8 killed, over 1,000 injured in new Gaza border protests: medics

A Palestinian protester burns tires during clashes on the Gaza-Israel border, east of Gaza City on April 6, 2018. Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators began Friday to set fire to dozens of car tires near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel in a bid to make a shield of black smoke to protect themselves from Israeli soldiers' gunfire. (Xinhua/Stringer)