Gaza: Palestinian Protester Shot in the Head by Israeli Sniper

Tamer Arafat, 23, shot and killed by an Israeli sniper at the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel. (Photo: via Social Media)

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man and wounded more than 40 as thousands protested near the Gaza Strip‘s perimeter fence, the enclave’s health ministry has said.

Tamer Arafat, 23, died from his wounds on Friday during the 50th week of demonstrations, said Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesman for the ministry.

Qidra also said that 48 Palestinians had been wounded by Israeli gunfire, including four medics, two women and 15 children.

Palestinians have staged weekly protests near the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel as part of the Great March of Return protests, which began in March last year.

The demonstrators are calling for the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007 and for the right to return to their ancestral homes in Israel, as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.

(AJE, PC, Social Media)

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