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Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian nurse in anti-occupation rally

Friday, 01 June 2018 5:25 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 02 June 2018 12:05 AM ]

Slain Palestinian nurse Razan Ashraf al-Najjar (Photo by Palestine al-Yawm news agency)

A young Palestinian nurse has been killed when Israeli military forces opened fire on a group of protesters taking part in an anti-occupation rally near the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and occupied territories.

Palestinian medical sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 21-year-old Razan Ashraf al-Najjar was attending to wounded Palestinian demonstrators east of Khan Yunis, located about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Gaza City, when Israeli troopers fired indiscriminate shots, Arabic-language Palestine al-Yawm news agency reported.

Najjar was critically wounded as a result, and succumbed to her grave gunshot wounds shortly afterwards.

At least 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the “Great March of Return” began in Gaza Strip on March 30. Fourteen children are among the fallen Palestinians.

About 13,300 Palestinians also sustained injuries, of whom 300 are in a critical condition.

The mother (R) and relatives of 23-year-old Palestinian Naji Ghonaim bid him farewell during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

The occupied territories have witnessed new tensions ever since US President Donald Trump on December 6, 2017 announced Washington's recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital” and said the US would move its embassy to the city.

The dramatic decision triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the world.

The status of Jerusalem al-Quds is the thorniest issue in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state.

On May 17, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Israeli regime should be brought before the International Criminal Court for the recent Gaza massacre.

“Israel should be taken to the International Criminal Court [over the killing of Palestinians]. Since third parties cannot do it, Palestine needs to initiate this,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with state broadcaster TRT.

A Palestinian protester cuts a section of barbed wire on the border fence between the besieged Gaza Strip and occupied territories, east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip on June 1, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

In a final communiqué issued following an emergency meeting in Istanbul on May 18, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the May 14 massacre of dozens of Gazans as "savage crimes committed by the Israeli forces with the backing of the US administration."

It also urged the UN to "form an international investigation committee into the recent atrocities in the Gaza Strip, and enable the committee to initiate field investigation."

The OIC further demanded "the international protection of the Palestinian population including through dispatching of international protection force" in the face of "unchecked crimes" committed by the Tel Aviv regime.

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