LATEST: Gaza sees more protests and violence on Nakba Day, after 62 killed

LATEST: Gaza sees more protests and violence on Nakba Day, after 62 killed

LATEST: Gaza sees more protests and violence on Nakba Day, after 62 killed

Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba - or catastrophe - and the culmination of the Great March of Return protests along the Gaza Strip's frontier with Israel.

Mass protests are expected on Tuesday in besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians on Monday in protests near the Gaza "security fence", including an eight-month-old baby.

The US officially moved its embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, which also marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel.

We'll be keeping you updated here throughout the day.

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