Organizers say Gaza protests to be scaled back in March
By FARES AKRAM, Associated Press
Published: December 26, 2019, 8:31am
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Rescue vehicles, part of a convoy of around 20, arrives in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Palestinian officials say Israel has allowed the import of around 20 rescue and firefighting vehicles. The equipment was donated by Qatar. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Photo Gallery
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The organizers of the weekly Palestinian demonstrations along the Gaza Strip’s frontier with Israel said Thursday that they will significantly scale down the gatherings early next year.
The announcement by the organizing committee of Gaza’s Great March of Return is the latest sign that Gaza’s Hamas rulers are trying to maintain calm in hopes of strengthening unofficial “understandings” with Israel that would ease a crippling 12-year blockade of the coastal territory.
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