Palestinian Health Ministry At least 550 injured in border clashes

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(30 Mar 2018) At least seven Palestinians died in Gaza on Friday, with six killed by Israeli army fire along the border with Israel and a farmer killed by pre-dawn tank fire in a separate incident, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. • The ministry said at least 550 Palestinians were injured by tear gas, live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets fired by Israeli forces. • Many of the casualties were taken to Gaza's Shifa Hospital said Health ministry spokesman Ayman Sahabani. • The clashes erupted in the context of what Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers at promises would be peaceful protests along the Israel-Gaza border. • Thousands of Gaza residents streamed to five tent encampments, each located about several hundred metres from the border. • From there, large crowds marched to the fence, and some among them started throwing stones at soldiers who responded with live fire, tear gas and rubber bullets. • The protests had begun as mass sit-ins organised by Gaza's Hamas rulers, but quickly spun out of control. • Israel's military said thousands of Palestinians rolled burning tyres and threw stones at forces stationed along the border, and that troops opened fire at the main instigators. • Palestinian witnesses said hundreds of Palestinians participated in clashes, while thousands more gathered in tent encampments set up in five sites several at a distance of several hundred meters from the border. • Friday's actions were to be the first in a series of protests planned in Gaza in coming weeks. • The protests are to culminate on May 15, the 70th anniversary of Israel's creation, with a march through the border fence. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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