Protests at the Gaza-Israel border
Palestinians manage to capture and remove a barbed-wire fence which is part of the border separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, on May 11 east of Gaza City.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Gaza activists burned tires and threw stones near the sealed border with Israel on Friday in a seventh weekly protest aimed at shaking off a decade-old blockade of their territory. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas from the other side of the fence.
Under the shroud of smoke from the flaming tires, Palestinians aim projectiles towards the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)A Palestinian man carries a fellow protester after he was shot in the foot during a protest at the border fence.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)An injured Palestinian man is carried by medics during a protest at the border fence separating Israel and Gaza in a camp east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Palestinians try to remove a section of barbed-wire fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)A Palestinian youth kicks burning tires during a protest at the border fence east of Gaza City.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Palestinians aim projectiles at Israeli soldiers guarding the border fence separating Israel and Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)A Palestinian protester takes a selfie at the border fence.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Protesters run from tear gas during a protest at the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Palestinians run for safety after breathing in tear gas dispersed by Israeli solders guarding the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Palestinians aim projectiles at the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)A Palestinian protester drags flaming tires toward the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Palestinians gather to protest and look across the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Sabir Ashqar, who said he lost his legs in the 2008-2009 Gaza war, slings a projectile at the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Under the shroud of smoke, Palestinians put more tires into place to burn as they protest at the border fence.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)A woman marches with the Palestinian flag in front of Israeli soldiers standing guard during the recurring protests at the border fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)