Dozens Killed as Gaza Erupts Over Jerusalem Embassy Move
- Tens of thousands of Palestinians converge on Israeli border
- Trump says U.S. is still committed to Middle East peace
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Fifty-five Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli troops Monday after tens of thousands converged on the Gaza Strip border, throwing a pall over President Donald Trump’s contentious inauguration of a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
It was the deadliest day in Gaza since Hamas’s last war with Israel in 2014. More than 1,200 people were wounded by live fire, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Health officials say more than 100 Palestinians have been killed since Gazans began a campaign of weekly protests March 30 to draw attention to worsening conditions in the seaside enclave. Gaza has been under Israeli and Egyptian blockade since Hamas, considered a terrorist group by much of the West, took power in 2007.