GAZA, Palestine, July 13 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 40 Palestinians were injured, including 22 with live ammunition, on Friday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, in eastern Gaza Strip.
Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said that, at least 40 Palestinian demonstrators were injured, including 22 shot by live gunfire, one of whom was a child that was seriously injured in the abdomen.
Clashes broke out when hundreds of Gaza demonstrators joined the weekly protests and rallies, better known as the Great March of Return, in eastern Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Friday, the Highest Commission of the Marches, called on the Gaza Strip populations to join the 66th week of marches, which started in March last year to reject all the plans that aim at liquidating the Palestinian cause.
The March of Return calls on Israel to end the tight blockade that had been imposed on the Gaza Strip, since Hamas seized control of the coastal enclave, in 2007.
Meanwhile, a senior Egyptian security intelligence delegation, arrived in the Gaza Strip earlier on Friday, from the West Bank, to hold talks with Hamas leaders on empowering a calm understanding that had been reached between Hamas and Israel and was brokered by Egypt.
It is the first visit of the delegation in two months.
Palestinian sources said that, the Egyptian security delegation came to defuse tension between Israel and Hamas, after a Hamas militant was killed in northern Gaza Strip on Thursday.– NNN-WAFA
