JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) praised troops for “guarding the country’s borders” after a mass Gaza frontier protest led to clashes that left 16 Palestinians dead.

“Well done to our soldiers,” he wrote in a statement. “Israel acts vigorously and with determination to protect its sovereignty and the security of its citizens.”

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