▁Gaz a , ▁which ▁early ▁reports ▁said ▁was ▁directed ▁towards ▁Z ik im . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁week ▁prior ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁March , ▁the ▁ID F ▁arrested ▁a ▁suspect ▁who ▁crossed ▁into ▁Isra eli ▁territory ▁from ▁northern ▁Gaz a ; ▁ 2 ▁Palest ini ans ▁were ▁seen ▁near ▁the ▁now - def unct ▁Kar ni ▁crossing ▁container ▁port ▁trying ▁to ▁set ▁fire ▁to ▁army ▁engineering ▁equipment ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁border ▁f ence ; ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁four ▁Palest ini ans ▁in fil tr ated ▁Israel ▁near ▁K iss uf im ; ▁and ▁ 3 ▁Gaz ans , ▁armed ▁with ▁gr en ades ▁and ▁kn ives , ▁crossed ▁the ▁border ▁and ▁were ▁captured ▁some ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁border , ▁near ▁T ze ' el im . ▁▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁The ▁first ▁protest ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁during ▁the ▁Land ▁Day . ▁Some ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Palest ini ans ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁protest s ▁which ▁were ▁launched ▁from ▁five ▁tent ▁cam ps ▁that ▁were ▁set ▁up ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁Israel – G aza ▁bar rier , ▁near ▁the ▁ ▁no - go ▁zone ▁im posed ▁by ▁Israel . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁demonstr ators ▁in ▁the ▁enc amp ments ▁were ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁border ▁security ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁eng age ▁in ▁violence . ▁H undred s ▁of ▁young ▁Palest ini ans , ▁however , ▁ignored ▁warnings ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁organiz ers ▁and ▁the