The Electronic Intifada | 3 April 2019
A Palestinian woman holds an olive tree as Land Day is observed in the West Bank village of Qalandiya on 30 March. Land Day is the annual commemoration of six Palestinians killed during protests against Israeli land confiscation in the Galilee in 1976. Anne Paq ActiveStills
Twenty Palestinians, four of them children, were fatally injured by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip during the month of March, or died from injuries sustained previously.
Palestinians in Gaza marked the first anniversary of the Great March of Return on 30 March. Four Palestinians were fatally injured during the anniversary protests, including two children. A fifth Palestinian was killed before protests set off that day while he was 100 meters from the boundary fence.
A total of 10 Palestinians were fatally injured while protesting along Gaza's eastern and northern boundary with Israel during March, or died from injuries sustained during protests in previous months.
More than 200 Palestinians, including 43 children, have been killed during Great March of Return protests since their launch.
While convened in Geneva in March, the UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel's "apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force" against protesters in Gaza.
A commission of inquiry formed by the human rights council has found that Israel's use of lethal force against protesters warrants criminal investigation and prosecution and may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, 10 Palestinians in the West Bank were killed during the month of March.
Two Israelis killed
Among the Palestinians killed in the West Bank, Omar Amin Abu Leila, 19, was shot dead in Abwein village on 19 March during what Israel said was a firefight. Abu Leila was suspected by Israel of fatally injuring an Israeli soldier and settler two days earlier.
In multiple cases during the month, the Israeli military justified the fatal use of live fire on the grounds that Palestinians had thrown stones or fire bombs or were attempting to attack soldiers with their car.
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