Gazans rally along Israel buffer zone for 41st week

By Mohamed Majid </p> <p>GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – For the 41st consecutive Friday, Palestinians converged along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone to take part in ongoing demonstrations against Israel’s decades-long occupation. </p> <p>In a statement, Gaza’s National Authority for Breaking the Siege urged Gazans to take part in the ongoing rallies, which, it affirmed, were set to continue until they achieved their objectives. </p> <p>Demonstrators demand the right to 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. </p> <p>They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted the coastal enclave’s economy and deprived its roughly two million inhabitants of many basic commodities. </p> <p>Since the rallies in Gaza first began on March 30, more than 250 Palestinians have been killed — and thousands more injured — by Israeli troops deployed near the buffer zone.