More violence and a rising death toll, a day after Israeli forces killed more than 60 Palestinians along the border with Gaza. Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of "Nakba" or "catastrophe day" - with protests against Israel's occupation. CGTN's Stephanie Freid reports from the West Bank. 

Nakba demonstrations are an annual occurrence. But this year's protests were particularly significant. For starters, this is the 70th anniversary of the Nakba or, in English, the 'catastrophe.' And it comes a day after the U.S. officially opened its new Jerusalem embassy, effectively sidelining Palestinian aspirations for an independent state.

Last December, the U.S. became the first country in the world to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.  West Bank Palestinians have watched for weeks as their Gaza brethren have been injured and killed by Israeli army fire along the region's eastern border. The embassy move prompted Palestinian leaders to turn their backs on the U.S. and ignited a wave of violence that has international leaders weighing in.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TURKISH PRESIDENT "What Israel has done today is genocide, and it is not the first time Israel has carried out a genocide."

STEPHANIE FREID, RAMALLAH "International human rights organizations including Doctors without Borders, UNRWA, Euro Med and the UN Council for Humanitarian Affairs are calling on all sides to de-escalate the situation. One organization, blaming Israel for Gaza mass murders, called on the international community to intervene. At the same time, a former Israel internal security or Shabak director said publicly: 'We have enough bullets for everyone. STEPHANIE FREID, CGTN, RAMALLAH."