"The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations has appealed to the Security Council for immediate international protection for Palestinian protesters in the wake of the deadly clashes along the Israel-Gaza border last week.
Palestinian Authority Ambassador Riyad Mansour claimed in his letter to the council on Tuesday that Israel has adopted 'a shoot-to-kill policy' during what he called peaceful protests.
Mansour said Ramallah strongly backed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's call for an independent investigation of the killings...
On Friday, some 30,000 Palestinians took part in demonstrations along the Gaza border, during which rioters threw rocks and firebombs at Israeli troops on the other side of the fence, burned tires and scrap wood, sought to breach and damage the security fence, and in one case opened fire at Israeli soldiers...
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis said on Saturday that all those killed were engaged in violence. Manelis said on Friday evening that the army had faced 'a violent, terrorist demonstration at six points' along the fence. He said the IDF used 'pinpoint fire' wherever there were attempts to breach or damage the security fence..."