9 Apr 2018

Inside the Gaza border protest camps

Israeli fighter jets struck a target in the Gaza Strip today after it was claimed explosives had been found near the border. Thousands of Palestinians have been protesting along the border in the run-up to the anniversary of Israel’s foundation 70 years ago.

Israeli fighter jets struck a target in the Gaza Strip today after it was claimed explosives had been found near the border.

And tonight it was reported that a Palestinian rocket had landed in Israel, though in both cases nobody was hurt. Thousands of Palestinians have been protesting along the border in the run-up to the anniversary of Israel’s foundation 70 years ago.

And dozens have been killed by Israeli gunfire near the fence. Our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman has been visiting the border camps and meeting some of the hundreds injured.