My family and all our neighbours took part in the demonstrations today which marched after Friday prayers. Most of the young men went on demonstrations from all the mosques in Gaza in solidarity with the West Bank and al-Aqsa mosque and toured the streets in Gaza. Then, they headed to the nearest checkpoint of the Israeli army in a district called Nahel Auz. It is a military site ...

It was a message of protest to the Israelis in which the protesters were throwing stones at the Israeli army. There was a massive return of fire by the Israeli army, which led to the killing of three young men and 20 more injured. The ambulances are so busy in my district now transferring the victims to the hospitals in Shuja’ayia district.

The confrontations are still going on and the situation is tense. We are all in a state of alert and we expect an escalation of violence in Gaza within coming days. Last year, the war was in the west Bank but soon it reached Gaza and it was so difficult to contain it. It is not clear what the reaction will be when the martyrs are received by their families from the hospital, as most of the people are so upset now.