After five weeks of deadly violence along the border, during which the Gaza Health Ministry has registered at least 45 Palestinians killed by Israeli sniper fire and hundreds injured, the casualties were less severe on Friday. By nightfall, the ministry had reported no deaths, but about 121 protesters had been wounded by live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets or shrapnel. Late in the day, some protesters set fire to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, according to the Israeli military, igniting gas and fuel pipes that serve the 2 million residents of Gaza. The Israeli military and nearby Israeli communities had braced for large fires, but the day passed relatively calmly. At least one was cut down by an Israeli drone and fell on the Palestinian side.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 19:18 UTC