(MENAFN) On Wednesday, as many as 65 Palestinians were wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers positioned on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics stated.
Gaza Health Ministry emphasized in a press statement that 65 Palestinians were wounded, including 22 children, five women and three field paramedics, during demonstrations and rallies that turned into clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip.
The clashes erupted when the Palestinians prearranged a rally close to the border with Israel to mark 71 years for al-Nakba, or the Catastrophe, the day when the state of Israel was born and the Palestinian refugees' question started in 1948.
Thousands of Palestinian protesters joined the demonstration in eastern blockaded Gaza Strip.
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