Fatal clashes in Gaza after opening of US embassy – in pictures

At least 55 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,000 wounded during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border during protests against the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Palestinians are also marking the Nakba, or the day of the disaster, when Palestinians were forcefully expelled from their villages during the war that led to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948


  • Israeli troops fire teargas at Palestinian protesters during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
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    Israeli troops fire teargas at Palestinian protesters during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in the northern part of the Gaza Strip


  • Palestinian demonstrators run for cover from Israeli fire and teargas
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    Palestinian demonstrators run for cover from Israeli fire and teargas during a protest against the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem and ahead of the 70th anniversary of Nakba


  • A Palestinian protester holds rope during clashes near the border with Israel in the east of the Gaza Strip
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    A Palestinian protester holds rope during clashes near the border with Israel in the east of the Gaza Strip


  • An Israeli soldier battles to extinguish a fire in a wheat field near the kibbutz of Nahal Oz, along the border with the Gaza Strip
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    An Israeli soldier battles to extinguish a fire in a wheat field near the kibbutz of Nahal Oz, along the border with the Gaza strip


  • Palestinian mourners gather around the body of a man in Khan Yunis after he was killed during the protests
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    Palestinian mourners gather around the body of a man in Khan Yunis after he was killed during the protests at the Israel-Gaza border


  • Palestinians set tyres on fire to disrupt Israeli forces
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    Palestinians set tyres on fire to disrupt Israeli forces in during the protests on Monday


  • Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Jared Kushner (C-R), Ivanka Trump (3rd R), Steve Mnuchin (R) and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin (2nd R) attend the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem
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    Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Jared Kushner (C-R), Ivanka Trump (3rd R), Steve Mnuchin (R) and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin (2nd R) attend the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem


  • David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel, listens as Jared Kushner delivers a speech during the opening ceremony
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    David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel, listens as Jared Kushner delivers a speech during the opening ceremony


  • Steve Mnuchin (C-L) claps Ivanka Trump unveils the inauguration plaque at the new US embassy building in Jerusalem
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    Steve Mnuchin (C-L) claps Ivanka Trump unveils the inauguration plaque at the new US embassy building in Jerusalem


  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Ben-Artzi, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner pose for a selfie after the ceremomy
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    Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara Ben-Artzi, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner pose for a selfie after the ceremomy


  • The family of Palestinian Shaher al-Madhoon, killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, mourn at a hospital morgue in Gaza
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    The family of Palestinian Shaher al-Madhoon, killed during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, mourn at a hospital morgue in Gaza


  • Palestinian demonstrators flee from Israeli fire and teargas, during protests where dozens were killed
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    Palestinian demonstrators flee from Israeli fire and teargas


  • A Palestinian demonstrator in Abu Safia throws a stone towards Israeli positions
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    A Palestinian demonstrator in Abu Safia throws a stone towards Israeli positions


  • Palestinians cower under live fire as they clash with Israeli forces
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    Palestinians cower under live fire as they clash with Israeli forces


  • Palestinians carry a wounded demonstrator away from the protest zone, one of hundreds needing care from an already stretched medical system in Gaza
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    Palestinians carry a wounded demonstrator away from the protest zone, one of hundreds needing care from an already stretched medical system in Gaza


  • Palestinian paramedics raise their arms at Israeli snipers as they attempt to recover injured demonstrators
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    Palestinian paramedics raise their arms at Israeli snipers as they attempt to recover injured demonstrators during the clashes


  • A Palestinian man uses the smoke from burning tyres for cover near Khan Yunis
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    A Palestinian man uses the smoke from burning tyres for cover near Khan Yunis


  • Teargas canisters fired by Israeli security forces explode above Palestinian demonstrators as they run for cover
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    Teargas canisters fired by Israeli security forces explode above Palestinian demonstrators as they run for cover


  • People take photographs of the US and Israeli flags projected as a show of unity on to the walls surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City
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    People take photographs of the US and Israeli flags projected as a show of unity on to the walls surrounding Jerusalem’s Old City
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