US blocks UN Security Council statement on Gaza violence

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US blocks UN Security Council statement on Gaza violence
MEE and agencies
Kuwait presents proposed statement, which calls for 'independent and transparent investigation' of violence
Sunday 1 April 2018 00:18 UTC

The United States on Saturday blocked a draft UN Security Council statement urging restraint and calling for an investigation of clashes on the Gaza-Israel border that left 16 dead, diplomats said.

Clashes erupted as tens of thousands of Gazans protested near the border on Friday, with Israeli forces using tear gas and live fire to force back smaller numbers of demonstrators who approached within a few hundred metres of the heavily fortified border fence.

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