Gaza Buffer Zone Demonstrations Continue

Gaza Buffer Zone Demonstrations Continue Despite Fatal Shooting

Rafah, Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territories, 29th April 2010, 11:30AM - Over 100 demonstrators have gathered in Rafah to march towards the Buffer Zone, just one day after the fatal shooting of Ahmad Dib.

Israel’s policy of firing live ammunition as a form of crowd dispersal has resulted in four shootings since Friday. Dib died at 4:30 yesterday afternoon from blood loss resulting from a bullet wound to the thigh.

Regular popular demonstrations are being are held in protest of the arbitrary decision by Israel to instate a 300 metre buffer zone as no- go area for Palestinians where a “shoot to kill” policy is implemented. People have been shot regularly as far as 2 kilometres away from the border. Popular Campaign for the Security in the Buffer Zone, an umbrella organization that includes organizations representing farmers and Gaza residents living near the border, and also a number of political parties are present at many of these demonstrations.

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