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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Read morePalestinians 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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Read morePalestinians take part in a protest near the Israeli border in the eastern part of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreThe 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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Read morePalestinian demonstrators gather at the Israel-Gaza border for a protest east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians run for cover from tear gas near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA Palestinian hurls a rock during a protest near Al Bureij Refugee Camp at the Gaza-Israel border on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA 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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Read morePalestinians protest at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continue on May 14, 2018, in Gaza City. #
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Read moreAn Israeli drone drops tear-gas canisters on Palestinian protesters near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians take cover during a protest near the Gaza-Israel border in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinian protesters carry an injured man, who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians carry an injured protester east of Khan Yunis on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreWounded Palestinians are rushed to an ambulance at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continue on May 14, 2018, in Gaza City, Gaza. #
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Click to view imageRead moreDead bodies of Palestinians lie in a hospital's morgue after protests near the Gaza-Israel border were fired upon, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreThe 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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Read moreA Palestinian man uses a sling during a protest near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreAn 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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Read moreA 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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Read moreSmoke billows behind a field of sunflowers on the Israeli side of the border fence between Israel and Gaza near kibbutz Mefalsim, Israel, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians raise their arms during a protest near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA 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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Read moreA Palestinian demonstrator with a slingshot looks on during the protest at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreSmoke rises as Israeli soldiers lie in position on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA Palestinian throws a rock at the Gaza-Israel border in east Khan Yunis on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinian demonstrators take cover from Israeli fire and tear gas during a protest in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA wounded Palestinian demonstrator is evacuated as others take cover from Israeli fire and tear gas on May 14, 2018. #
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Read morePalestinians carry an injured man on a motorcycle near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreMedics treat a Palestinian woman, suffering the effect of tear gas, during a protest near Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2018. #
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Read moreA Palestinian man carries an injured protester away from a protest along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 14, 2018. #
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