France is urging Israel to show restraint following its mass shooting of Palestinian demonstrations. On Friday during Land Day demonstrations, Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians and wounded about a thousand more along the border with the Gaza Strip. Israel's defence minister Avigdor Lieberman has rejected international calls for an independent investigation, including one by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Lieberman said the protests were not a music festival. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the soldiers who carried out the shooting for "guarding the country's borders".