By Yaser Albanna
GAZA CITY (AA) - At least 59 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army during the weekly Great March of Return rallies in eastern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said.
The Hamas-run ministry said that 34 of the wounded were injured by live ammunition, without elaborating on the rest of the cases.
Almost 270 protesters have been martyred -- and thousands more wounded -- by Israeli forces at the security fence areas with Gaza since the rallies began in March last year.
Demonstrators demand an end to Israel’s 12-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has shattered the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its 2 million inhabitants of free movement in and out from Gaza and prevented many basic amenities.
*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat