The Palestinian resistance Joint Operations Room in the Gaza Strip on Saturday announced that consultations are underway to decide its response to the Israeli crimes against the Great March of Return protesters
It was voiced in a statement following the Israeli army's recent killing of four Palestinians in the Great March of Return demonstration, Palinfo reported
The Israeli occupation army on Friday heavily opened fire at peaceful protesters on Gaza border, killing four and injuring dozens of them
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Mohammad Jahjouh, 16, Abdulaziz Abu Shari'a, 28, Maher Yasin, 40, and Ayman Shbeir, 18
On Saturday, head of Hamas's Political Bureau Ismail Haneyeh stated that the Israeli occupation has tried all possible ways to stop the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
He stressed that Hamas will spare no effort in supporting the Great March of Return until the siege is broken
For more than eight months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated along the fence demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago. The Great March of Return rallies culminated on May 15 to mark what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or Catastrophe - a reference to the forced removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and villages to clear the way for Israel's establishment in 1948
Nearly 240 Palestinian protesters have been killed and more than 24,000 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Great March of Return rallies at Gaza border in late March
Most of the casualties occurred on May 14 when Israeli forces attacked Palestinians marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of historical Palestine and the ensuing ethnic cleansing of half a million Palestinian refugees
