UPDATE: Two Palestinians shot and injured as Israeli forces attack Gaza demonstration against ongoing Israeli blockade and crimes

Two Palestinians were shot and injured with live fire, including one seriously, and several others suffocated today as Israeli military forces attacked Palestinians protesting peacefully at the Gaza-Israeli borders to the east of the Gaza Strip, said sources. Israeli soldiers deployed along the borders to the east of the Strip fired live ammunition and a barrage of tear gas canisters at dozens of Palestinians who continued for the sixth consecutive day to demonstrate in protest of the Israeli occupation’s continued crimes against Palestinians and their holy sites and the ongoing blockade imposed on the strip. Two people were shot and injured with live ammunition, including one critically, and several others suffered from suffocation due to tear gas inhalation. A paramedic at the Palestinian Red Crescent told WAFA that Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters heavily towards paramedics, the medical staff, and journalists in the field. Israel imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on the Gaza Strip, where over two million people live in dire conditions and over-crowded conditions and have lived through four devastating Israeli wars since 2006.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA