The last of the protesters who infiltrated across the border into Israel from Syria on Sunday have been returned to Syria by Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Israel police.
At least one demonstrator was killed and dozens more wounded in the incident near Majdal Shams on the Syrian border, according to the IDF.
The IDF said that the incident clearly bore Iran’s fingerprints and served Syrian interests.
According to Lebanese security sources, at least 10 Palestinian protesters were killed at a demonstration near the Lebanese-Israeli border.
The sources said more than 100 people had been wounded in the shooting incident in the border village of Maroun a-Ras.
The protests were held to mark Nakba Day, which mourns the creation of the State of Israel.
Syria condemned Israel’s "criminal activities" on Sunday.
State news agency SANA quoted the Syrian foreign ministry as saying it called on the international community to hold Israel responsible for the incidents, the deadliest such confrontation along the borders in years.
The IDF had no prior information of the intention of demonstrators to break through the border fence. IDF forces had been deployed at several points along the Syrian and Lebanese borders but there was no expectation that violence would break out in the Majdal Shams area, where numerous demonstrations have occurred in the past that all ended without violence.
Hundreds of demonstrators tried to break through the border fence in the Maroun a-Ras area of Lebanon. IDF and Lebanese forces opened fire to prevent to prevent demonstrators from crossing the border.
According to IDF sources, IDF soldiers fired shots in the air and at the legs of protesters while Lebanese forces opened fire indiscriminately.
The IDF sources said that three to five demonstrators were killed by Lebanese gunfire.
10 IDF soldiers and three IDF officers were injured in the incidents on the Syrian and Lebanese borders.