📟 July 15, 2019: VOA News > Since March 2018 Palestinians have been taking part in Hamas-backed protests and clashes along the Gaza-Israel border in part against the Jewish state's crippling blockade of Gaza. - #Palestinian State

 July 15, 2019 11:06 AM

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At least 295 Palestinians and seven Israelis have been killed in Gaza-related violence since.

The Israeli toll recently rose to seven after an 89-year-old woman who fell while running for a bomb shelter during a severe flare-up of violence in May died from her wounds, according to Israel's foreign ministry.

Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union and others.

Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the comments showed "what Hamas is about."

"Hamas is behind the riots on the Gaza border. Hamas built factories for explosive vests to be used by Gazan boys & girls. Hamas wants to murder Jews worldwide," Gendelman said on Twitter.

"Now you know why we protect the border with Gaza from Hamas."

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