Zionist forces martyr 4 more Palestinians, injure over 250

Zionist regime forces have martyred four Palestinians, including a child, at the Gaza border, raising the death toll to nearly two dozen in the illegal Zionist entity’s brutal crackdown on the week-long protests demanding the right to return to homeland.

According to Press TV, Gaza’s Health Ministry said 38-year-old Ussama Khamis Qadih was martyred east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

The ministry also said that Magdy Ramadan Shabat as well as a child were shot dead east of Gaza City.

According to the report, 252 Palestinians were also injured during the clashes, five of them critically.

Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli troops near Gaza’s fence as large groups of protesters gathered for a new round of protests as part of a six-week rally dubbed the “Great March of Return,” which began last Friday.

Thousands of protesters gathered in locations near the fence east of Khan Yunis, in the south of the blockaded Palestinian enclave, and east of Gaza City.

Last Friday's protests turned violent when Israeli military forces used lethal force to disperse the protesters, shooting and killing 20 unarmed demonstrators. One of the casualties succumbed to his wounds earlier today.

Thousands of Palestinians have stayed in tent encampments near the fence over the past week.

During the latest protests today, Palestinians set fire to mounds of tires in what they want to be a smokescreen from Israeli snipers.

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