Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians on day of heightened Gaza border protests
GAZA BORDER: Israeli troops shot dead seven Palestinian protesters and wounded at least 200 along the Israel-Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, raising the death toll to 27 in the week-long disturbances.
They said the demonstrators, including two teenage boys aged 16 and 17, were killed at protest sites along the frontier during a round of daily demonstrations that has been dubbed “The Great March of Return”.
The day saw bigger Palestinian crowds than in recent days but not as large as when the…