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A Palestinian protester was spotted using a tennis racket to return a tear gas canniser fired by Israeli troops, as demonstrations continued on the Gaza-Israel Border.

Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinian protester in Gaza today, Palestinian medical workers said, as demonstrators arrived for the last Friday of a six-week protest.

Organisers of the protest, called the "Great March of Return," said they expected tens of thousands of Gazans at border encampments in the coming days.

Israeli troops have killed 43 Palestinians and injured more than 1,500 during the protest, which ends on May 15, the day Palestinians call the "Nakba" or "catastrophe".

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It marks the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel in 1948.

Many of the protesters are peaceful, and Israel says they only target protesters who threaten the border.

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Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, Yehiye Sinwar, compared the protesters to a “starving tiger”, warning thousands could try to burst through the border fence into Israel next week.

He told CBS News he hoped to avoid blodshed.

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But he said Israel’s borders are not internationally recognized and do not have to be respected.

"What's the problem if hundreds of thousands storm this fence which is not a border of a state? What's the problem with that?" he said.