Good Friday Massacre: Israelis Kill At Least 16 Palestinians, More Than 1000 Injured

So far, at least 12 Palestinians have been killed and up to 500 injured in the clashes, Reuters reports. One Palestinian farmer was killed following an IDF tank volley in the early hours of Friday morning.The IDF then used a combination of live rounds and rubber-coated steel pellets to disperse the crowds demonstrating at the #GreatReturn before using its airborne tear gas system.

My headline reflects higher numbers that are being reported by the Jewish media within Israel itself.

They’re claiming that they straight-up butchered the protesters, but did so justifiably due to incursions along their border wall (soon to be even more heavily-guarded thanks to President Trump).

“First thing, they [IDF] used tear gas that they fired using vehicle-mounted guns. And then, as the crowds increased, they brought drones to fire tear gas canisters,” an eyewitness, who chose to remain anonymous, told RT.com.

Demonstrators rolled burning tires and hurled stones at the border fence area, prompting the IDF to declare the area a “closed military zone” while accusing “the Hamas terror organization” of endangering the lives of Gaza civilians.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators called for the right of return for refugees in what is now Israeli territory. The protests and clashes took place in at least six locations along the roughly 65km (40-mile) border fence.

#GreatReturn is coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Passover and it’s feared the demonstrations will serve to increase tensions in the already-volatile region. Palestinians have vowed to continue their protest for six weeks.

Passover will be yet another of those anniversaries that will be likely celebrated by the Jews with the blood of innocents – we Europeans know quite a bit about that specific occasion.

So I’ll just go out on a limb here and predict that we’ll be hearing of airstrikes within Gaza long before the six week protest period ends.