170 civilians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

RAMALLAH - 4 May 2018: Palestinian health ministry said 170 Palestinian civilians, including three journalists, were injured by live shots or suffocated from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked the protests of the ongoing "Great March of Return" at many encampments on the Gaza-Israel border, Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

At least 69 protesters were reportedly shot and injured by live bullets, while the rest suffocated from teargas inhalation, the ministry said.

The ministry underlined that the Israeli occupation forces targeted medical teams, leaving a paramedic injured due to inhaling teargas canisters fired by the Israeli forces.