Gaza medic succumbs to wounds inflicted by Israeli fire

Palestinian medics carry a wounded demonstrator east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during a protest. (AFP)
Updated 10 June 2019
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Gaza medic succumbs to wounds inflicted by Israeli fire

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Health Ministry says that a Palestinian paramedic has succumbed to wounds inflicted by Israeli fire at a border protest a month before.
The ministry said Mohammed Al-Judeili, 36, died in a West Bank hospital Monday of a wound from a rubber bullet to his head. His death brings the toll of medics killed while tending to the wounded at Gaza’s weekly border protests up to four.
Hamas, the group ruling Gaza, launched the protests last year to draw attention to the crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed after it took control of the territory in 2007. Over 200 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier have been killed since the demonstrations began.
The protests often escalate into cycles of cross-border conflicts defused with short-lived truces mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the UN.


UN human rights office: migrants in Libya subjected to systemic violence, abuses

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UN human rights office: migrants in Libya subjected to systemic violence, abuses

The United Nations’ Human Rights Office ​said on Tuesday that migrants in Libya are subjected to systematic ‌human ‌rights ​violations ‌including ⁠killings ​and torture, calling for ⁠an end to interceptions and returns of migrants’ boats ⁠at sea.
According ‌to ‌a ​report ‌by the ‌UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support ‌Mission, migrants are rounded up and ⁠abducted ⁠by criminal trafficking networks, often with ties to the Libyan authorities, and criminal networks abroad.