GAZA, April 13, 2018 (WAFA) – At least 16 medical personnel suffocated from teargas inhalation, while two journalists were shot and injured, one of them seriously, by Israeli forces on Friday during the protests of the Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Health said 16 medical staff suffocated after Israeli forces used teargas to disperse the protesters who gathered at many locations on Gaza-Israel border for the third Friday in a row as part of the ongoing Great March of Return.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said two journalists, Ahmad Abu Hussein and Mohammad Hajjar, were shot and injured by live bullets in the abdomen and shoulder respectively as they were covering the protests at Gaza-Israel border. Abu Hussein‘s injury was described as critical. 

Last Friday, Israeli forces shot and killed Palestinian cameraman Yasser Murtaja as he was covering the protests at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

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