Several injuries due to Israeli repression of Gaza protest
Gaza (QNN)- several protesters were reportedly injured on Friday due to Israeli repression of the weekly Great Return March protest on the eastern boarder of Gaza.
The Palestinian ministry of health said that 16 protesters have been injured while participating in the 60th week of the Great Return March protests, which was under the title "The International Quds Day".
The Great Return March peaceful demonstrations started in 30 March 2018. It demands an end to the Israeli siege on Gaza and the Right of Return.
In last February, UN investigators have accused Israeli soldiers of intentionally firing on civilians and said they may have committed war crimes in their lethal response to Palestinian demonstrations in Gaza.
Israeli police barred Al-Aqsa preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri from Friday prayers without explanation, triggering sharp condemnation over the unlawful restrictions on worship in occupied Jerusalem.
US Vice President JD Vance claimed that more humanitarian aid is now entering the Gaza Strip than at any time in the past five years. Palestinians, however, rejected this claim, confirming that Israel continues to impose restrictions on the entry of aid despite the ceasefire.
France has rejected a visa to prominent human rights advocate and Director-General of Al-Haq, Shahwan Jabarin, who was scheduled to address the European Parliament’s human rights committee in Strasbourg, a move that “undermining efforts towards accountability and advocacy for Palestinian rights.”