Posted on 03/30/2018 10:31:24 AM PDT by Mariner
AT LEAST twelve people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been killed as Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces at the Gaza border.
More than 550 were injured as large crowds of flag-waving Palestinians marched toward the boundary, some of them throwing stones and drawing Israeli fire.
Participants were seen burning posters of Donald Trump, who ordered the embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
An estimated 17,000 people gathered in tent encampments at five sites near the border, in what were supposed to be peaceful protests.
But it turned into the deadliest day in Gaza in several months.
Israel's military said thousands of Palestinians rolled burning tires at the border, and that troops opened fire at the "main instigators."
Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, commander of the Israeli military's Southern Command, which includes the border, said Friday that "we are identifying attempts to carry out terror attacks under the camouflage of riots."
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I had hoped that the heavy rains before the holiday would have discouraged this circus. Apparently not.
Patron Saint of Snowflakes.
They got clothing, full bellies, gadgets, and time to waste. And that is how they spend it.
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