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Four Dead, Hundreds Wounded In Gaza Border Protests |
2019-03-31 |
[Jpost] Four Paleostinians were killed and more than 200 were maimed in festivities along Gazoo’s security fence with Israel, as thousands rioted to mark Land Day and the first anniversary of the weekly March of Return protests. About 41,000 Paleostinians gathered on Saturday in five main points along the border, hurling stones and bombs such as hand grenades at the fence, but Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, had deployed hundreds of operatives wearing orange vests at each of the sites to make sure protesters didn’t approach the fence. Hamas’s control of the situation had a major impact on the low level of violence, said IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis, adding that the Land Day protests ended "successfully" and did not turn out as the military expected. The IDF also used crowd dispersal methods, including live fire and tear gas, to keep rioters away from the fence. |
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