One Palestinian killed, 49 wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza border protests

(11 May 2018) One Palestinian was killed and 49 were wounded by Israeli army fire in protests on the Gaza-Israel border, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Friday. Friday's death brings to 41 the number of protesters killed since weekly border protests began in late March. More than 1,700 have been wounded by army fire during that period. The ministry identified the protester killed Friday as a 40-year-old man who was shot in the chest east of the southern town of Khan Younis. It says seven of the 49 protesters hit by Israeli fire Friday were in serious condition and that dozens of others were overcome by tear gas inhalation. The protest came just three days ahead of what the leader of Gaza's ruling Hamas group has said will be a march by tens of thousands who could burst through the border fence into Israel. "We will not leave the border unless we return to our grandfathers' land," Khalil al-Hayya, a Hamas official said during the opening of a mosque in Khan Younis Israel says it will prevent any border breach. Forty protesters were killed and more than 1,700 wounded by Israeli troops since late March. The Hamas-led demonstrations, fueled by despair in Gaza, are part of a campaign to break the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007. Israel says it will prevent any border breach. Forty protesters were killed and more than 1,700 wounded by Israeli troops since late March. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...