“We have one goal to save lives and evacuate people. And to send a message to the world: Without weapons, we can do anything.” —Razan Al-Najjar, nurse killed by the IDF on Friday in Gaza
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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