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Palestine: Protests continue along Gaza border on Naksa Day

Friday, 08 June 2018 8:59 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 08 June 2018 10:19 PM ]

A Palestinian protestor waves his national flag during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2018. (AFP)

Protests continued along the border between Gaza and Israel on Friday on the occasion of Naksa Day.

Palestinian protestors pull a cable wire as they try to break the border fence during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2018. (AFP)

Naksa Day marks the displacement of Palestinian people after Israel prevailed in the Six Day War. Four people were reportedly killed and hundreds injured during Friday's demonstrations in Gaza, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

Protests known as the March of Return were launched along the Gaza-Israel border on March 30 to demand the right for people to return to their pre-1948 homes in historical Palestine.

As of May 21, a total of 128 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli forces and over 13,000 had been injured, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Source: Ruptly

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