17th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza, occupied Palestine
At yesterday’s demonstrations in Nahel Oz (east of Shijaia) and Erez Border (Beit Hanoun), 2 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and almost one hundred were injured.
Yahiya Abd al-Qader Farhat, 24 years old, and Mahmoud Hatim Hmeid, 22 years old were killed by Israeli forces. More than 90 persons have been injured, including journalists and paramedics. Ambulances and paramedics were repeatedly directly targeted by the Israeli forces.
Israeli army jeep with device to shoot tear gas, directed at Palestinian demonstrators
Tear gas fired at the demonstrators
Demonstrators as seen through clouds of tear gas
Injured person carried away to an ambulance
Demonstrators with Palestinian flags at the border wall
Another injured taken to the ambulance
Medics carrying an injured person to an ambulance
A Palestinian demonstrator at the wall
Clouds of tear gas at the wall
Ambulances and medics targeted by Israeli forces
Ambulances and first aid personnel suffering from tear gas directed at them by Israeli forces