Israel Deploys 100 Sharpshooters on Gaza Border for Palestinian Protests: Israeli Army Chief

• Israel Deploys 100 Sharpshooters on Gaza Border for Palestinian Protests: Israeli Army Chief
  by Jeffrey Heller, Nidal al-Mughrabi, https://www.reuters.com/
  JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration, Israel’s top general said in an interview published on Wednesday.
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  Organizers said they expect thousands in Gaza, including entire families, to answer their call to gather in tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border from Friday in a six-week protest for a right of return of Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.
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  Citing security concerns, the Israeli military enforces a “no go” zone for Palestinians on land in Gaza adjacent to Israel’s border fence. Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot, the military’s chief of staff, told the Yedioth Ahronoth daily that the military would not allow “mass infiltration” or tolerate damage to the barrier during the protests.
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