{"id":7850,"date":"2018-03-30T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2018-03-30T19:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T18:51:52","slug":"israeli-forces-kill-15-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/israeli-forces-kill-15-palestinians\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7851\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palestine.jpg\" alt=\"Palestine\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,400 others wounded by Israeli forces as thousands marched near Gaza&#8217;s border with Israel in a major demonstration marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day.<br \/>\nMohammed Najjar, 25, was shot in the stomach in a clash east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, while Mahmoud Muammar, 38, and Mohammed Abu Omar, 22, were both shot dead in Rafah, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement on Friday.<br \/>\nThe other 11 victims were identified as Ahmed Odeh, 19, Jihad Freneh, 33, Mahmoud Saadi Rahmi, 33, Abdelfattah Abdelnabi, 22, Ibrahim Abu Shaar, 20, Abdelqader al-Hawajiri, Sari Abu Odeh, Hamdan Abu Amsheh, Jihad Abu Jamous, Bader al-Sabbagh and Naji Abu Hjair, whose ages remain unknown.<br \/>\nEarlier on Friday, Omar Waheed Abu Samour, a farmer from Gaza, was also killed by Israeli artillery fire while standing in his land near Khan Younis, just hours before the demonstrations.<br \/>\nThere has been no confirmation from the Israeli army of the attack that killed Samour.<br \/>\nMore than 1,400 others were also wounded after Israeli forces fired live ammunition at protesters and used tear gas to push them back from a heavily fortified fence, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.<br \/>\nAccording to the ministry, the majority were injured in live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas inhalation.<br \/>\nProtesters in Gaza gathered in five different spots along the border, originally positioned about 700 metres away from the fence.<br \/>\nAdalah, a legal centre for Palestinian rights in Israel, condemned the Israeli forces&#8217; use of force, calling it a violation of international law.<br \/>\n&#8220;Live gunfire on unarmed civilians constitutes a brutal violation of the international legal obligation to distinguish between civilians and combatants,&#8221; the group said in a statement.<br \/>\nIt also said that it would launch an investigation to &#8220;demand that those found responsible for the killings be brought to justice&#8221;.<br \/>\nFriday&#8217;s demonstration commemorates Land Day, which marks the day &#8211; March 30, 1976 &#8211; when six unarmed Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli forces during protests against the Israeli government&#8217;s decision to expropriate massive tracts of Palestinian land.<br \/>\nProtesters said the main message of the march was to call for the right of return for Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/israeli-forces-kill-15-palestinians\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,400 others wounded by Israeli forces as thousands marched near Gaza&#8217;s border with Israel in a major demonstration marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. 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