Among those who did were hundreds of rioters, some of whom climbed the Gaza security fence at various points along its 60-kilometre course. Around noon on Monday, an Israeli Special Forces unit caught eight men who had managed to breach the security fence. Three more of Monday’s dead were shot and killed while they were trying to cut through the security fence. Until now, the IDF’s rules of engagement in coping with intrusions along the Gaza security fence have been coldly rational, justifiable and quite straightforward. Suicidal provocations along the Gaza fence did not begin on March 30, when Abu Artema’s starry-eyed notions of a non-violent uprising went sideways.

Source: National Post May 16, 2018 18:09 UTC