GAZA, May 11, 2018 (WAFA) – At least one Palestinian was killed and 167 others injured by Israeli forces on Friday as the forces attacked hundreds of protesters who gathered at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip for the seventh consecutive Friday to demand their right of return to their pre-1948 homes in historical Palestine.

Jabr Salem Mustafa, 40, was shot dead by Israeli forces in his chest while partaking in the nonviolent protests at the border to the east of Khan Younes, in southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent said Israeli snipers opened gunfire at the protesters who were gathering at many locations along the border, injuring 167 of them, seven of them seriously. The injured were moved to hospitals for medical treatment, with their injuries ranging between minor and moderate.

Over 48 Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli forces, while more than 8500 others were injured, since the outbreak of the protests on March 30.

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