Crowds of Palestinians head to rallying points near the Gaza border fence for the planned mass rally to mark one year of Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip
Palestinians gather as tear gas is fired by Israeli forces during a protest marking Land Day and the first anniversary of a surge of border protests, at the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City, March 30, 2019.
They began protests on March 30 to demand the easing of an Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade and the right of return to lands that Palestinian families fled or were driven from on Israel's founding in 1948.Earlier, Gaza health officials said Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man near the perimeter fence with Israel .Fouad Aishan, 40, came with his five children to the frontier. He said he plans to show his children the Israeli forces and return to safety before the march started.
Saturday's one year anniversary of the start of the protests will bring Basheer and other Palestinians again. "We participate because we believe in the idea. And the evidence is that when one of us is injured, we still go back to protest again. Because the goal isn't to get injured and stay at home. The goal is to send the message out," said Yousef Abdrabo, protester of the Great March of Return.has more. Israel's use of lethal force has drawn censure from the United Nations and rights groups.
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