Deadly Gaza Violence Clouds U.S. Embassy Move

Thousands of Gaza protesters descended on the border with Israel, leading to deadly Israeli gunfire that cast a pall over President Donald Trump’s contentious inauguration of a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day. (Time-stamps are local time in Israel.)

The timing of the embassy inauguration was seen by many Palestinians as a provocation, coming a day before they mark the 70th anniversary of the “nakba,” or “catastrophe,” of their displacement by Israel’s birth. Monday’s protests are expected to continue Tuesday. Gazans have been protesting every Friday for more than a month. The “March of Return,” as the weeks-long protest is known, began as an effort by grassroots groups to draw attention to the Palestinians’ demand to return to homes lost in fighting surrounding Israel’s 1948 creation.