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56 Killed, 304 Wounded in Israeli Attacks on Gaza


Wed 12 May 2021 | 06:07 PM
NaDa Mustafa

Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 56 people including 14 children and 3 women were killed, and 304 were wounded, as a result of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

 

On Monday, Israeli police forces injured hundreds of Palestinians as they violently cracked down on worshippers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

 

The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said that its medics provided treatment to 180 Palestinians who sustained injuries from Israeli police gunfire at the mosque compound as tensions continue to soar over Israeli settler takeover of Palestinian property in Sheik Jarrah and encroachments upon the mosque compound since the start of Ramadan fasting month.

 

PRC added that among the injuries were one serious injury, 13 others injured from direct hits in their eyes, in addition to others who sustained light to moderate injuries from tear gas suffocation.

 

The PRC medics, who are denied access by Israeli police into the mosque compound and deliberately targeted by police, have transferred 50 injuries from Bab al-Asbat, also known as the Lions Gate, to hospitals in Jerusalem.