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Photo Essay: Gaza buries medic Razan Ashraf Al-Najjar, 21, killed by Israeli sniper

Today, Palestinians mourned the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, carrying her body with on top her medic vest soaked in blood, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.

Razan al-Najjar was a medic who was shot the day before by an Israeli sniper as she was attempted to reach the injured during the protest at the Gaza fence, near Khuza’a.

According to health ministry spokesman, Najjar was a volunteer with the ministry, wearing the white uniform of a medic when she was shot in the chest.

Thousands of Palestinians protested at several locations along the Gaza fence on Friday, calling for their right of return and the end of the siege on Gaza. Since the beginning of the Great Return March, a wave of protests started on Land Day and officially finished on Nakba Day, but continued afterwards, 123 protesters were killed by the Israeli army, and thousands were injured by live ammunition.

The Palestinian mother of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar reacts during the funeral of her daughter, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
The Palestinian mother of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar mourns during the funeral of her daughter, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
(Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinian nurses hold a poster in a ambulance, honouring 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar during her funeral, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinian nurses hold a poster in a ambulance, honouring 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar during her funeral, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
A Palestinian woman mourns during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinian relatives mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, carrying her body with on top her medic vest soaked in blood, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018.
Palestinian nurses hold a poster honouring 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar during her funeral, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinian nurses mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018.  (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinian nurses mourn during the funeral of 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
Palestinians hold a poster honouring 21-year-old Razan al-Najjar during her funeral, in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, June 2nd, 2018. (Photo: Mohammed Zaanoun/ Activestills.org)
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Thank you for allowing us to share the visceral grief that is so horribly necessary after this vicious and heinous Israeli war crime and waste of a gentle Palestinian nurse’s life, Mohammed Zaanoun.

I don’t know why, but I can’t get the pictures/video of Salem Khaleel Shamaly and Nadeem Nawarah out of my head. This angel joins too many other innocents. It’s unbearable to witness, and I am not even present to offer any comfort and apology. I keep trying to change the status quo, but the politicians are stubborn and lazy fools who will be held accountable one day… soon, I pray. America was, and is, essential to the original and ongoing sin(s) of Israel.

RE: “Gaza buries medic Razan Ashraf Al-Najjar, 21, killed by Israeli sniper”

THE ÜBER-EMPATHETIC HASBARIST SEZ:
You’ve got to break some eggs to make an omelet!

And people have the nerve to ask where is the Palestinian Gandhi.

Settler colonialism : settlers vs natives from ‘stralia

It is always the same bullshit

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/03/bairnsdales-bat-battle-photo-essay

I can’t even talk about this with anybody I personally know because none of them care.