Two children among 7 killed by Israel in Gaza
Palestinians evacuate a wounded journalist during protests along the Gaza-Israel boundary, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 6 April.
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Maureen Clare Murphy-6 April 2018
Seven Palestinians were killed on Friday as Israel ignored calls for restraint in its use of force against unarmed protesters in Gaza for the second week in a row.
Initial reports: 7 demonstrators killed today, inc 2 kids, 293 injured w live ammo. Would make death toll since #LandDay 29, 23 in demos. Appears Israeli officials doubling down on unlawful policy to fire on demonstrators irrespective of threat they pose hrw.org/news/2018/04/0…
Two of those killed were identified by the health ministry in Gaza and the human rights group Al Mezan as children under the age of 18: Hussein Muhammad Adnan Madi, 14, shot in the stomach with live fire east of Gaza City, and Alaa al-Din Yahya al-Zamli, fatally wounded east of Rafah.
Also in Rafah, Israeli soldiers shot at the head of Muhammad Said Mousa al-Haj Saleh, 33, killing him.
In Khan Younis, also in Gaza’s south, Usama Khamis Musallam Qudeih, 29, died after he was shot in the head by soldiers.
Photo taken from the Nahal Oz kibbutz in southern Israel shows soldiers using tear gas and live ammunition as Palestinians burn tires during a protest on the Israel-Gaza boundary on 6 April.
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In central Gaza east of Deir al-Balah, two Palestinians died after they were shot in the head by soldiers: Ibrahim Ziyad Salameh al-Ar, 20, and Sudqi Talib Muhammad Abu Ateiweh, 45. Both men were from Nuseirat refugee camp.
In northern Gaza, Majdi Ramadan Mousa Shbat, 38, died after he was shot in the neck with live fire.
An eighth victim, Thaer Muhammad Rabaa, 30, died on Friday from injuries he sustained during the first day of the Great March of Return protest in northern Gaza, on 30 March.
A photo of Rabaa circulated on social media after his death:
