Funeral of 12 years old Faris Sarasawi in Gaza
Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday paid farewell to three people martyred by Israeli army fire during anti-occupation protests near border of the Gaza Strip a day earlier.
Palestinians in eastern Gaza’s al-Shojaeya neighborhood took part in the funeral of 12-year-old Faris al-Sirsawi, who was killed by Israeli forces stationed near a security fence in eastern Gaza.
Mourners also laid to rest the bodies of Mahmoud Abu Samaan, 24, and Hussein al-Raqib, 28, in central and southern Gaza.
Relatives mourn during the funeral of 24-year-old Mahmoud Abu Saman martyred by Israeli troops Friday during the 'Great March of Return' demonstrations, at An-Nasirat refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza
Gaza bids farewell to 24-year-old martyr
Friday’s deaths brought to 198 Palestinians martyred and thousands more injured by Israeli army fire near Gaza border in anti-occupation protests since March.
Demonstrators demand the “right of return” to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.
They also demand an end to Israel’s 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.
Israeli naval forces on Saturday arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip.The two fishermen were apprehended while fishing two nautical miles from the shore of al-Sudaniyya district in the northern Gaza Strip, the local Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) said.There was no comment from the Israeli military on the report.According to Palestinian estimates, roughly 50,000 Gazans earn their living from fishing.After Israel's devastating military onslaught against Hamas-run Gaza in mid-2014, in which some 2,150 Palestinians were killed, Israel began allowing Palestinian fishermen to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, as opposed to three nautical miles previously.Last May, Israeli authorities increased the fishing area for Gazan fishermen to nine nautical miles.Palestinian officials accuse Israeli forces of opening fire on fishermen off Gaza coast on claims of violating the set fishing zone.Video: Three Palestinians martyred along Gaza-Israel buffer zone
Israeli navy arrests two fishermen off Gaza coast
At least three Palestinians were killed Friday by Israeli army gunfire -- and another 126 injured -- amid ongoing demonstrations along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone.In a statement, Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman for Gaza’s Health Ministry, said that one of the three martyrs was a minor.According to al-Qidra, “dozens” of Palestinian protesters were affected by teargas while 126 others, including 10 women and 30 children, sustained gunshot injuries.Israel takes aim at UNRWA’s presence in E. Jerusalem: MediaIsrael to send reinforcements to Gaza buffer zoneSeven of the injured persons were in serious condition, he added.Demonstrators demand the “right of return” to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.They also demand an end to Israel’s 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.According to the Health Ministry, more than 190 Palestinians have been martyred -- and 20,000 others injured -- since the rallies first began on March 30.Video: Three Palestinians martyred along Gaza-Israel buffer zone
Three Palestinians martyred along Gaza-Israel buffer zone