Thousands of Paleos Israeli border positions from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday. They hurled stones and surged across frontier before being repelled by army gunfire that killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more.| Happy Nakba! |
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"We cannot put up with this anymore. We are demanding our right of return. We have no fear," said Muhammad Umran from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus.
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Israeli troops opened fire to force the protestors back, killing two. Syrian television claimed that more than 100 people were injured.
On the border with Lebanon, 10 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded, the Lebanese army said, when Israeli troops shot at a crowd of protestors that broke away from a large demonstration and threw rocks at the border fence near Maroun al-Ras. The Israeli army said its forces fired warning shots when protestors tried to breach the fence and enter Israel.
Hundreds of protesters marched to a frontier crossing at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, and Israeli forces opened fire to drive them back. Paleos reported that Israeli forces fired several artillery shells as a warning and then opened fire, injuring more than 60 people. The army said soldiers fired at the legs of rioters who threw rocks at soldiers and damaged the border crossing.
Riots also broke out at the Qalandia crossing between the West Bank and Jerusalem, where stone-throwing youths fought soldiers for hours after a march by several hundred people was broken up with tear-gas. Dozens were injured by rubber-coated bullets, according to Paleo sources.
In Tel Aviv, a truck driven by an Israeli Arab tore through a crowded street, smashing several cars and plowing into a bus, killing one motorist. Although the driver claimed it was an accident, police are investigating whether the incident was a deliberate attack.