Israeli occupation forces killed at least six people and injured dozens others as hundreds of protesters marched, at the Syrian border with the Palestinian occupied territories in Golan Heights, marking Naksa day.
Israeli occupation forces killed at least six people and injured dozens others as hundreds of protesters marched on Sunday, at the Syrian border with the Palestinian occupied territories in Golan Heights, marking Naksa day.
Al-Manar TV correspondent in Quneitra area in Golan Heights, Anass Azrak reported there were at least six martyrs.
Azrak said that at least hundred protesters were injured.
Palestinian and Syrian protesters head to the border with occupied territories in Golan Heights on Naksa Day (The Day of Defeat) to mark the 44th anniversary of the beginning of Israel's 1967 Six-Day War against Arabs.
The Syrian TV showed footage of Israeli soldiers on top of a tank opening fire on the protesters.
Live footages broadcast on Syrian TV and Al-Jazeera also showed heavy gunfire along the Golan Heights border and protesters carrying wounded people away.
WEST BANK RALIES
In West Bank, dozens of Palestinians rallied in the Qalandiya village north of Al-Quds.
Al-Manar correspondent Deeb Hourani reported that at least 90 protesters were wounded as Israeli occupation forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas.
The Protesters were hoisting signs reading "A million shahids are marching in Al-Quds," "The people want end to occupation," and "occupation is illegal.”
ISRAEL ON HIGH ALERT
Israeli media outlets reported on Sunday that occupation forces were on high alert for fear of any attempt by protesters to cross the border.
Israeli Daily, Haaretz, said that Northern Command of occupation forces was “on high alert this morning ahead of a possible attempt by thousands of Palestinian refugees from the Damascus area to storm the border of the Golan Heights as a way of marking Naksa Day”.
It added that the Central Command and the Southern Command also declared high alert in case protesters in West Bank and Gaza Strip respectively took to streets marking the event.
However, the daily said that the “northern border seems the most likely area for clashes”.
