In pictures: 'Bloodiest day in Israel-Palestine conflict' as US moves embassy to Jerusalem
At least 60 Palestinians, including 8 children have been killed by gunfire. 2,400 have been wounded in the carnage.
AFPUpdated about 15 hours ago
Violent clashes along the Gaza border between protesting Palestinians and Israeli security forces have left at least 60 Palestinians dead. The death toll included eight children, who were killed by gunfire, and a baby which died after inhaling tear gas. At least 2,400 people were wounded in what was the bloodiest day since the 2014 Gaza war.
The protests erupted on Monday as the United States (US) embassy was inaugurated in Jerusalem following months of global outcry and anger ─ and exuberant praise from Israelis over US President Donald Trump's decision, which tossed aside decades of precedent as the territory of Jerusalem is a disputed one.
Beyond the disputed nature of Jerusalem, the date of the embassy move was also key. May 14 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel. Palestinians mark the day as
Nakba, or “catastrophe,” commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation.
An elderly Palestinian man falls on the ground after being shot by Israeli troops during a deadly protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, on Monday, May 14, 2018. ─ AP
The mother (C) of Leila Al Ghandour, a Palestinian baby of 8 months who, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry died of tear gas inhalation during clashes in East Gaza the previous day, holds her at the morgue of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on May 15, 2018. — AFP
Israeli security forces arrest an Arab protestor outside the new US embassy in Jerusalem. — AFP
Medics treat Palestinian children suffering from teargas inhalation during a protest near Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip on Monday, May 14, 2018. ─ AP
Palestinian protesters chant slogans as they burn tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel on Monday. ─ AP
Palestinians take cover from shots during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel, east of Gaza City, on May 14, 2018. — AFP
Palestinian medics and protesters evacuate a wounded youth during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. ─ AP
A Palestinian woman holding her national flag looks at clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel on May 14, 2018. — AFP
Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a deadly protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. ─ AP
Arab demonstrators protest in front of the new US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. The banner reads in Arabic: "Jerusalem is Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, Christian." — AFP
Palestinians run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel. — AFP
An Israeli army drone flies near a Palestinian kite along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Gaza City. — AFP
Palestinian mourners carry the body of man who was killed during clashes with Israeli forces. — AFP
Palestinians burn tyres as they clash with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel. — AFP
A relative of Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Taima, who was killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, mourns during his funeral in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. — AFP
Surgeons from MSF (Doctors without Borders) perform surgery on a Palestinian man who received a bullet in his leg during protests and clashes along the Gaza border the previous day, at a hospital in Deir Al Balah, in central Gaza Strip on May 15, 2018. — AFP
A picture taken on May 14, 2018 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. — AFP
A Palestinian boy holding his national flag looks at clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018. — AFP
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops following a protest against the US decision to relocate it's Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, May 14, 2018. ─ AP
Palestinians shout slogans against the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem, as they protest near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Jabalia. — AFP