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Palestinians stage rallies near Gaza-Israel buffer zone

Palestinians stage rallies near Gaza-Israel buffer zone Demonstrators show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli detention facilities April 19, 2019 at 5:29 pm | Published in: Israel , Middle East , News , Palestine , Videos & Photo Stories April 19, 2019 at 5:29 pm Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Great March of Return protest in Gaza on 19 April 2019 [Mohammed Asas/Middle East Monitor] Palestinians on Friday converged along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone to take part in ongoing rallies against Israel’s decades-long occupation.

In a statement, Gaza’s National Authority for Breaking the Siege called on the people of Gaza to take part in Friday’s demonstration, which was held under the slogan, “Prisoners’ Day”.

On Wednesday, thousands of Palestinians marked Palestinian Prisoners’ Day (marked on April 17 of each year) by staging demonstrations across the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Protesters in Gaza demand the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel.

They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of many basic commodities.

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