Gaza-Israel protest ERUPTS as protestors use TENNIS RACKETS to fire back teargas
PROTESTS have erupted into violence on the Gaza-Israel border with one Palestinian protestor killed and 170 wounded as furious demonstrators used tennis rackets to hit back teargas canisters.
By SIMON OSBORNE
Express.co.uk
Fri, May 11, 2018
A protestor was spotted using a tennis racket to return a tear gas cannister fired by Israeli troops as demonstrations continued on the Gaza-Israel Border.
Israeli troops killed one Palestinian protester in Gaza and wounded at least 170 as demonstrators arrived for the last Friday of a six-week protest, according to Palestinian medical workers.
Israeli troops have now killed 44 Palestinians and injured more than 1,500 during the protest, known as the Great March of Return, which ends on May 15.
Organisers of the protest said they expected tens of thousands of Gazans to gather at border encampments in the coming days.
Many of the protesters are peaceful and Israeli officials say they only target protesters who threaten the border.
Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, Yehiye Sinwar, compared the protesters to a “starving tiger” and warned that thousands could try to burst through the border fence into Israel next week.
He said Israel’s borders are not internationally recognized and do not have to be respected.
He said: “What’s the problem if hundreds of thousands storm this fence which is not a border of a state? What’s the problem with that?”
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