Protests along the Gaza-Israel border were met with tear gas and live fire from Israeli forces, leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded on Monday. The Palestinian demonstrations marked a confluence of events, including the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, (moved from Tel Aviv after President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel), and the upcoming 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the nakba, or “catastrophe,” the day thousands were driven from their homes in 1948. Reuters reports, citing the Gaza Health Ministry, that at least 43 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire Monday, “the highest toll in a single day since a series of protests demanding the right to return to ancestral homes in Israel began on March 30.”
In Photos: Chaos and Bloodshed in Gaza
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Palestinians run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Jabalia, on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest the inauguration of the U.S. embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. #
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The burial of 15-year-old Palestinian Jamal Afaneh in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2018. He succumbed to his wounds after being shot in the head the day before, during a protest at the Gaza-Israel border, that Israeli forces met with live fire and tear gas. #
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A picture taken from the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz, across the border with the Gaza Strip, shows Israeli soldiers keeping position and Palestinian protesters gathering along the border fence with Israel, on May 14, 2018. #
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The brother of Palestinian Shaher al-Madhoon, who was killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, reacts over his body at a hospital morgue in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2018. #
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An Israeli soldier attempts to extinguish a fire in a wheat field near the Kibbutz of Nahal Oz, along the border with the Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2018, after it was caused by incendiaries tied to kites flown by Palestinian protesters from across the border. #
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A Palestinian demonstrator tries to put out a fire caused by objects dropped from Israeli drones during a protest in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2018. #
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A Palestinian woman sniffs a fragrance to counter the effect of tear gas fired by Israeli security forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Jabalia, on May 14, 2018. #
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