GAZA, July 6, 2018 (WAFA) – A Palestinian protester was killed and at least 396 others were injured as Israeli artillery targeted protesters who gathered along Gaza-Israel border on the 15th consecutive Friday of the ‘Great March of Return‘ non violent protests, according to medical sources.

Mohammad Jamal Abu Halima, 22, was killed in the artillery bombing which targeted a crowd of protesters at Gaza border east of Gaza City. Others were also injured in the shelling.

According to medical sources, at least 396 Palestinian protesters were either injured by live bullets or suffered from suffocation due to teargas inhalation as Israeli forces continued to crack down on the 15th consecutive Friday of the ‘Great March of Return‘ non-violent protests at the Israeli installed barbed-wire fence along Gaza borders.

Sources said that around 119 cases, including 57 live bullet wounds cases, were admitted into hospital for medical treatment, whereas 277 cases were treated at the scene.  Thirteen children and three females were among the cases that were admitted into hospital.

A number of medical personnel and journalists were also injured in the Israeli attack.

M.N./T.R.