Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered at rallying points near the Israeli border to mark the anniversary of weekly protests in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli troops fired tear gas and opened fire at crowds of activists who approached the border fence.
Hamas, meanwhile, faces growing unrest in Gaza as a result of worsening conditions after more than a decade of Israeli and Egyptian border closures.
Fouad Aishan, 40, came with his five children to the frontier. He said he planned to show his children the Israeli soldiers and return to safety before the protest started. Earlier on Saturday, Gaza health officials said Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man near the perimeter fence, hours before the mass rally.The army said about 200 Palestinians “rioted during the night along the fence” and that the army used riot-dispersal means against them.A Gaza hospital worker, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said Saad was a member of the “night disturbance unit.
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