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The Great March of Return protests seek to highlight the right of return for Palestinian refugees to villages inside modern day Israel and lifting of the 12-year blockade on the Strip.
The protests commenced on 30 March 2018 and have continued every Friday to this day.
The response to the weekly protests have generated another source of humanitarian emergency in the Gaza Strip, accounting for over 31 000 casualties and 277 deaths over the past year.
An independent commission formed by the United Nations Human Rights Council released a report documenting concern for possible crimes against humanity for targeting and killing Palestinian protesters posing no imminent threat of death or serious injury.
The international medical community should be compelled to formulate an actionable response to address the humanitarian emergency and human rights violations related to the Great March of Return protests.
On 28 February 2019, an independent international commission formed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) submitted the findings of a report investigating concerns for violations of international and human rights laws as a result of the Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip.1 The protests, commencing on 30 March 2018 and continuing every Friday until this …