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Israel fires on pro-Palestinian protesters; 20 reported killed
Hundreds of demonstrators marking the anniversary of Israel’s seizure of the Golan Heights in 1967 rush over Syria’s border. Scores remain camped out in the mine-laden buffer zone, refusing to leave.
Golan Heights

June 6, 2011
Reporting from Jerusalem—

Israeli security forces opened fire Sunday on throngs of pro-Palestinian protesters who were attempting to breach the border by crossing from Syria into the Golan Heights, the second such deadly incident in less than a month.

As many as 20 protesters were killed and 270 others were wounded, according to Syria’s state-run news agency. Israeli officials said they could not confirm the casualty figures. The toll could not be independently verified.

The violence, which came during protests to mark the 44th anniversary of Israel’s capture of the Golan Heights during the 1967 Middle East War, was the latest sign that regional unrest in the Arab world is beginning to affect Israel.

Similar protests last month left 12 people dead after Israeli and Lebanese forces fired on crowds that stormed the borders from Syria and Lebanon.

Israeli officials said Sunday that they first fired warning shots at several hundred protesters who rushed over the Syrian border and ran into a mine-laden buffer zone that separates the Golan Heights.

By Sunday night, scores of protesters remained camped along the Syrian border, refusing to leave despite tear gas volleys and periodic warning shots fired by Israeli soldiers. Many lighted bonfires and appeared to be preparing to spend the night outside. …more