![]() ![]() Medical staff from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) operating in Gaza say patients who have been shot with the rounds have sustained fist-sized wounds of an “unusual severity” and will have to undergo “complex surgical operations”. Gaza’s medics have struggled to cope, not just with the sheer number of injured demonstrators that rush through the hospital doors every Friday, but also to properly treat these kinds of ghastly wounds. About 7,000 Palestinians have been wounded. It pulverizes the leg, and the leg gets cut off ,” al-Qedra explained.Ī wounded demonstrator is evacuated at a recent March of Great Return protest, where Palestinians demand the right to return to their homeland Īt least 45 Palestinians have been killed since the March of Great Return movement began a month ago – the vast majority by this new type of bullet, health officials say. ![]() But these bullets create massive wounds, indicating that an explosion happened inside the body. “Normally, a regular bullet breaks the leg. The bullets are the deadliest the Israeli army has ever used, according to al-Qedra. “All of their internal organs were totally destroyed, pulverized,” said Ashraf al-Qedra, Gaza’s health ministry spokesman. Medics on the ground say Israeli forces are shooting at demonstrators with a new type of round – never seen before – known as the “butterfly bullet”, which “explodes” upon impact, pulverizing tissue, arteries and bone, while causing severe internal injuries.Īll 24 amputees were shot with a single “explosive” bullet, including journalists Yaser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein who succumbed to their wounds after being shot in the abdomen. WATCH: MSF – Palestinian protesters face ‘injuries of unusual severity’ (2:15)Īl-Zaieem is among the 24 Palestinians who have had their limbs amputated since the March of Great Return mass protests started on March 30. ![]()
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