Palestinians term Friday Gaza clashes "the Friday of Rubber Tires"

ANI  |  Ankara [Turkey] 

The Palestinian activists had dubbed Friday's rallies as the "the Friday of Rubber Tires", with protesters setting hundreds of alight along the Strip's eastern border.

Since Friday morning, thousands of Palestinians have converged on the Strip's eastern border with to take part in ongoing anti-occupation demonstrations in conflict of Israel-Palestine, as reported by the

According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least seven Palestinians have been killed and 3, 500 others injured till now in the ongoing protest.

"Medical teams are treating the wounded in field hospitals set up near the border," said in a statement.

Hamas, which has governed the Strip since 2007, voiced defiance in the face of the ongoing violence.

"Our people arrayed along the border will resist plans to terminate the Palestinian cause," told

Demonstrators demand that Palestinian refugees be granted the "right of return" to their towns and villages in historical Palestine, from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of

Israel, for its part, has deployed thousands of troops along the fraught border with Gaza, vowing to use deadly force against anyone who threatens Israel's "security infrastructure".

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First Published: Sat, April 07 2018. 07:55 IST