WATCH: Behind the Smokescreen Part II - Exclusive footage from Gaza

"Hamas knows that it can count on the international community when it launches initiatives such as those 'peaceful protests,' while Israel has no choice but to defend its borders."

A Palestinian poses as he prepares a kite before trying to fly it with incendiaries over the border fence with Israel, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip on May 4, 2018.

(photo credit: SAID KHATIB / AFP)

ByJULIANE HELMHOLD

MAY 24, 2018 07:59

Updated: MAY 24, 2018 10:22

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