B’Tselem urges UN ‘to protect Palestinian lives’ in Gaza protests

26 April 2018, 6:32 pm

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Left-wing Israeli rights group B’Tselem is urging the United Nations Security Council to protect Palestinians taking part in the demonstrations on the Gaza border.

In an unusual move, the group’s executive director Hagai El-Ad writes to UN Secretary General António Guterres telling him that, “Preventing further loss of life is a responsibility that must be shouldered without delay.”

Palestinian protestors during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Israel-Gazan border east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip April 20, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Tens of thousands of Gazans have taken part in Friday protests along the border with Israel, supported by the Hamas terror group which rules the coastal enclave. Hamas leaders say the ultimate aim of the “March of Return” demonstrations is to see the removal of the border and the liberation of Palestine.