Palestinians bury their bodies with calls for revenge

GAZA CITY, Mar 31 (AFP): Gazans buried their dead on Saturday with calls for "revenge" a day after a major demonstration led to clashes that saw Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in the bloodiest day since a 2014 war.

But while anger seethed over Friday's events, only several hundred protesters had returned to tents erected at different sites near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel by mid-afternoon to resume demonstrations planned to last six weeks in the blockaded enclave.

Thousands attended funerals for 14 of those killed-two were buried on Friday-with mourners holding Palestinian flags and some chanting "revenge" and firing into the air.

The armed wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, said that five of those killed were members who were participating "in popular events side-by-side with their people."

"Where are you, Arabs? Where are you, Muslims?" mourners chanted at one funeral, calling on the Arab and Muslim world to intervene.

A general strike was also being held in both the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.