'Land Day' clashes: Youngster killed, over 200 injured – reports (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Published time: March 30, 2012 12:26
Edited time: March 31, 2012 13:38
A member of Hamas security forces prevents Palestinian protesters from reaching the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, after a protest marking Land Day March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
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A Gaza youth has been killed while over 200 people have been wounded throughout the West Bank. The violence comes as clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians protesters marking Land Day rage on.

­Gaza ministry of health has confirmed that a 20-year-old Palestinian was killed at the Erez Crossing in the northern end of the Gaza Strip. His body has been taken to Al Shifa hospital, RT’s Paula Slier reports from the scene.

Over 200 people have been injured so far at Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank alone, including 85 with rubber bullets, the Red Crescent says. Palestinian legislator Mustafa Barghouti was rushed to hospital after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister in Qalandia. Ambulances are racing to and from the scene, as Palestinian youngsters continue throwing stones at Israeli soldiers and police.

The standoff between the Israeli army and Palestinians continues at various checkpoints, with occasional bursts of tear gas being fired at protesters. To disperse the crowds, Israeli forces are also using water cannons and rubber bullets.

Some reports suggest that Israelis used live ammunition. At least nine people have been wounded, one seriously, when police opened fire on protesters, medics in the Gaza Strip say.

Israeli security forces are further deploying other kinds of non-lethal weaponry, including “skunk devices” that spray a foul-smelling fluid, and machines that emit a high frequency sound.

Israel has ramped up security ahead of the Friday protests, deploying some 1,000 additional law enforcement personnel to patrol Jerusalem and its neighboring areas. Police have arrested between 14 and 34 protesters in Jerusalem, according to different reports.

Meanwhile, some 20,000 protesters have reportedly gathered along the Israeli-Jordanian border. Crowds are also gathering along the Israeli- Lebanese border, as the Lebanese army responded by beefing up its security presence. There have been no reports of injuries or clashes along the border so far.

Palestinian protesters shout during a protest marking Land Day, near the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
Palestinian protesters shout during a protest marking Land Day, near the border between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
Jenny Baboun : Palestinian directly hit in the face by a tear gas grenade #gm2j #Bethlehem http://t.co/98Pl6efD
Jenny Baboun : Palestinian directly hit in the face by a tear gas grenade #gm2j #Bethlehem http://t.co/98Pl6efD
#Hamas protects #Israel. #LandDay http://pic.twitter.com/6xMBa3Od
#Hamas protects #Israel. #LandDay http://pic.twitter.com/6xMBa3Od
selmo: More picture of #Palestinian protestors hurling firebombs in #Bethlehem . #Israel #GMJ #Landday http://t.co/qdTSfP1p
selmo: More picture of #Palestinian protestors hurling firebombs in #Bethlehem . #Israel #GMJ #Landday http://t.co/qdTSfP1p
muiz: People as far as the eye can see marching from #Jordan in Global March to #Jerusalem protests | http://t.co/4HoTnQ7d | http://t.co/iHmR8Pb6
muiz: People as far as the eye can see marching from #Jordan in Global March to #Jerusalem protests | http://t.co/4HoTnQ7d | http://t.co/iHmR8Pb6
People carry an injured Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli security forces at a demonstration marking Land Day at Qalandiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)
People carry an injured Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli security forces at a demonstration marking Land Day at Qalandiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)
Israeli mounted policemen disperse hundreds of Palestinian protesters during a demonstration marking Land Day in east Jerusalem on March 30, 2012 (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
Israeli mounted policemen disperse hundreds of Palestinian protesters during a demonstration marking Land Day in east Jerusalem on March 30, 2012 (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
Israeli police officers detain an injured Palestinian protester during clashes on Land Day, after Friday prayers outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem′s Old City March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
Israeli police officers detain an injured Palestinian protester during clashes on Land Day, after Friday prayers outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City March 30, 2012 (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
A Palestinian is arrested by Israeli policemen during a demonstration by hundreds of Palestinian protesting as they mark Land Day in Israeli annexed East Jerusalem on March 30, 2012 (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
A Palestinian is arrested by Israeli policemen during a demonstration by hundreds of Palestinian protesting as they mark Land Day in Israeli annexed East Jerusalem on March 30, 2012 (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

Comments (46)

Maria sowares 01.04.2012 16:20

Destruction of  IsraHELL  will be a turning point for  the  humankind. The Israelis will end up  in IsraHELL.  Thats what they dreamed for  long  long time. The Missiles which  send israelis into HELL,  will be shooted from NILE(in Sudan  and Egypt).  So they r  writing in the south-americans  ; Websites.

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Levi 01.04.2012 16:03

Clearly uninformed responses from some seriously racist folks here.

You folks should do some research on the *real* Israel first.  Arabs live, vote and hold political office there. Always have.  Arab Israeli woman have full democractic freedoms there, unlike most neighbouring Arab countries.  Religious freedom is guaranteed, unlike Iran, Iraq, and a litany of other Muslim nations.  Freedom of speech too- same scenario.  There's left and right wingers in Israel, and many people who feed and help the Arabs, people who fight for their rights.....you folks here need to just get a life and find out what really happens and stop believing the propaganda from both sides.

Israel opened a humanitarian channel for Gaza- but the flotilla disregarded it to fool people like you into thinking that the Gazans were "victims".  This is their tool.  Ignore the truth and make a controversy to get attention. 

What you have in articles like this is a beat-up.  All Hamas and Hezbollah have to do is stop the bombs and killing and murders and blowing up school-kids in buses and the IDF won't have to fight back.  All Israel has to do is control its right-wing parties from pushing settlements and you will have retored peace.

***Go to Israel and see for yourself.***

Don't believe Hamas, Hezbollah or those they fool.  Find out for yourself.  Israel is democractic and Arab people have rights there- more than in Iran and other oppressive, racist, religious regimes.  Palestinians  are hated and mal-treated worse in Lebanon than in Israel.  There, they live in forced ghettos.

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Save the world...burn israel 01.04.2012 14:18

I really hope Iran obliterates israel. These monsters need to be eradicated, they are a danger to the whole world! I think Hitler really had the right idea. Too bad he went insane and spiraled out of control and had them killed in such an inefficent way. (NUKES ARE BETTER!!!!). But they needed to go...they've always been moochers throughout history. they are the leeches of any given society that they depend on for support and have contributed nothing good or positive as a nation or a people to the rest of the world....ever It (the offspring of Cain and Palestine) totally reminds me of bumfights. One homeless loser beating up another homeless loser over a dirty, torn up piece of cardboard. I've been to israel. The gnarliest place in the US is still eden compared to israel. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone NEEDS to nuke israel. SOOOOO many of the world's problems will go away, I promise! btw Christ said the way to heaven is through him, not through sucking jew rectums, so stop supporting them. They did kill your god remember? or his son, or the god that was actually a son... or..ummm...a god that was gods son who was really god... whatever...it's all moot anyway since it totally breaks the first commandment... israel should be nuked, it's not worth aanything to the rest of the planet anyway...well except when ur country's leader needs a few buildings knocked down so he can make his family and friends super rich. besides, the world could use it's money back! Read somewhere that more than 85% of the world's wealth is owned by chews. prolly higher than that

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