'The people deserve the right to live'

MEE has been speaking to some protesters in Gaza.

Attallah al-Feeyomi, 19, is in Malaka, east of Gaza City, where he previously lost a leg after being shot by Israeli forces.

“We are here to break the siege on the Gaza Strip and call on the occupation to leave our lands. They have weapons, tanks, planes and guns that are internationally prohibited. We have our rocks.”

Iktimaal Hamad says Palestinian women are at the forefront of the cause and the protests.

“The Palestinian woman has brought forth something so precious and valuable for the sake of the Palestinian cause, and will always be on the frontlines confronting the challenges, confronting the plots that she is exposed to,” she tells MEE.

She says Palestinian women have gathered to tell the international community it must break its silence.

“The people deserve the right to live, the right to protect their land, the right to return.”