Latest: Scores wounded as Israeli troops fire on Gaza border protestors

Palestinians are streaming into tent camps on Gaza's border with Israel for a third mass protest, amid concerns about more bloodshed after 27 Palestinians were killed and hundreds during rallies in the last two weeks.

Update - 2.28pm: Thousands of Palestinians are staging a mass protest along Gaza's sealed border with Israel with some burning Israeli flags, throwing stones and torching tyres.

Israeli soldiers are firing tear gas and live bullets from across the border fence.