Some 4,000 Palestinians are taking part in rioting along the Gaza border, the Israeli army says, up from 400 who were demonstrating there earlier in the day, but far less than the 40,000 who clashed with Israeli troops a day earlier.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says that two Palestinians have been killed and over 160 are injured to varying degrees.
The rioters are throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at soldiers on the other side of the fence and rolling burning tires at the border “with the intention of starting fires in Israel and harming Israeli forces,” the army says.
IDF soldiers are responding with riot dispersal means and, in some cases, live fire. “They are operating in accordance with the rules of engagement,” the army says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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