GAZA, Palestinian Territory — The Latest on the Israel-Palestinians conflict (all times local):3:20 p.m.Officials from the Islamic Hamas group are travelling to Egypt in another attempt to negotiate the easing of the blockade on the Gaza Strip. ——3:10 p.m.Thousands attended funerals for seven Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in deadliest day of protests aimed at Gaza’s border blockade in several months. Nasser Musabeh was among seven protesters who Gaza health officials say were killed by Israeli troops near the fence Friday. Protests began in March and recently accelerated after the latest failure to negotiate an easing of Gaza’s 11-year-old border blockade. Israel and Egypt imposed the closure after the Islamic militant Hamas seized Gaza in 2007.

Source: National Post September 29, 2018 08:48 UTC