TEHRAN, March 30 -Thousands of Palestinians march near the Gaza fence where Israel has positioned tanks and snipers for fear of mass attempts to break through the barrier.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)-Thousands of Palestinians march near the Gaza fence where Israel has positioned tanks and snipers for fear of mass attempts to break through the barrier.
Nevertheless, a number of protesters entered within a few hundred meters (yards) of the heavily fortified fence Friday to mark the annual Palestinian Land Day.
On the “buffer zone”, m en, women, and children gathered in "The Great March of Return" to demand the right of return for those Palestinians who have been driven out of their homeland due to the Israeli occupation.
The March 30 date for the start of the protest marks "Land Day" commemorating the six Arab citizens of Israel who were killed by Israeli troops during demonstrations in 1976 over land confiscations in northern Israel.
Camping and protests in Gaza are expected to continue until May 15, the day Palestinians call the "Nakba" or "catastrophe", marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel in 1948.
It will coincide with a planned US inauguration of its controversial new embassy in Jerusalem al-Quds following President Donald Trump’s declaration of the holy city as the “capital” of Israel.
Palestinians are intensely agitated by the decision, especially those in the Gaza Strip where some 1.3 million of the besieged territory’s 1.9 million residents are refugees or their descendants.
The protests have raised concerns in Israel about potential breaches of the barrier, with the military adding hundreds of reinforcements, including more than 100 special forces snipers, along the fence in recent days.
Armed forces chief Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot has warned of escalating tensions. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, labeled the protest an "organized planned provocation".
Source:Press TV
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