Land Day protests kill 1 in Gaza
Israeli gunfire killed a 20-year-old man and wounded another 51 people as thousands rallied across the West Bank and Gaza to mark Land Day, medical sources said.
Demonstrations also took place in annexed east Jerusalem and across Israel, as well as in Jordan, southern Lebanon and Syria on Friday to mark the annual event that commemorates the deaths of six Israeli Arabs at the hands of Israeli forces during protests against land confiscation in 1976.
Palestinian officials said a total of 318 people were injured in clashes, of whom 51 were wounded by Israeli fire.
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