<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Twelve Palestinians were killed in Israeli fire on the Gaza border today as mass protests erupted against the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem.</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Gazan Health Ministry said, 12 persons were killed after major clashes broke out across the border between Israeli snipers and stone-throwing Palestinians, seeking to damage the fence. Thousands of others were protesting near the border.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Meanwhile, celebrations are being held in Israel ahead of shifting of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, are among those present in the country for the occasion. Both of them serve as advisers to the US President.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The pair will attend an official opening ceremony of the embassy today. Most European Union ambassadors are expected to boycott the event.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who is among the US delegation, has described the embassy's move as a sign of the enduring friendship and partnership between US and Israel.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div class="adL" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>