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Palestinian protesters run to cover from Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel
ISRAELI military snipers killed at least three Palestinian protesters and wounded 40 others today as Gaza residents staged their latest Great Return March.
Thousands of unarmed peaceful demonstrators streamed to five tent encampments that organisers had set up at various points from north to south of the Gaza strip, each several hundred yards from the border fence.
They showed a refusal to be intimidated by Israel’s military might or last week’s murderous attacks which saw 18 civilians killed by snipers on the spurious grounds that they were approaching the border fence.
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Thousands strike to ‘save hostages and stop military escalation’ in Gaza
