Israeli Forces Open Fire at Demonstrators in Eastern Gaza City

At 11am on Saturday, 14 April 2018, Israeli forces located on the eastern borders of Malaka area in Al Zaitoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza city opened fire and launched tear-gas grenades at tens of Palestinians demonstrating in the area. The demonstration was help as part of the “Great Return March”, organized by a national committee of factions to demand Palestinians’ right to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 and 1967. Israeli use of live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear-gas grenades resulted in the injury of four demonstrators, including a child and a woman—one by live fire, two by tear-gas grenades, and the fourth by tear gas. Doctors at Al Shifa hospital described the four injuries as light. Israeli shooting continued until 7pm on the same day.