ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL-GAZA Palestinians hold funeral for man killed in Gaza by Israeli forces

Record ID: 136216

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL-GAZA Palestinians hold funeral for man killed in Gaza by Israeli forces
  • Date: 9th October 2015
  • Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (OCTOBER 9, 2015) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS HOLDING BODY OUT OF MORGUE VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION / PEOPLE CHANTING IN SUPPORT OF AL-AQSA VARIOUS OF ISLAMIC JIHAD SUPPORTERS PROTESTING OVER AL-AQSA MAN HOLDING CHILD WITH PALESTINIAN FLAG VARIOUS OF PROTEST, PEOPLE WAVING WITH PALESTINIAN AND ISLAMIC JIHAD FLAGS VARIOUS OF ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS AT PROTEST (S
  • Embargoed: 24th October 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Gaza
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA66CN84NLK31QYRSS8XMOJJ0L6
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Palestinians held funeral procession on Friday (October 9) for a man killed by Israeli forces in the border area between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
    Israeli troops fired across the border into Gaza on Friday, killing six Palestinians and wounding 50 others who were throwing stones and taking part in a rally, hospital officials in Gaza said.
    The demonstration was called in solidarity with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem and followed a spate of attacks by Palestinians against Israelis and reprisals by Jews against Arabs.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said around 200 Palestinians massed at the border fence in northern Gaza, throwing rocks and rolling burning tyres toward troops stationed on the other side.
    The soldiers "fired at the main instigators in order to halt their advance and disperse the riot," she said, adding that she knew of five Palestinians who were shot.
    Witnesses said they had been fired at by Israeli snipers in guardposts along the border fence, about 400 metres away from where the Palestinians were protesting.
    Islamic Jihad supporters in Gaza flocked to the street in a protest over Al-Aqsa mosque.
    "We send from here a message of support for them (people of Jerusalem and the West Bank), we and they are in the same battle, we are one nation, we have one struggle and one occupation. So we stand in support of our people in Jerusalem and the West Bank against the ugly Israeli occupation," said Islamic Jihad Leader, Khalid Al-Batsh from Gaza.
    There is an Israel-imposed security zone that runs about 300 metres from the border into Gaza. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have lookout towers and guardposts in place just back from the buffer zone.
    Palestinians have been angered by events at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City and fear Israel wants to change the status quo at the holy site, revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied wanting to change conditions under which Jews are allowed to visit the site but non-Muslim prayer is banned. His assurances have done little to quell alarm among Muslims across the region.
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