For Fourth Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege in Gaza Strip, Israeli Forces Continued to Use Lethal Force against Palestinian Peaceful Civilians, Killing 4 Civilians, including Child, and Wounding 274…

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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, April 20, 2018

On Friday, 20 April 2018, Israeli forces killed 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and wounded 274 others, including 41 children, 6 women and 1 journalist, in addition to hundreds suffering tear gas inhalation, including PCHR’s fieldworkers who were documenting the Israeli forces’ suppression of the entirely peaceful demonstrations near the border fence with Israel, east of the Gaza Strip.  For the fourth week in a row and upon a decision by the Israeli highest military and political echelons, the Israeli forces used lethal force against the peaceful protesters, who did not pose any threat to the soldiers’ life.  Thus, the death toll has risen to 33, including 4 children and 1 photojournalist, and the number of those wounded has risen to 2436, including 410 children, 66 women, 22 journalists and 9 paramedics, since last 30 March.

Investigations and observations by PCHR’s fieldworkers during this week emphasize the following… 

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