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<h1 class="reader-title">81st Great March of Return: IOF Shot
and Injured 144 Palestinian Civilians, Including 53 Children,
3 Women, 2 Paramedics and a Journalist</h1>
November 1, 2019</div>
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<p>The increased number of injuries in this week’s GMR
protest reflects an escalation in IOF use of excessive
force, as 73 civilians sustained live-bullet-injuries –
including 4 in critical condition- in addition to other
injuries by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters mainly
in protesters’ upper bodies.</p>
<p>Today’s protest was titled “Down with the Balfour
Declaration” as it coincided with its 102<sup>nd</sup>
anniversary. The Balfour Declaration was made by former
British Foreign Affairs Secretary Arthur Balfour
declaring “the establishment in Palestine of a national
home for the Jewish people.” Large crowds participated
in the protest, as thousands of civilians joined across
the 5 GMR encampments raising the Palestinian flag and
chanting.</p>
<p>The protests lasted from 14:00 to 18:30 and involved
speeches and folklore performances. Hundreds of
civilians protested at varied distances from the Gaza
border with Israel, where some protestors set tires
attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and
firecrackers at IOF, who responded with live and rubber
bullets as well as tear gas canisters.</p>
<p>Since the outbreak of GMR on 30 March 2018, PCHR
documented 214 civilian killings by IOF, including 46
children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4
paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, IOF shot and
injured 14,599 civilians, including 3,646 children, 386
women, 252 paramedics and 218 journalists, noting that
many sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.</p>
<p>The following is a summary of today’s events along the
Gaza Strip border:</p>
<p><strong>Northern Gaza Strip: </strong>IOF shot and
injured 47 civilians, including 13 children, 2 women and
a paramedic: 24 with live bullets and shrapnel; 19 with
rubber bullets; and 4 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Shady Fayez Awadallah Awadallah (33), a paramedic, was
shot with a rubber bullet in his right leg. Also, Moath
Mohammed Mohammed Abu-Amira (25) was shot in the head
with a live bullet; he is in extremely critical
condition.</p>
<p><strong>Gaza City:</strong> IOF shot and injured 12
civilians, including 3 children: 7 with live bullets and
shrapnel and 5 with rubber bullets.</p>
<p><strong>Central Gaza Strip:</strong> IOF shot and
injured 13 civilians, including 5 children and a woman:
8 with live bullets, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 were
hit with tear gas canisters.</p>
<p><strong>Khan Younis:</strong> IOF shot and injured 33
civilians, including 13 children and a paramedic: 7 shot
with live bullets. In addition, many civilians
suffocated due to tear gas inhalation; they received
treatment on the spot. A few protestors set tires on
fire adjacent to the border fence. Sami Moussa
Abu-Moustafa (35), a paramedic, sustained a
rubber-bullet-wound to his left hand. Abu-Moustafa
volunteers with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society
(PRCS); IOF targeted a PRCS ambulance with rubber
bullets, shattering its windshield with no injuries.</p>
<p><strong>Rafah: </strong>IOF shot and injured 39
civilians, including 10 children and a journalist; three
injuries were deemed critical: 27 with live bullet and
shrapnel, 8 with rubber bullets and 4 were hit with tear
gas canisters. Abdulrahman Mohammed Deeb al-Khatib (42),
a freelance journalist, sustained a rubber-bullet wound
to his right arm. Ahmed Jum’a al-Lolahy (20) and
Mohammed Saleh Ahmed Abu-Jarbou’ (20) were shot in their
lower extremities with live bullets, and Mahmoud
Abdulrahman Ramadan Abu-Taim (18) sustained a live
bullet to the head; all three are in critical condition.</p>
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