Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians in a demonstration near Gaza's border with Israel. After the incident which also injured more than 1400 people Palestinian Government day of national mourning on Saturday. All the schools, universities and government institutions, across the country was off on Saturday, as per the decision of President Mahmoud Abbas.
The demonstration was made marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. Land Day took place on March 30, 1976, Israeli forces killed six unarmed Palestinian citizen of Israel when they were protesting against the decision of Israeli government to expropriate tracts of Palestinian's land.
According to Palestinian government officials, 22-year-old Mohammed abu Omar along with 38-year-old Mahmoud Muammar were shot dead in Rafah, while 25-year-old Mohammed Najjar was shot in the stomach in the northern Gaza strip.
Adalah, which is a legal center developed for the rights of Palestinians in Israel, calls the action of Israeli army to be a violation os International law.
Adalah in an statement said, "Live gunfire on unarmed civilians constitutes a brutal violation of the international legal obligation to distinguish between civilians and combatants".
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