Zionist Regime’s Violence Against Palestinians Slammed
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – UN human rights experts have slammed the Zionist regime’s troops for killing Palestinians near the Gaza fence by using firearms, including live ammunition.
"UN human rights experts have condemned the continued use of firearms, including live ammunition, by Israeli security forces against mostly unarmed Palestinian protesters and observers for a third straight week near the fence between occupied Gaza and Israel," the experts said in a statement, World News reported.
The UN and its independent human rights experts, along with the International Criminal Court, have expressed grave concern about the regime’s troops’ use of force, calling for an end to the violence.
"Despite Israel’s commitment to investigate the events of the past few weeks, security forces continue to use live ammunition and rubber bullets against the protesters, killing and wounding dozens of mostly unarmed protesters, women, men and children alike," it added
"We express our outrage over these shootings that may have resulted in unlawful killings and the incomprehensibly high number of injuries sustained,” the statement read.
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and thousands of other wounded by Zionist troops during a series of demonstrations that began on March 30 and are set to continue until May 15.
Thousands of Palestinians launched the Great March of Return in the besieged Gaza Strip to demand their right of return to their villages and towns they were forcibly displaced from in 1948.
The peaceful protests began on March 30, which coincided with the 42nd anniversary of the Land Day, which marks the day Zionist troops killed six Palestinians during protests against land confiscation in 1976.
The 46-day mass protests are expected to continue until May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes in 1948.
Despite ongoing international condemnation, the regime continues to use lethal force in suppressing the protesters, who are unarmed and are vulnerable in the face of the heavily armed Israeli soldiers stationed at the borders.
The occupying regime had previously deployed military vehicles and special forces, including 100 snipers, to Gaza’s border, while the regime’s forces had also been authorized to shoot at the demonstrators.
"UN human rights experts have condemned the continued use of firearms, including live ammunition, by Israeli security forces against mostly unarmed Palestinian protesters and observers for a third straight week near the fence between occupied Gaza and Israel," the experts said in a statement, World News reported.
The UN and its independent human rights experts, along with the International Criminal Court, have expressed grave concern about the regime’s troops’ use of force, calling for an end to the violence.
"Despite Israel’s commitment to investigate the events of the past few weeks, security forces continue to use live ammunition and rubber bullets against the protesters, killing and wounding dozens of mostly unarmed protesters, women, men and children alike," it added
"We express our outrage over these shootings that may have resulted in unlawful killings and the incomprehensibly high number of injuries sustained,” the statement read.
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and thousands of other wounded by Zionist troops during a series of demonstrations that began on March 30 and are set to continue until May 15.
Thousands of Palestinians launched the Great March of Return in the besieged Gaza Strip to demand their right of return to their villages and towns they were forcibly displaced from in 1948.
The peaceful protests began on March 30, which coincided with the 42nd anniversary of the Land Day, which marks the day Zionist troops killed six Palestinians during protests against land confiscation in 1976.
The 46-day mass protests are expected to continue until May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), in which over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes in 1948.
Despite ongoing international condemnation, the regime continues to use lethal force in suppressing the protesters, who are unarmed and are vulnerable in the face of the heavily armed Israeli soldiers stationed at the borders.
The occupying regime had previously deployed military vehicles and special forces, including 100 snipers, to Gaza’s border, while the regime’s forces had also been authorized to shoot at the demonstrators.