At least two people have died and more than 200 have been injured as Palestinians marched from Ramallah to East Jerusalem to protest against the Israeli campaign in Gaza. Organised by President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, more than 10,000 people are estimated to have taken part in the uprising, which was met by resistance from Israeli forces as it approached East Jerusalem. The event is being tweeted under the hashtag #48kMarch.
Further protests in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are expected following noon prayers on Friday, the last Friday of Ramadan, after the Palestinian Authority called for a “day of rage” over the bloodshed in Gaza.
Israeli media is reporting that the latest West Bank demonstration is the largest protest since the Second Intifada, which ended in 2005. The IDF reportedly employed "riot dispersal means" in an attempt to disrupt the demonstration. More than 800 Palestinians have died in the recent Israeli offensive, mostly civilians. The fighting has also claimed the lives of 33 Israelis.
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An Israeli security officer takes position as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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Injured protesters are carried away as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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An Israeli security officer takes position as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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An Israeli security officer walks past buring tires as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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A man is helped away as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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At least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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Israeli security officers make their ways past buring tires as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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Israeli security officers take position as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip clash with Israeli soldiers and border police at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, on 25 July 2014. Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 150 other people during the massive protest in the West Bank in support of fellow Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The confrontation, and several smaller skirmishes throughout Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, came on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims pray through the night as the holy month of Ramadan nears its end. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers carry the body, a member of Hasnen family, after being removed from under the rubble of their home following an Israeli air strike on Rafah in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 25, 2014, killing two people and wounding three others. Israeli fire pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree a week-long humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers carry the body, a member of Hasnen family, after being removed from under the rubble of their home following an Israeli air strike on Rafah in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 25, 2014, killing two people and wounding three others. Israeli fire pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree a week-long humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian woman is helped after the home of the Hasnen family was destroyed following an Israeli air strike on Rafah in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 25, 2014, killing two people and wounding three others. Israeli fire pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree a week-long humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier holds a position at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 21, 2014, after militants from Gaza infiltrated southern Israel through two tunnels. More than 10 militants from Gaza who accessed Israel were shot dead the Israeli army's official spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hold positions at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 21, 2014, after militants from Gaza infiltrated southern Israel through two tunnels. More than 10 militants from Gaza who accessed Israel were shot dead the Israeli army's official spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hold positions at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 21, 2014, after militants from Gaza infiltrated southern Israel through two tunnels. More than 10 militants from Gaza who accessed Israel were shot dead the Israeli army's official spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli Merkava tanks roll along the Israeli-Gaza Strip border, on July 21, 2014, after more than 10 Palestinian militants from Gaza were shot dead earlier this morning after infiltrating into southern Israel, the army's official spokesman said. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the latest round of Gaza violence rose to above 476, medics said, after announcing the deaths of 38 people early this morning. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hold positions at an army deployment near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 21, 2014, after militants from Gaza infiltrated southern Israel through two tunnels. More than 10 militants from Gaza who accessed Israel were shot dead the Israeli army's official spokesman said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers and tanks search for Palestinian militants who entered Israeli territory reputedly making their way to an Israeli Kibbutz, in the northern area of the Israeli border with Gaza Strip, on July 21 2014, as more than 10 Palestinian militants from Gaza were shot dead earlier this morning after infiltrating into southern Israel, the army's official spokesman said. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the latest round of Gaza violence rose to 476, medics said, after announcing the deaths of 38 people early this morning. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 21: Israeli soldiers position themselves on a hill overlooking the Israeli-Gaza border during operation 'Protective Edge' on July 21, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. Yesterday marked the bloodiest day of the conflict yet, as 13 Israeli soldiers died and the death toll in Gaza passed 500 people. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 21: Israeli soldiers position themselves on a hill overlooking the Israeli-Gaza border during operation 'Protective Edge' on July 21, 2014 near Sderot, Israel. Yesterday marked the bloodiest day of the conflict yet, as 13 Israeli soldiers died and the death toll in Gaza passed 500 people. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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A picture taken on July 21, 2014, from Israel at the southern border with the Gaza strip shows Israeli tanks and bulldozers operating inside Gaza Strip. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the latest round of Gaza violence rose to 476, medics said, after announcing the deaths of 38 people early this morning.AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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A picture taken on July 21, 2014, from Israel at the southern border with the Gaza strip shows Israeli tanks and bulldozers operating inside Gaza Strip. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the latest round of Gaza violence rose to 476, medics said, after announcing the deaths of 38 people early this morning.AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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An injured Israeli soldier is evacuated from near the Israeli border with Gaza Strip on July 21, 2014, following heavy fights between Israeli soldiers to Palestinian militants. The UN Security Council called for an 'immediate ceasefire' as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. The Israeli army said 13 soldiers were killed inside Gaza on July 21, raising to 18 the number of troops killed since the ground operation began late on July 17. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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An injured Israeli soldier is evacuated from near the Israeli border with Gaza Strip on July 21, 2014, following heavy fights between Israeli soldiers to Palestinian militants. The UN Security Council called for an 'immediate ceasefire' as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. The Israeli army said 13 soldiers were killed inside Gaza on July 21, raising to 18 the number of troops killed since the ground operation began late on July 17. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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An injured Israeli soldier is evacuated from near the Israeli border with Gaza Strip on July 21, 2014, following heavy fights between Israeli soldiers to Palestinian militants. The UN Security Council called for an 'immediate ceasefire' as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. The Israeli army said 13 soldiers were killed inside Gaza on July 21, raising to 18 the number of troops killed since the ground operation began late on July 17. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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Palestinians hold a doll wrapped in a white cloth with red stains and shout slogans during a protest in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 20, 2014, in protest against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
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Palestinians hold a doll wrapped in a white cloth with red stains and shout slogans during a protest in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 20, 2014, in protest against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
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Palestinians hold a doll wrapped in a white cloth with red stains and shout slogans during a protest in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 20, 2014, in protest against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier is seen on a Merkava tank, as part of the Israeli army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on July 20 was at least 100. It was the bloodiest single day in the battered enclave in five years, taking the Palestinian toll on the 13th day of Israel's Gaza offensive to 438. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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A picture taken on July 20, 2014, from the southern Israeli-Gaza border shows smoke billowing from buildings following an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called for an immediate session of the UN Security Council, as the Palestinian toll on the 13th day of Israel's Gaza offensive rose to 438. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier is seen on a Merkava tank, as part of the Israeli army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on July 20 was at least 100. It was the bloodiest single day in the battered enclave in five years, taking the Palestinian toll on the 13th day of Israel's Gaza offensive to 438. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier gestures on a Merkava tank, as part of the Israeli army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on July 20 was at least 100. It was the bloodiest single day in the battered enclave in five years, taking the Palestinian toll on the 13th day of Israel's Gaza offensive to 438. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Israeli soldiers weep at the grave of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano during his funeral on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation 'Protective Edge,' when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Women weep during the funeral of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation 'Protective Edge,' when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: A man tends to the dirt at the grave of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano during his funeral on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation 'Protective Edge,' when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: The family of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano weeps during his funeral on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation 'Protective Edge,' when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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NAHARIYA, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Mourners weep at the grave of Israeli Sergeant Adar Barsano after his funeral on July 20, 2014 in Nahariya, Israel. Sergeant Barsano was killed along with another IDF soldier on the twelfth day of operation 'Protective Edge,' when Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from a tunnel dug from Gaza and engaged Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
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Israeli Merkava tanks roll at an army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. Israel says its offensive against the Gaza Strip that began on July 8, and which has killed more than 425 Palestinians, is aimed at destroying tunnels used by militants from Hamas and other groups to infiltrate Israeli lines, and stop rocket attacks. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers flash the sign of victory on a Merkava tank at an army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. Israel says its offensive against the Gaza Strip that began on July 8, and which has killed more than 425 Palestinians, is aimed at destroying tunnels used by militants from Hamas and other groups to infiltrate Israeli lines, and stop rocket attacks. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) rolls at an army deployment near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 20, 2014. Israel says its offensive against the Gaza Strip that began on July 8, and which has killed more than 425 Palestinians, is aimed at destroying tunnels used by militants from Hamas and other groups to infiltrate Israeli lines, and stop rocket attacks. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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A demonstrator holds a fake child wrapped in a bloody sheet referring to Palestinian children killed during Israel's raids during a demonstration in Amsterdam on July 20, 2014, to denounce Israel's military campaign in Gaza and show their support for the Palestinian people. More than 60 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli forces bombarded Shejaiya, sending thousands fleeing in the deadliest assault on the Palestinian enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS (Photo credit should read JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOHN THYS via Getty Images)
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A demonstrator holds a fake child wrapped in a bloody sheet referring to Palestinian children killed during Israel's raids during a demonstration in Amsterdam on July 20, 2014, to denounce Israel's military campaign in Gaza and show their support for the Palestinian people. More than 60 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli forces bombarded Shejaiya, sending thousands fleeing in the deadliest assault on the Palestinian enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS (Photo credit should read JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOHN THYS via Getty Images)
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Canadian-Palestinian dual nationals are received by embassy staff at the Israeli side of the Erez crossing on July 20, 2014 after leaving the Gaza Strip. Dozens of Palestinian dual nationals have been permitted today to leave the Gaza Strip as Israel presses its biggest offensive in the coastal strip in five years. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARCO LONGARI via Getty Images)
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Canadian-Palestinian dual nationals are received by embassy staff at the Israeli side of the Erez crossing on July 20, 2014 after leaving the Gaza Strip. Dozens of Palestinian dual nationals have been permitted today to leave the Gaza Strip as Israel presses its biggest offensive in the coastal strip in five years. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARCO LONGARI via Getty Images)
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Civil Defence workers evacuate a victim during the ongoing Israeli military offensive on the Shejaiya neighborhood between Gaza City and the Israeli border, which has left more than 50 people dead in a blistering bombardment which began overnight, medics said on July 20, 2014. The death toll in Gaza passed 400 as Israel pressed its biggest offensive in the enclave in five years, Palestinian health officials said. '410 people have been killed since the war started and more than 3,020 people have been injured, most of them civilians,' deputy health minister Yussef Abu Rish told reporters at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED ABED via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises during the ongoing Israeli military offensive on the Shejaiya neighborhood between Gaza City and the Israeli border, which has left more than 50 people dead in a blistering bombardment which began overnight, medics said on July 20, 2014. The death toll in Gaza passed 400 as Israel pressed its biggest offensive in the enclave in five years, Palestinian health officials said. '410 people have been killed since the war started and more than 3,020 people have been injured, most of them civilians,' deputy health minister Yussef Abu Rish told reporters at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED ABED via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian medic searches for survivors amidst the rubble in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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Civilians run in a street in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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Civilians flee from Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man runs in a street in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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Palestinian medics evacuate a body from Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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An injured Palestinian youth arrives at al-Najar hospital following an Israeli air raid on Rafah, in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 20, 2014. The death toll in Gaza passed 400 as Israel pressed its biggest offensive in the enclave in five years, Palestinian health officials said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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A Palestinian medic stands infront of a destroyed building in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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An Palestinian woman is helped out of an ambulance as she arrives at al-Najar hospital following an Israeli air raid on Rafah, in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 20, 2014. The death toll in Gaza passed 400 as Israel pressed its biggest offensive in the enclave in five years, Palestinian health officials said. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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Palestinian medics search for survivors amidst the rubble in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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Palestinian medics search for survivors amidst the rubble in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MAHMUD HAMS via Getty Images)
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ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Israeli APC seen manoeuvring as the sun rises on July 20, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border. Protests have taken place all around the world against Israel's action in Gaza as the IDF have announced that they plan to expand their ground offensive. At least 100 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its ground incursion last week, raising the death toll in Gaza to over 350 since the operation began 13 days ago. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) (credit:Ilia Yefimovich via Getty Images)
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ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - JULY 20: Israeli tank seen manoeuvring on July 20, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border. Protests have taken place all around the world against Israel's action in Gaza as the IDF have announced that they plan to expand their ground offensive. At least 100 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its ground incursion last week, raising the death toll in Gaza to over 350 since the operation began 13 days ago. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) (credit:Ilia Yefimovich via Getty Images)
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A girls holds up the Palestinian flag during a protest near the US embassy in Awkar, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on July 20, 2014, against the Israeli military offensive on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANWAR AMRO via Getty Images)
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People gather holding up the Palestinian flag (L) and Lebanese flag as they protest near the US embassy in Awkar, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on July 20, 2014, against the Israeli military offensive on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANWAR AMRO via Getty Images)
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A man dressed in the colours of the American Stars and Strips flag, joins a protest near the US embassy in Awkar, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on July 20, 2014, against the Israeli military offensive on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANWAR AMRO via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers evacuate their wounded comrades at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2014. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers evacuate their wounded comrades at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2014. At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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Smoke billows following reported heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district on July 20, 2014. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gaza's northeastern Shejaiya district overnight, medics said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED ABED via Getty Images)
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An Israeli missile hits Palestinian buildings in Gaza City on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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A picture taken on July 17, 2014 shows an explosion following an Israeli strike in Gaza City. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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Palestinian missiles are fired from Gaza City toward Israel following Israeli air strikes on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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Palestinian missiles are fired from Gaza City toward Israel following Israeli air strikes on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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An Israeli missile hits Palestinian buildings in Gaza City on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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Smokes billow from Palestinian buildings following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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International journalists are gathered outside an hotel following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on July 17, 2014. (credit:THOMAS COEX via Getty Images)
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An Israeli army spokeswoman told the AFP news agency soldiers used "riot disposal means" to control the protest – a term used to cover weapons such as rubber bullets and tear gas.
She said: "There are thousands of rioters there. They are rolling burning tyres and throwing Molotov cocktails and fireworks at soldiers and border police.
"The soldiers are responding with riot disposal means."
An Israeli security officer takes position as at least 10,000 Palestinian protesters marching against Israel's military offensive
According to Reuters, protests also broke out within the city of Jerusalem, close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israel launched its offensive on the 8th July to stem the tide of rockets fired into the Israeli heartland from the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Thursday, 15 Palestinians were killed when a UN-operated school within Gaza was struck by shells.
The school was being used as a shelter by hundreds of Palestinians who have fled their homes since airstrikes two weeks ago.
It is the fourth time a UN facility has been hit during the recent conflict.
The protests came ahead of a meeting of Israel's security cabinet to discuss a US-drafted proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli public radio said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "appalled" by the attack on the UN school.
Speaking in Cairo ahead of talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry, he said: "I was shocked and appalled by what has happened in Beit Hanoun. It is totally unacceptable."