Ramallah. .- At least fifteen people were killed and over 170 were injured in the protests that took place in the region to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates Palestinian exile and the loss of their homes and land that was the foundation the State of Israel, 14 May 1948. The main fighting took place in the Golan Heights, territory occupied by Israel from Syria in the Six Day War of 1967.
Several hundreds of Palestinians from refugee camps in southern Syria crossed the line to manifest in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan occupied by Israel. "Several thousand came to the border, and some of them managed to reach Majdal Shams," confirmed the Israeli army spokesman, General Yoav Mordechai.
The protesters arrived at the border fence at around 13.30 local time (10.30 GMT), with Palestinian and Syrian flags and when they crossed the fence at the height of the "Hill of Screams," a place where the occupied Golan Druze communicate with their relatives in Syria, were received with bullets by Israeli soldiers.
The latest death toll indicates that between 10 and 20 people were hit by bullets, and among them there are four dead, according to official sources and regional media. Because some of the victims were on the side controlled by Israel, and the other on the Syrian side so far is difficult to establish the bottom line.
Those who did manage to penetrate several tens as the Israeli army, arrived at the Plaza Tahrir (the Liberation) Majdal Shams to demand Israel repeatedly, with a massive support of the local Druze population, "Devolvednos our land, our devolvednos earth. " Ten Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in clashes in the Plateau, which still manages the voluntary return of the last group of infiltrators.
The Day of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic) is commemorated every year on May 15 to remember the consequences for the Palestinians was the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948, and demand the return of more than four million refugees scattered around the world. "The Nakba is the event that most defines our history and our struggle," said Saeb Erekat, former chief Palestinian negotiator, said in a statement.
The main event of the day was held at noon in Ramallah, West Bank administrative capital, with the participation of about 10,000 people and with the new this year a siren wailing in mourning. "People want an end to occupation, as happened in Egypt" and "You must end the longest occupation in the world", were some of the participants shouting slogans of a merger that went almost unnoticed by the violence of the commemorations elsewhere.
In step Qalandiyah, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, about 600 Palestinians demonstrated and threw stones at Israeli forces. In Beirut, Lebanese media reported that between four and six people were killed and thirty others injured in the southern town of Maroun Ras, on the border with Israel, when Israeli forces opened fire on mass protests that came to the border defined by the UN.
During the event, which also included Lebanese, participants threw stones at Israeli positions after passing the barriers erected by the Lebanese army tried to prevent the riots. The Israeli military says its forces fired "selectively against those who tried to destroy the border fence," and attributed much of the shooting victims of Lebanese soldiers.
"This is a provocation of Iran and the terrorist organizations based in Damascus," said Lt. Col. Efe Avital Leibovich, a spokesman for foreign media in the Israeli army, remembering that Tehran "sponsors" the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. Speaking to local media, a spokesman for the UN international force in the area, UNIFIL, urged all parties "maximum restraint" so that the event did not trigger a regional crisis.
The ninth fatality is a Palestinian who was involved in another border merger, this time in Gaza, and was also repelled by the Israeli Army when a crowd of several thousands of people approached the Erez crossing and began to destroy the facility. About 70 Palestinians were injured, fifteen of them by shrapnel from missiles fired by Israeli tanks near the Palestinian town of Beit Lahia and the other bullet, told reporters Selmeya Abu Adham, a spokesman for the emergency services in Gaza .
The day passed more calmly -36-arrested in East Jerusalem, where on Saturday a Palestinian teenager was killed by the alleged shooting of a settler. Netanyahu ordered "to safeguard sovereignty," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that the Israeli army has orders to "safeguard the borders and sovereignty of Israel" after the violent clashes that have taken place in the region for the Day "Nakba." "I hope the situation quickly return to calm, but make no mistake: we are determined to safeguard our borders and our sovereignty," the prime minister said in a brief appearance before the media in Jerusalem. 
Several hundreds of Palestinians from refugee camps in southern Syria crossed the line to manifest in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan occupied by Israel. "Several thousand came to the border, and some of them managed to reach Majdal Shams," confirmed the Israeli army spokesman, General Yoav Mordechai.
The protesters arrived at the border fence at around 13.30 local time (10.30 GMT), with Palestinian and Syrian flags and when they crossed the fence at the height of the "Hill of Screams," a place where the occupied Golan Druze communicate with their relatives in Syria, were received with bullets by Israeli soldiers.
The latest death toll indicates that between 10 and 20 people were hit by bullets, and among them there are four dead, according to official sources and regional media. Because some of the victims were on the side controlled by Israel, and the other on the Syrian side so far is difficult to establish the bottom line.
Those who did manage to penetrate several tens as the Israeli army, arrived at the Plaza Tahrir (the Liberation) Majdal Shams to demand Israel repeatedly, with a massive support of the local Druze population, "Devolvednos our land, our devolvednos earth. " Ten Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in clashes in the Plateau, which still manages the voluntary return of the last group of infiltrators.
The Day of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic) is commemorated every year on May 15 to remember the consequences for the Palestinians was the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948, and demand the return of more than four million refugees scattered around the world. "The Nakba is the event that most defines our history and our struggle," said Saeb Erekat, former chief Palestinian negotiator, said in a statement.
The main event of the day was held at noon in Ramallah, West Bank administrative capital, with the participation of about 10,000 people and with the new this year a siren wailing in mourning. "People want an end to occupation, as happened in Egypt" and "You must end the longest occupation in the world", were some of the participants shouting slogans of a merger that went almost unnoticed by the violence of the commemorations elsewhere.
In step Qalandiyah, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, about 600 Palestinians demonstrated and threw stones at Israeli forces. In Beirut, Lebanese media reported that between four and six people were killed and thirty others injured in the southern town of Maroun Ras, on the border with Israel, when Israeli forces opened fire on mass protests that came to the border defined by the UN.
During the event, which also included Lebanese, participants threw stones at Israeli positions after passing the barriers erected by the Lebanese army tried to prevent the riots. The Israeli military says its forces fired "selectively against those who tried to destroy the border fence," and attributed much of the shooting victims of Lebanese soldiers.
"This is a provocation of Iran and the terrorist organizations based in Damascus," said Lt. Col. Efe Avital Leibovich, a spokesman for foreign media in the Israeli army, remembering that Tehran "sponsors" the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. Speaking to local media, a spokesman for the UN international force in the area, UNIFIL, urged all parties "maximum restraint" so that the event did not trigger a regional crisis.
The ninth fatality is a Palestinian who was involved in another border merger, this time in Gaza, and was also repelled by the Israeli Army when a crowd of several thousands of people approached the Erez crossing and began to destroy the facility. About 70 Palestinians were injured, fifteen of them by shrapnel from missiles fired by Israeli tanks near the Palestinian town of Beit Lahia and the other bullet, told reporters Selmeya Abu Adham, a spokesman for the emergency services in Gaza .
The day passed more calmly -36-arrested in East Jerusalem, where on Saturday a Palestinian teenager was killed by the alleged shooting of a settler. Netanyahu ordered "to safeguard sovereignty," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that the Israeli army has orders to "safeguard the borders and sovereignty of Israel" after the violent clashes that have taken place in the region for the Day "Nakba." "I hope the situation quickly return to calm, but make no mistake: we are determined to safeguard our borders and our sovereignty," the prime minister said in a brief appearance before the media in Jerusalem.
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