Meanwhile, Israeli troops fired tear gas and live rounds at Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday during a long-running demonstration in which 43 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli gunfire in the last month.
Two thirds of Gaza’s two million Palestinians are refugees, and the protest has revived their longstanding demand for the right of return to their former family homes.
The Palestinians and human rights groups have criticised Israel for using live fire against the protesters.
