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Protest organizers urge Gazans to head to border fence

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Organizers are urging Gaza residents to head to the perimeter fence with Israel for the latest in a series of protests.

 

The call was issued through mosques and loudspeakers mounted on cars that toured Gaza neighborhoods Friday.

 

Marchers have protested an Israeli-Egyptian border blockade. On Friday, protests also coincide with "Jerusalem Day," marked by Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution.

 

Iran does not recognize Israel or its control over Jerusalem.

 

Iran supports several terror groups, including Gaza's ruling Hamas and smaller Islamic Jihad.

 

In border protests, activists have burned tires to block the view of Israeli snipers. Organizers say Israeli drones dropped incendiary materials on piles of old tires early Friday to make them unusable for the later protests.

 

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