Shelling 'kills Palestinian' in Gaza
To deal with the upcoming protests, Israeli security forces have prepared for a variety of possible scenarios, According to media reports, preparations have included employing UAVs to spray tear gas on the protesters, while several "creative" solutions have been suggested including an airdrop of food and medicine into the center of Gaza, in hopes that it would distract and dissuade civilians from taking part in the protests.
Protesters in Gaza have gathered in five different spots along the border, each positioned about 700 meters away from the fence.
Israeli soldiers shoot tear gas from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as Palestinians protest on the Gaza side of the border, on Friday.
The organizers, including the Islamist Hamas, which dominates Gaza, expect thousands of Palestinians to respond to their call to demonstrations along the border.
Tents have been pitched by Palestinians in five locations on the edge of the buffer zone near the border.
The sit-ins are seen as a new attempt by Hamas to break a crippling, decade-old Gaza border blockade by Israel and Egypt that has made it increasingly hard for the militant group to govern.
Palestinian sources say several Palestinians have now also been wounded by Israeli military fire near Jabaliya in northern Gaza.
Earlier Friday, in a separate incident, a Palestinian farmer was killed by an Israeli tank shell while he was working in his field before dawn, the ministry said.
A Palestinian farmer was killed and another was injured on Friday by Israeli artillery fire on eastern Gaza Strip, officials said, hours before a major protest by Palestinians along the border.
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Heavy land vehicles have accumulated piles of land on the Israeli side of the border and barbed wire has been placed as an additional obstacle against any massive attempt to breach the border with Israeli territory.
Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum praised the turnout.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned on Friday that any Palestinians from Gaza approaching the security fence with Israel were putting their lives at risk.
The protest action is expected to continue until May 15, which marks the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), in which more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Protest tents pitched by Palestinians on the Gaza border with Israel, east of Jabalia, on March 29, 2018. By noon, thousands had arrived at the encampments.
"The large crowds. reflect the Palestinian people's determination to achieve the right of return and break the siege and no force can stop this right", he said.
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas's supreme leader, visited the tents, along with Gaza leader Yehiyeh Sinwar.
"I was born in Beit Darras inside Palestine and I will accept no less than returning to it", he said, referring to his former home village just south of the modern Israeli city of Ashdod. "We heard shelling landing on the field where Amr works".
More than 100 sharpshooters have also been deployed on the Gaza border.
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