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Anniversary of Gaza border protests

30/03/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Anniversary of Gaza border protests

Continuing unrest on Israel-Gaza border, one year on

Continuing unrest on Israel-Gaza border, one year on.

Saturday marks a year since Palestinians began protesting at Gaza’s perimeter fence with Israel. Israeli forces have killed nearly two-hundred demonstrators during that time while one Israeli soldier has died. Clashes have already been reported today. 

Also in the programme: Trying to laugh at the endless Brexit headlines.

(Picture: Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops at the Israel-Gaza border, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 22nd March 2019. Credit: Yousef Masoud/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images)

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