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<h1 class="title">3 Palestinians dead, more than 600 injured in 5th
Friday of demonstrations in Gaza</h1>
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<div class="stamp">April 27, 2018 <br>
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli army forces killed three Palestinian
protesters on Friday, and left more than six-hundred injured in
another deadly day of the "Great March of the Return"
demonstrations on the Gaza border.<br>
<div>Of the 611 injured, 154 were struck by live ammunition from
Israeli forces, according to Gaza's health ministry. <br>
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<div>Al Jazeera's <a
href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/gaza-protest-latest-updates-180406092506561.html">reported</a> that "Thousands
of people stood right at the border, then we heard the Israeli
forces opening live fire." <br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman of
Gaza's health ministry, said that the Israeli army successfully
targeted several medical service points with an unknown gas that
left demonstrators that were exposed with convulsions. </span><br>
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<div>The demonstrations, entering their fifth-week, have left a
total of 45 Palestinians dead, with a reported 5,500 injured.
There have been no reports of Israeli fatalities. <br>
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<div>Israel's response to the demonstrators has come under fierce
criticism from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad
al-Hussein, who called for into question the Israeli army's use of
"excessive force", adding that Israel should be held to account.<br>
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<div> "The loss of life is deplorable, and the staggering number of
injuries caused by live ammunition only confirms the sense that
excessive force has been used against demonstrators - not once,
not twice, but repeatedly," Zeid said.</div>
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