On the
same day the U.S. vetoed a resolution at the U.N Security Council
demanding an end to Israel's practice of firing on unarmed
demonstrators in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Gaza
strip, outrage was again heightened after a nurse attempting to
attend to injured protesters was shot and killed by IDF snipers near
the Gaza border.
The
killing of Razan Al-Najjar—the 21-year-old nurse and volunteer
medic who witnesses say was "shot as she ran toward the
fortified border fence, east of the south Gaza city of Khan Younis,
in a bid to reach a casualty" on Friday—made her the
latest victim of Israeli's "shoot to kill" policy
that has been used against Palestinians since weekly protests began
earlier this year.
Ms.
Najjar, reports the New York Times, "was the 119th Palestinian
killed since the protests began in March, according to Gaza health
officials." Other outlets put the total number of people killed
by the IDF at more than 120.
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