Funerals are occurring for Palestinians murdered during protests in Gaza that concurred with the US opening its embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.

Upward of sixty casualties with about 2,771 wounded after Israeli troops opened fire with live ammo and tear gas at the Gaza-Israel border reported Gaza's Health Ministry.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas portrayed Monday's occasions as a "massacre," however Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, "every country has an obligation to defend its borders."





As the dissents occurred some 60 miles away, the US was opening its embassy in Jerusalem, attended by U.S President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.





Trump addressed the ceremony via videolink and tweeted to say it was a "big day for Israel."



