{"id":28748,"date":"2019-01-11T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28748"},"modified":"2019-01-11T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T19:23:19","slug":"israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-woman-during-gaza-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28748","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman during Gaza protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian woman as thousands demonstrated along the Gaza Strip’s perimeter fence, according to Gaza’s health ministry.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson for the ministry, Ashraf al-Qedra, said 43-year-old Amal al-Taramsi was shot in the head on Friday at a protest site east of Gaza City.<\/p>\n

Al-Taramsi was the third woman to be killed in protests that began in March, during which at least 241 Palestinians have been killed.<\/p>\n

At least 25 other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire on Friday, including two members of the media and one paramedic, according to al-Qedra.<\/p>\n

An Israeli military spokesman said around 13,000 Palestinians had taken part in the demonstrations.<\/p>\n

“The rioters have burned tyres and hurled blocks, explosive devices and grenades towards (Israeli) troops and at the Gaza Strip security fence,” an army spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

The army later struck two positions belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas<\/a>, which governs Gaza<\/a>, it said. A Hamas security source said there were no injuries.<\/p>\n

An AFP journalist said several thousand protesters gathered east of Gaza City, and confrontations were stronger than in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Protesters tried to destroy a barbed-wire fence near the border and Israeli forces responded with gunfire and tear gas.<\/p>\n

Palestinians have staged weekly mass protests for months as part of the Great March of Return movement.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators are calling for the lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed on Gaza for over a decade and for the right to return to their ancestral homes in Israel<\/a>, as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.<\/p>\n

Most of the Palestinians killed during the demonstrations were shot in weekly clashes, but others have been hit by Israeli tank fire or air raids.<\/p>\n

Two Israeli soldiers have been killed over the same period, one by a Palestinian sniper and another during an aborted special forces operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Egyptian mediators were in Gaza this week to meet with officials from Hamas and other factions to shore up a ceasefire that went into effect after an intense exchange between Hamas and Israel in November that brought them to the brink of war.<\/p>\n

Participants said they discussed Cairo-led efforts to reconcile Hamas with the rival Palestinian President\u00a0Mahmoud Abbas<\/a>\u00a0and reduce border tensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
\n Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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