Israeli forces martyr Palestinian protester in Gaza

Israeli forces have martyred young Palestinian man taking part in anti-occupation protests in the besieged Gaza Strip.

According to reports, the Gazan Health Ministry said Abdullah Juma’a Abdulal, 24, was martyred east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday.

Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, said 30 Palestinians were also injured during the protests.

Four children and a paramedic were reportedly among the injured.

Since March 30 last year, the Palestinians in Gaza have been holding weekly rallies to demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland by Israeli aggression and an end to the Israeli siege on the enclave.

More than 300 Palestinians have been martyred since then, and over 17,300 have been injured.

A United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission found earlier that Israeli forces committed rights violations during their crackdown against the Palestinian protesters in Gaza that may amount to war crimes.

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