BLACKWELL: Welcome back. More people have been killed in the violence on the Israeli-Gaza border.</s>GALLAGHER: Yes. At least nine Palestinians killed when Israeli troops opened fire along the border fence there. CNN international correspondent Ian Lee is in Jerusalem. And, Ian, this escalating death toll here, what is happening?</s>IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, and if you tally the death toll, Dianne, from the last two weeks, that now stands at 31 people. They call this the "March of Return." Palestinians say they want to cross the border from Gaza into Israel, going back to lands that were lost in the 1948 war. For its part, Israel says that's a red line. They're not going to let anyone breach their sovereignty. And so you have this mixture of friction that creates this violence on both sides, neither side willing to back down. Israel blaming Hamas for this current violence. We're also watching this because this just the first two weeks. We have five weekends to go. And there's a lot of concern that a single incident could create this from protest into a war. And neither side says that they want a war at this time. But the one thing we're also watching is just how many people have been going out there. You know, even with the threat of being shot or this violence, people say they're still going to continue. And so this really does create this volatile situation on the border between Gaza and Israel.</s>GALLAGHER: All right, Ian Lee in Jerusalem. Thank you.</s>BLACKWELL: Well, Russia says there will be a harsh response after the U.S. slaps new sanctions over the country's meddling in the 2016 election. A live report from Moscow is ahead.
Death Toll Rises from Israeli-Palestinian Violence