Israeli forces kill scores of Palestinians during massive protest along Gaza border
Jerusalem — Israeli forces shot dead 52 Palestinians as tens of thousands converged on Gaza’s border in the worst single day of violence there since a 2014 war, casting a pall over President Donald Trump’s contentious inauguration of a US embassy in Jerusalem. Hundreds more were wounded by live fire, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza reported. Tens of thousands joined demonstrations in the hours leading up to the inauguration ceremony to be attended by Trump’s daughter and son-in-law. The US policy shift was a diplomatic victory for Israeli officials, but a blow to Palestinians, who see it as undermining their claim to establish a capital in the city’s eastern sector and have been carrying out a campaign of protests against Israel in recent weeks. Gaza protesters, egged on by loudspeakers and transported in buses, streamed to the border, where some threw rocks, burnt tyres, and flew kites and balloons outfitted with firebombs into Israeli territory. The Israeli military, which h...
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