Report: 93 Gazans injured during seaside protest

7,000 protesters clashed with Israel Navy near the maritime boundary between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

By YASSER OKBI/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Updated: OCTOBER 2, 2018 08:47
Palestinians react to Israeli fire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, at the sea near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip October 1, 2018. (photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/ REUTERS)
Palestinians react to Israeli fire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, at the sea near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip October 1, 2018.
(photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/ REUTERS)

Some 7,000 Gazan protesters were confronted by the Israeli Navy when they gathered on the shores on the Norther Gaza Strip in protest of the Nation-State Law.

The Navy fired live and rubber bullets and well as tear gas at the protesters injuring 93 people according to a report by the  Gaza Health Ministry on Monday evening, with 37 injured by live bullets. 


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