((GAZA CITY, Gaza.) #GreatReturnMarch #IDF shot six local journalists have suffered injuries according to unconfirmed reports while covering the second week of the Palestinian protest in Gaza, media has reported citing the ‘ ‘ Palestinian Journalists Syndicate ‘ and 992 were also injured.
from #AceNewsDesk – Apr.07: Editor says Palestinians burn tires to blind #IDF but it did not help to prevent more killings and injuries on Friday as the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, seven Palestinians, including one child, and injured 992 others, in several parts of the coastal region.
An eighth Palestinian died from serious wounds suffered last Friday: The Ministry stated that the child, identified as Hussein Mohammad Madhi, 16, was killed by Israeli army fire, on Friday evening, east of Gaza city #AceNewsDesk reports
Palestinians take part in the Great March of Return today. Thousands of tires were burnt to blur Israeli snipers vision.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers shot 1070 Palestinians, 551 of them were rushed to the make-shift clinics on Palestinian lands hundreds of meters away from the border fence.
TODAY’S NEWS: Death toll in #Gaza rises to 7 after Palestinian teen killed; 293 wounded by Israeli gunfire. Amnesty renews call on Israel to refrain from using excessive & lethal force. As the occupying power, #Israel must uphold the rights of Palestinians to peaceful protest.
— Amnesty Int’l NI (@AmnestyNI) 8:14 PM – Apr 6, 2018
He added that 442 wounded Palestinians were rushed to governmental hospitals, and 77 to private hospitals. Among the injured are 48 children, and 12 women.
25 Palestinians suffered life-threatening injuries, and 239 suffered moderate wounds, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli sniper shoots journalist on #Gaza border and now he is in the operation room in hospital.
— Ahmad Samaan (@ahmadsaman7) 2:58 PM – Apr 6, 2018
The soldiers also continued to deliberately target the Palestinian medic, and their ambulance, especially east of Rafah, with Gaza bombs, wounding seven of them.
Palestinian journalist Wa’el Abu Omar told the Maan News Agency that the soldiers fired a new type of gas bombs that cause extreme weakness, and caused the affected to have serious difficulties not only in breathing, but also in moving.
To be a Gazan journalist means u are targeted by the IOF because simply u are showing the whole world their crimes against civilian protesters .where are the journalists rights??!#GreatReturnMarch
— Great Return March (@GreatReturnMa) 5:18 PM – Apr 6, 2018
It added that one of the wounded Palestinians is a journalist, identified as Yasser Mortaja, who was shot with a life round in his chest, while a female journalist, identified as Islam Za’noun, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, despite wearing clearly marked press vests; both were injured east of Khan Younis.
Six local journalists have suffered injuries while covering the second week of the Palestinian protest in Gaza, media has reported, citing the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate: All of them were reportedly shot by Israeli forces: 
The local journalist’s union said that they were shot and injured by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) despite wearing special clothes with markings that clearly identified them as media reporters, AFP reports:
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) also said it held Israel “fully accountable for this crime” and called on those responsible for the shooting to be brought to justice: None of the injuries that the journalists suffered were life-threatening, according to AFP…………….
Most of them were shot in the limbs while one man was shot in the abdomen, according to local media: Photographs, allegedly showing the injured journalists, were posted by some local activists on social networks. RT was unable to verify their authenticity:
Israeli sniper shoots journalist on #Gaza border and now he is in the operation room in hospital.
— Ahmad Samaan (@ahmadsaman7) 2:58 PM – Apr 6, 2018The Gaza Center for Media Freedom has now called on the international community to intervene and protect Palestinian journalists: The IDF have not commented on the issue so far. The PJS also did not issue any public statements on the matter on its website or official Twitter page: Six local journalists have suffered injuries while covering the second week of the Palestinian protest in Gaza, media has reported, citing the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate: All of them were reportedly shot by Israeli forces: http://bitly.com/2JnModQ:
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