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'Hear our message': Gaza border violence in pictures

Monday was the deadliest day since violent unrest returned to the Gaza Strip border fence with Israel almost two months ago.

Palestinian protests were fuelled by the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem.

Israeli troops guarding the border killed at least 58 people and injured almost 3,000.

News imageEPA Palestinians protesters pulling barbed wire fence installed by Israeli army along the border during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza StripEPA
Israel says some 40,000 Palestinians took part
News imageEPA A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli troops during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza StripEPA
Palestinians hurled stones and incendiary devices
News imageEPA Palestinian female protesters carry tires during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza StripEPA
Palestinians protested at 13 locations along Israel's security fence
News imageReuters An Israeli armoured personnel carrier manoeuvres on the Israeli side of the border fence between Israel and the Gaza StripReuters
Israeli forces responded to protesters with tear gas and live fire from snipers
News imageEPA Palestinian protesters carry a wounded female protester during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza StripEPA
About 2,700 people were injured, Palestinian officials say
News imageGetty Images A lone medic runs to a person who was shot along the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continueGetty Images
Monday was the deadliest day in Gaza since the 2014 war
News imageEPA Palestinians protesters pulling barbed wire fence installed by Israeli army along the border during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the east of Gaza StripEPA
Israel said soldiers had fired on people carrying out "terrorist activity and not on demonstrators"
News imageGetty Images Israeli soldiers walk amidst smoke from a fire in a wheat field near the Kibbutz of Nahal Oz, along the border with the Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2018Getty Images
Israeli soldiers patrolled along the Gaza border
News imageGetty Images A Palestinian woman documents the situation at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations continue on May 14Getty Images
There was fierce condemnation from some countries but Israel's key ally, the US, stood by it
News imageReuters The mother of 8-month-old Palestinian infant Laila al-Ghandour, who died after inhaling tear gas during a protest against US embassy move to Jerusalem at the Israel-Gaza borderReuters
Tensions were high in Gaza on Tuesday as Palestinians prepared to bury their dead

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