<p>By Hedaya al-Saeedi</p> <p>GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were injured on Monday by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza Strip's city of Beit Lahia.</p> <p>The two were shot while attempting to stage a “maritime protest” against Israel’s ongoing blockade of Gaza on the strip’s northern coast, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement.</p> <p>Since March, more than 210 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli army gunfire — and thousands more injured — while taking part in protests in the Gaza Strip. <br> </p> <p>Protesters demand the “right of return” to their homes and villages in historical Palestine, from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel. <br> </p> <p>They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the strip, which has gutted Gaza’s economy and deprived its roughly 2 million inhabitants of many basic commodities.</p>
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