Gazans buried their dead today with calls for "revenge" a day after a major demonstration led to clashes that saw Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in the bloodiest day since a 2014 war.
But while anger seethed over yesterday's events, only several hundred protesters had returned to tents erected at different sites near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel by mid-afternoon to resume demonstrations planned to last six weeks in the blockaded enclave.
Thousands attended funerals for 14 of those killed -- two were buried yesterday -- with mourners holding Palestinian flags and some chanting "revenge" and firing into the air.
The armed wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, said that five of those killed were members who were participating "in popular events side-by-side with their people."
His spokesman today called on the US at the UN Security Council to not provide "cover for Israel to continue its aggression against the Palestinian people."
"Israeli allegations of violence by some protesters do not change the fact that using lethal force is banned by international law except to meet an imminent threat to life," the New York-based group said, calling the number of killed and wounded "shocking."
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