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Gaza deaths: UN secretary general calls for 'transparent' investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/31/gaza-clashes-un-secretary-general-calls-for-transparent-investigation<snip>
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A wounded Palestinian protester is carried away during clashes with Israeli troops in Gaza. Photograph: UPI / Barcroft Images
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has called for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while security council members urged restraint on both sides.
The council did not decide on any action or joint message after an emergency meeting on Friday evening. Kuwait convened it hours after the bloodiest day in Gaza since the 2014 cross-border war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the coastal strip.
Fifteen people were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire as thousands of Palestinian protesters marched to Gaza’s border with Israel, the Palestinian health ministry said.
The Israeli military said thousands of Palestinians threw stones and rolled burning tires toward troops, Palestinian gunmen fired toward soldiers in one incident and militants were trying to conduct attacks under the cover of protests.
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