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Israeli army martyred 142 Palestinians since 30th March
July 19, 2018

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A total of 142 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli army gunfire since March 30 this year.

Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said in a statement today (Thursday) that among the martyred are 18 children, two women, two medics and two journalists.

The spokesman said that over the same period, 16,496 Palestinians have been injured, including 4,190 by heavy ammunition and 529 by rubber-coated bullets. Ashraf al-Qidra said the injured include 3,126 children and 1,362 women.

Palestinians demand the right of return to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.

They also demand an end to Israel's 11-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave's economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of basic commodities.

Meanwhile, one more Palestinian was martyred and three others were wounded today in an air raid launched by Israeli drones in eastern Rafah province.