• A mass attempt by Palestinians to breach the border fence between Israel and Gaza, above, took a violent turn as Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians and wounded 2,700 others, Gaza officials said. The Israeli military said some protesters planted or hurled explosives.

Barely 40 miles away, in Jerusalem, Ivanka Trump and other American officials celebrated President Trump’s formal relocation of the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv. It was a surreal contrast of pomp and chaos between the two sites. Another contradiction: Two American evangelical pastors who took part in the opening ceremony have made inflammatory comments about Jews.

The White House dismissed the violence as “unfortunate propaganda” by the Palestinians, but said the clashes would not hinder its efforts to push forward a plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.