UN asking for Israeli restraint in dealing with Hamas provocations and attacks on border

Guardian:

At least nine Palestinian men have been killed and scores more injured by Israeli gunfire on the Gaza border, a week after .

The renewed violence came despite a call by the UN secretary general, António Guterres for Israel to exercise “extreme caution”. His appeal was echoed by the UN human rights spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell who said unjustified recourse to live fire could amount to wilful killing of civilians – a breach of the fourth Geneva convention.

Figures for the dead and injured were supplied by the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza and a website associated with the group. The most seriously injured had reportedly been shot in the head or upper body. Another Palestinian who had been injured in last week’s protests also died on Friday from his wounds.

On Saturday morning, the health ministry in Gaza said a Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces had died. Yasser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media agency, was hit during clashes Friday. Another man, 20-year-old Hamza Abdel Aal, has also died after being shot, the ministry said, taking the death toll in Friday’s clashes to nine.

The deaths came as thousands of protesters streamed towards a series of protest camps along the border for a demonstration calling for Palestinian refugees’ right of return.

Under the cover of smoke from burning tyres, dozens of protesters approached the fence in one area, despite warnings by the Israeli military that those who did so risked their lives.

Justifying its response, the Israeli military said: “Several attempts have been made to damage and cross the security fence under the cover of the smokescreen created by the burning tyres that the rioters ignited.”
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Why are they asking the Israelis for restraint when it is the Hamas Palestinians that are the real problem.  All the Hamas people have to do is return home rather than attack the Israeli security fence.  Hamas has no right of return to Israel land.  None.  What this shows is the folly of making concessions such as the one Israel made when it left Gaza. 

Hamas's game right now is to create casualties of their own people so they can cynically use them as victims in their psywar operations.