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Huge crowds gather in Gaza

Israeli forces shoot tear gas at Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are out demonstrating in Gaza only an hour since the official beginning of today's demonstration.

Middle East Eye correspondent Hind Khoudary says people of all ages - families, children, elderly - are participating, adding that Israeli forces were "intensively" firing tear gas at the crowds with drones, as well as live ammunition. Paramedics have already reported at least four injuries.

As in previous demonstrations in the Great March of Return, protesters have been setting tyres ablaze to block Israeli snipers' lines of vision.