US Embassy in Jerusalem: 37 Palestinians killed in clashes

in #usa6 years ago


Intense protests and clashes spread over the Gaza-Israel border on the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.

Palestinian health officials said at least 37 Palestinian protesters were killed and more than a thousand were injured in Israeli military firing on Monday on the opening day of the embassy.

The Israeli authorities claim that Hamas, under the 'Great March of Return' movement, has been holding a demonstration in the border with Hamas for six weeks. 35 thousand Palestinian people took part in the protest. They are trying to break the boundary wall.

The BBC says the local ambassador to open the US Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon. In the inauguration ceremony of the embassy, ​​Israel has already arrived in the country, President Donald Trump's daughter Irbanka and her husband Jared Kushner Also, US Finance Minister Stephen Mitchin and Deputy Minister of State John Sullivan will be present at the opening ceremony.

It is to be noted that the United States has recently decided to remove the US Embassy in Jerusalem from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel praised the decision of the trump, but the Palestinians are opposing.

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