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GAZA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) – Hundreds of Palestinians joined the 24th anti-Israel rallies on Friday, known as the "Great March of Return" near the border with Israel.
Local radio stations and eyewitnesses based in Gaza said anti-Israeli protesters had demonstrated near the border with Israel. They waved Palestinian flags, burned tires and chanted anti-Israeli and anti-American slogans.
Paramedics said dozens of Israeli soldiers were stationed behind small sand hills in the border area between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel. They fired tear gas and also opened fire on the mass of protesters.
The paramedics said dozens of people had suffered from suffocation after inhaling tear gas, but no injuries have been reported so far.
Israeli media reported that dozens of criminal balloons had been released from the east of the Gaza Strip to southern Israel, causing large fires in several agricultural fields.
The highest commission of the event on Friday called on Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to join the 24th Friday of the "Great March of Return" to protest against the decisions of US President Donald Trump against the Palestinians.
The anti-Israeli rally, which began on March 30 and continues every Friday, has so far killed 172 Palestinians and wounded more than 19,000 others, said Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Health in Gaza.
