of last March, at least 49 children have been killed at the Gaza border fence since the start of the Great March of Return protests 14 months ago, while over 6,000 children have been injured by injuries caused by live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas. Thousands have sustained serious wounds, which have led to blindness, head injuries, and amputations. The demand for specialist medical support in the Palestinian enclave has far exceeded the capacity of Gaza's health system, which had been crippled by years of blockade and is ill equipped to cope with such a number of often complex injuries
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