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At least 14 Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire on Friday during border demonstrations with Gaza, the enclave's health ministry said, amidst a slowdown in deadly violence after a truce. concluded last week.
Thousands of demonstrators moved to attend the demonstrations but largely kept their distance from the fortified border.
Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 14 people were wounded by Israeli gunfire along the border, including "a child shot in the chest in the morning. east of the al-Bureij refugee camp "in the center of the Gaza Strip.
An AFP correspondent said the protesters were reluctant to pitch burning tires or balloons carrying burning equipment to Israel – tactics that they have frequently used since the beginning of the demonstrations at the border, in March.
Protesters were urged "to stand aside from the separation barrier and to maintain peaceful demonstrations (…) in order to give Egyptian efforts a chance to calm the game," an organizer said. l & # 39; AFP.
This was the second consecutive Friday of less violent protests since the conclusion of a ceasefire between Egypt and 13 November, ending the worst outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. since a war in 2014.
Efforts to achieve a more lasting truce have angered Israeli right-wing rivals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This brought the government to the brink of collapse when the defense minister resigned last week and pulled his party out of the ruling coalition.
Netanyahu was able to avoid early elections when another key minister pledged Monday to remain a member despite major disagreements with the prime minister.
Tensions on the border with Gaza have skyrocketed since the beginning, on March 30, of what the Palestinians call the "Great March of Return", a mass protest movement calling for the right of Palestinians to return to homes that are they fled or were expelled during the war surrounding the creation of Israel.
Protesters often made their way to the border fence every Friday and occasionally broke through it.
Since then, at least 235 Palestinians have been killed, mainly by Israeli gunfire in border clashes, but also by air strikes.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed during the same period.
A senior Hamas official said a delegation led by the group arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to meet with Egyptian officials and discuss efforts to "stabilize the truce" with Israel.
The meeting was also to deal with reconciliation between Hamas and its rival Fatah, led by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.
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Last updated: Saturday, November 24, 2018 KSA 11:16 PM – GMT 8:16 PM
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