Clashes erupt on Israel-Gaza border on third Friday of protests
Clashes erupted along the Gaza-Israel border as thousands of protesters gathered for a third consecutive Friday, AFP journalists said.
Limited clashes between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli soldiers began in at least two places along the border, AFP reporters said, with larger protests expected after Friday Muslim prayers.
At least eight Palestinians were wounded, the health ministry in Gaza said, with one shot in the head.
Most were injured east of Gaza City, but two were hurt in clashes near Al-Bureij in central Gaza.
Many protesters left for midday prayers but larger numbers are expected to gather in five spots along the border on Friday afternoon.
In northern Gaza, a large Israeli flag was burned.
Israeli forces have killed 33 Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others since protests that began on March 30 and have led to clashes.
The protests, planned to last six weeks, are calling for Palestinian refugees to return to their former homes that are now inside Israel -- which Israelis say essentially amounts to calling for the country's destruction.
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Come throwing stuff and attacking a border and those on the other side will defend it. This is a lesson these folks seem to need to learn every week, over and over again. Thye will never gain full independence nor improve their lot in life by continuing this path.
Dear Friend Spikegary: Correct on every point.
Well said.
When Hamas isn't using their own population as human shields when they perform a terrorist attack on innocent Israeli's senior citizens, women and children to score propaganda points when the inevitable retaliation they prompted occurs, they are busy provoking responses to a clear and present danger at Israel's border.
For decades Israel has tried giving them land for peace so they could have their own nation. Something Egypt and Jordan never gave or offered them.
They don't want that.
This isn't about land.
It's about hating Jewish religion and People. Also wanting the destruction of the only Jewish nation on the planet.
Where is the Hague and the United Nothing (U.N.) in these Hamas war crimes?
Enoch.
Same place they are defending the Syrian people.....nowhere.