Gaza: Two martyrs, one paramedic, and more than 300 casualties

Gaza: Two martyrs, one paramedic, and more than 300 casualties

Gaza _ Palestine News Network

The Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday that a bullet fired by Israeli soldiers wounded his head in the east of Rafah.

Ali Saeed Aloul, 55, was also martyred by Israeli gunfire in the east of Rafah.

The number of casualties in the Gaza Strip during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces on Friday, "Freedom and Life", rose to 307, including 26 children, 5 paramedics and two journalists, including journalist Mahmoud Bassam al-Jamal.

Medical sources said 176 of the injured were treated in the field, while the rest (131 injured) were hospitalized for treatment.

She noted that 85 of those injured had been hit by live bullets, of whom 5 were seriously injured.

A number of youths who tried to bypass the border fence near Rafah were shot by the Israeli army.

The army spokesman said that the youths had fled the scene after the shooting, adding that shortly after another shooting, one of the youths was injured east of Rafah and was taken to hospital.

Another young man was wounded in the east of Bureij after the army fired at a number of youths.

The National Authority for the march of return and the breaking of the siege called on citizens of the Gaza Strip to take part in Friday´s "freedom and Life", where youths and citizens began to arrive in the area of the separation fence.

A number of demonstrators threw incendiary balloons at Gaza´s cover settlements as the occupying army massed hundreds of troops along the border strip, with Hebrew sources saying that 11 fires broke out in the Gaza cover settlements, triggered by incendiary balloons since Monday morning.

In the latest developments on the ground, an Israeli tank fired two smoke shells close to those involved in the return march in Khuza´a east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. A paramedic was also shot in the foot of the east of Khan Yunis, where the Israeli occupation forces attacked a powerful tear gas attack.

According to the Israeli occupation army, about 5,000 demonstrators were demonstrating near the border fence in five locations.