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At least 58 people have been killed during clashes Monday along the border fence between Israel and Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
This is the biggest number of fatalities suffered in one day since the latest round of demonstrations began more than six weeks ago. More than 100 people have been killed in the demonstrations since March 30, according to a CNN count, based on Ministry of Health figures.
The Ministry of Health said more than 2,700 people suffered injuries during Monday’s clashes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded security consultations with the Defense Minister, Public Security Minister, IDF Chief of Staff, and others on Monday night, ahead of more expected protests.
In a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu noted that “the determined action of the IDF and the security forces prevented a breach into Israel’s borders.”
More widespread protests are expected on Tuesday, when Palestinians mark Nakba Day, during which they mourn what they consider the “catastrophe” of the creation of the State of Israel 70 years ago.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strong condemnation” of the use of force by Israel against Palestinians, the state-run official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Turkey’s government is recalling their ambassadors to Washington, DC and Tel Aviv, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Anadolu reported on Twitter that Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag Bozdag said, “Turkey has recalled ambassadors in Tel Aviv and Washington for consultations.”
“Turkish Foreign Ministry to call for UN General Assembly meeting,” Bozdag added, according to Anadolu’s Twitter.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while speaking in London, is quoted by Anadolu, saying “Israel is a terrorist state” and “what Israel is doing is a genocide.”
A spokesperson at the Turkish Embassy says they “don’t know at this stage” how long the ambassador recall would last.
The ambassador was “recalled for consultations.”
Jordan’s Queen Rania just tweeted a strongly worded reaction to the violence at the Gaza border today.
At least 55 people were killed in clashes following the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem, health officials say. The Palestinian Health Ministry said more than 2,700 had suffered injuries.
Read her tweet:
Nickolay Mladenov, special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, is expected to brief the United Nations Security Council during its meeting on the situation in the Middle East and Gaza Tuesday morning, the UK Ambassador Karen Pierce told reporters.
“The casualty list is now over 50 with more, possibly up to a thousand injured. Obviously one calls for restraint on all sides. This is not what we want to see on the ground.”
She urged anyone with influence on the ground “to calm the situation down and stop people getting killed.”
She declined to comment on whether or not there should be an inquiry into the death and injuries, saying that she knew “very little of the facts at the moment,” but reiterated that such an issue would come up in Tuesday’s Security Council meeting.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley did not speak to the press on her way into Security Council chambers to attend an unrelated meeting.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for an end to the violent clashes today in Gaza that resulted in the death of more than 50 people.
Here’s his tweet:
This post has been updated to correct Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s title.
At least 55 people have been killed during clashes Monday along the border fence between Israel and Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. More than 2,700 people have been injured.
This is the biggest number of fatalities suffered in one day since the latest round of demonstrations began more than six weeks ago. By a CNN count, based on Ministry of Health figures, more than one hundred people have been killed in the demonstrations since March 30.
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah just told a reporter that he doesn’t think the deaths of over 50 demonstrators will hurt its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
“I don’t think it hurts the peace plan,” Shah said. “The peace plan will be introduced at the appropriate time, but what today is about is following through on what the President promised and believes. And it’s also recognition of reality. I think we for decades walked on egg shells pretending Jerusalem isn’t the capital of Israel when it obviously is.”
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah addressed the deaths of more than 50 Palestinian protesters at the White House press briefing just now and blamed the militant group Hamas for their deaths.
“The responsibility for these tragic deaths rest squarely with Hamas,” Shah said, adding that “Hamas is intentionally and cynically provoking this response.”
He added: “As the Secretary of State [Mike Pompeo] said, Israel has the right to defend itself.”
Israel, for its part, has said the demonstrations are orchestrated by Hamas and has insisted its forces are acting “according to standard operating procedures.”
Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said he is “profoundly alarmed” by the violence along the fence separating Gaza and Israel.
Here’s his full statement:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israeli military actions near the border fence with Gaza, where more than 50 Palestinians were killed Monday.
He blamed Hamas for sending thousands of people to break through the Gaza border fence in order to realize its goal of destroying Israel. Netanyahu added that “we will continue to act with determination to protect our sovereignty and our citizens”.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said the US can “not be trusted to be fair” following its embassy move to Jerusalem.
It is unclear where President Trump is “taking the world and taking America,” Nasrallah added in a televised speech in Beirut on Monday.
Nasrallah’s remarks came in reaction to the Trump Administration’s decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, along with the decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced a general strike and three-days of mourning — both to start Tuesday — for those killed in Gaza Monday.
The strike and days of mourning will also mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, or the Catastrophe, the term used by Palestinians to mark the mass exodus which accompanied the founding of the state of Israel.
The Kuwait Mission has requested an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and Gaza for Tuesday morning.
An Arab League official said it was “despicable” to see countries participating in the celebration of the US embassy move to Jerusalem, which he described as a “farce” and “a clear and flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolutions.”
“Respectable countries” have refused to participate in this “farce,” Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a statement posted on its website on Monday.
The killing of Palestinians today “should sound the alarm” for every country that doesn’t see anything wrong “in going along with immoral and illegal positions,” he added.
He called upon countries to “stand on the right side of history” and to avoid getting “implicated in positions that contradict the international unanimous rejection of the American decision.”
The decision to move the embassy “is an extremely dangerous step whose true repercussions” haven’t been realized by the US, he added.
Palestinians see that the US has abandoned “its historical role as an honest mediator in the conflict,” he said.
The Arab League will continue the “diplomatic battle to defend the identity, and the historical and religious status of Jerusalem,” he said.
At least 52 people have been killed during clashes Monday along the border fence between Israel and Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and more than 2,400 people suffered injuries.
This is the biggest number of fatalities suffered in one day since the latest round of demonstrations began more than six weeks ago. By a CNN count, based on Ministry of Health figures, more than one hundred people have been killed in the demonstrations since March 30.
Gaza has seen the wide majority of the violence today, where more than 40 people were killed. But crowds of protesters are facing off with Israeli authorities in the West Bank as well.
Both areas have historically been at the center of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people.
This video, shot by CNN, shows the stand off in Qalandia, West Bank, where Palestinian Minister of Education, Sabri Saidam, said people had gathered to say “no to Trump.”
