QUNEITRA, BEIRUT, GAZA (SANA) - Israeli occupation army on Sunday opened live fire on Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese civilian demonstrators who were marking the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day. A number of civilian demonstrators were martyred, hundreds others wounded, scores of them in critical conditions.
Two citizens were martyred and 170 others wounded in the Israeli occupation forces attacks on citizens in Ein al-Tineh in Quneitra province and Majdal Shams in the Occupied Syrian Golan.
Director of Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Quneitra, Ali Kana’an, said the two martyrs, Ahmad al-Madani and Bashar Ali al-Shehabi from al-Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, were already dead when they reached the hospital as they were injured from live fire.
Kana’an pointed out that al-Madani, 18 years old, was martyred due to a gunshot in the heart, and that al-Shehabi, who is in his forties, was shot in the face.
An oratorical festival was held in Ein al-Tineh to mark al-Nakba Day, with participants denouncing the racist Israeli occupation policies and stressing the need to end occupation and adhere to the right to return.
Participants in the gathering said they were driven to participate by their longing to their homeland, adding that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas indiscriminately, leading to many injuries and martyring several.
15 year-old Mohammad Saed was one of those injured by Israeli gunfire. He said that he and the others who were in gathering had been looking forward to this day for more than 6 decades. Another participant said that Israeli occupation soldiers panicked upon seeing the Syrian and Palestinian youths.
Hundreds of Palestinians living in Syria and people from Quneitra participated in marking al-Nakba Day, affirming their resilience and determination to continue struggling until they return to their homeland.
In the same context, 19 of the people injured by the Israeli army during their participation in commoraitng al-Nakba in Ein al-Tineh arrived in al-Muwasa Hospital in Damascus, 16 of them suffering from gunshot wounds while the remaining three inhaled tear gas.
Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) quoted Spokesman of the Higher Commission of Relief and Emergency in Gaza Adham Abu Salmiye as saying that relief crew transported more than 80 injured people to Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, and that one of the injured was in critical condition.
In the West Bank, more than 80 Palestinians were inured near Kalandia crossing point in occupied Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation army’s gunfire, while the towns of Salwan south of al-Aqsa Mosque and al-Isawiya and Shaafat Camp witnessed Israeli assaults against Palesitnian youths since Sunday morning.
The Israeli occupation authorities imposed a military blockade on Sunday morning on the West Bank on the pretense of fearing altercations between Palestinians and occupation forces after the announcement of several protests in Palestine on occasion of al-Nakba Day.
WAFA reported that the Israeli occupation army deployed around 10,000 members of its security forces and raised the state of alert among its police, with the army setting up more blockades at the entrances of towns in Jerusalem and in main and side roads which impeded the movement of students.
Israeli occupation intelligence, police and border police forces raided the old city in Jerusalem on Friday and arrested dozens in the area of Bab Hatta near al-Aqsa Mosque.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that 10 people were martyred and 56 injured after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators in Maroun al-Ras area in southern Lebanon, and that some of inured are in critical condition.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the border fence between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories to marking the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day.
The injured people were transported to hospitals in Sour and Bint Jbeil.
The Israeli forces deployed tanks and military vehicles that were positioned in the fields opposite Maroun al-Ras area, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, adding that heavy gunfire was heard near where the Lebanese and Palestinians were gathering.
Head of the First Aid Arab Union Society, Mohammad Gharabli said the occupation forces arrested the first-aid man Ja’afar Hamdan after beating him, adding that the Israeli soldiers are preventing the ambulance staff, cameramen and journalists from reaching the area. Israeli military helicopters violated Lebanese airspace and flew over the occupied Palestinian lands opposite Maroun al-Ras.
In a statement issued by the Media Office of the Lebanese Presidency on occasion of al-Nakba Day, Sleiman said that developments proved the futility of the Israeli aggressive option, which calls for the international community to exert new efforts to find a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause.
Sleiman called for bolstering Arab solidarity to confront Israeli plots, condemning the criminal Israeli practices against innocent civilians in Southern Lebanon, the Golan and Palestine, which led to the martyring of dozens of civilians and the wounding of hundreds.
Mikati called on Palestinians to strengthen their reconciliation in the face of the conspiracy against the Palestinian cause.
Hezbollah condemned in a statement the deliberate attack by the Israeli enemy against demonstrators in Maroun al-Ras, the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied Palestinian territories, saying that murder isn’t an unusual thing for Israelis who are accustomed to shedding Arab blood.
Hezbollah stressed that the bloody crimes that took place on Sunday should make the international community assume its responsibility, calling for a clear stance regarding the Israeli terrorism against the Palestinian people.
In a joint statement, a number of Lebanese parties condemned the Israeli crimes against civilians, stressing that no-one can cancel the Palestinians’ right to return to their homeland, calling on the international community to act immediately to put an end to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
In turn, President of the Lebanese Democratic Party MP Talal Arslan said that the demonstrations on Sunday are the new Arab revolution, and that adherence to the right of return and liberating Palestine is the only response to Israel and the one guarantee of freedom and independence.
Lebanese MP Qassem Hashem and member of the Independent Nasserite Movement Mustafa Hamdan also denounced the Israeli aggressions, lauding the demonstrations and those who participated in them.
Amal Movement said in a statement that the brutality and aggression aren’t unusual behavior for Israel, and that thing are as they should be with Palestine returning to being the central Arab cause. The statement called for supporting Palestine and its people in all Arab cities.
The Lebanese Communist Party also condemned the Israeli brutality and barbarism, calling for international and human rights organization to support righteousness and justice in the face of Israel.
Several Lebanese figures including MP Qassem Hashem, member of the Independent Nasserite Movement Mustafa Hamdan, MP Asaad Hardan, Chairman of the Popular Nasserite Organization Usama Saad, Ali Fadlallah and Hashem Minkara also denounced the Israeli aggressions, lauding the demonstrations and those who participated in them.
The thousands participating in the popular festival in the town of Maroun al-Ras affirmed the Palestinian people’s adherence to their rights, including the right to return which is the basis of the Palestinian cause.
AL Assistant Secretary General fir Palestine and Occupied Arab Lands Affairs, Ambassador Mohammad Sbeih, decried the occupation’s forces aggression and opening fire against unarmed civilians in Maroun al-Ras, the occupied Syrian Golan, Beit Hanoun and the West Bank.
Sbeih said that the events taking place on the anniversary of al-Nakba Day prove that the Palestinian cause is returning to its proper place in the conscience of the Arab youth, adding that the message being to directed to Israel today is that force and fait accompli policies cannot give it the right to Jerusalem or any other inch of Palestinian land.
Al-Arbai held Israel full responsibility for the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian lands, demanding that it deal with peaceful demonstration within the context of international law and human rights.
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Director of Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Quneitra, Ali Kana’an, said the two martyrs, Ahmad al-Madani and Bashar Ali al-Shehabi from al-Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, were already dead when they reached the hospital as they were injured from live fire.
Kana’an pointed out that al-Madani, 18 years old, was martyred due to a gunshot in the heart, and that al-Shehabi, who is in his forties, was shot in the face.
An oratorical festival was held in Ein al-Tineh to mark al-Nakba Day, with participants denouncing the racist Israeli occupation policies and stressing the need to end occupation and adhere to the right to return.
Participants in the gathering said they were driven to participate by their longing to their homeland, adding that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas indiscriminately, leading to many injuries and martyring several.
15 year-old Mohammad Saed was one of those injured by Israeli gunfire. He said that he and the others who were in gathering had been looking forward to this day for more than 6 decades. Another participant said that Israeli occupation soldiers panicked upon seeing the Syrian and Palestinian youths.
Hundreds of Palestinians living in Syria and people from Quneitra participated in marking al-Nakba Day, affirming their resilience and determination to continue struggling until they return to their homeland.
In the same context, 19 of the people injured by the Israeli army during their participation in commoraitng al-Nakba in Ein al-Tineh arrived in al-Muwasa Hospital in Damascus, 16 of them suffering from gunshot wounds while the remaining three inhaled tear gas.
Scores of Syrian Injured while Commemorating 63rd Anniversary of al-Nakba Day
In Gaza, one Palestinian was martyred and 160 were wounded when the Israeli occupation army opened fire on rallies commemorating the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day. Palestinian sources also said that dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli artillery fire that targeted areas near Beit Hanoun crossing point north of Gaza Strip and near Kalandia crossing point in occupied Jerusalem.Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) quoted Spokesman of the Higher Commission of Relief and Emergency in Gaza Adham Abu Salmiye as saying that relief crew transported more than 80 injured people to Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, and that one of the injured was in critical condition.
In the West Bank, more than 80 Palestinians were inured near Kalandia crossing point in occupied Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation army’s gunfire, while the towns of Salwan south of al-Aqsa Mosque and al-Isawiya and Shaafat Camp witnessed Israeli assaults against Palesitnian youths since Sunday morning.
The Israeli occupation authorities imposed a military blockade on Sunday morning on the West Bank on the pretense of fearing altercations between Palestinians and occupation forces after the announcement of several protests in Palestine on occasion of al-Nakba Day.
WAFA reported that the Israeli occupation army deployed around 10,000 members of its security forces and raised the state of alert among its police, with the army setting up more blockades at the entrances of towns in Jerusalem and in main and side roads which impeded the movement of students.
Israeli occupation intelligence, police and border police forces raided the old city in Jerusalem on Friday and arrested dozens in the area of Bab Hatta near al-Aqsa Mosque.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that 10 people were martyred and 56 injured after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators in Maroun al-Ras area in southern Lebanon, and that some of inured are in critical condition.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the border fence between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories to marking the 63rd anniversary of al-Nakba Day.
The injured people were transported to hospitals in Sour and Bint Jbeil.
The Israeli forces deployed tanks and military vehicles that were positioned in the fields opposite Maroun al-Ras area, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, adding that heavy gunfire was heard near where the Lebanese and Palestinians were gathering.
Head of the First Aid Arab Union Society, Mohammad Gharabli said the occupation forces arrested the first-aid man Ja’afar Hamdan after beating him, adding that the Israeli soldiers are preventing the ambulance staff, cameramen and journalists from reaching the area. Israeli military helicopters violated Lebanese airspace and flew over the occupied Palestinian lands opposite Maroun al-Ras.
Lebanese Army: 10 Martyred, 112 Wounded in Maroun al-Ras
The Lebanese Army stated that despite its strict precautions, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the gathering in Maroun al-Ras area, martyring 10 and wounding 112, some of which are in critical condition. The Lebanese Army was placed in full alert and coordinated with international forces to prevent the enemy from continuing to target the crowds and violate Lebanese sovereignty.Sleiman: Bolstering Arab Solidarity to Confront Israel’s Plots
In a similar statement issued earlier, Sleiman affirmed that the Israeli enemy could never undo the injustice it committed against the Palestinian people who are still struggling for their internationally-acknowledged just rights.In a statement issued by the Media Office of the Lebanese Presidency on occasion of al-Nakba Day, Sleiman said that developments proved the futility of the Israeli aggressive option, which calls for the international community to exert new efforts to find a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause.
Sleiman called for bolstering Arab solidarity to confront Israeli plots, condemning the criminal Israeli practices against innocent civilians in Southern Lebanon, the Golan and Palestine, which led to the martyring of dozens of civilians and the wounding of hundreds.
Mikati: Israel’s Aggression a Statement to International Community that Says Israel is Above Reproach and Condemnation
Lebanese Designate Prime Minister Najib Mikati , denounced the Israeli aggressive practices and massacres against unarmed protestors, saying that through these actions, Israel wanted to relay a message to the international community that it is above reproach, accountability and denouncement.Mikati called on Palestinians to strengthen their reconciliation in the face of the conspiracy against the Palestinian cause.
Hezbollah condemned in a statement the deliberate attack by the Israeli enemy against demonstrators in Maroun al-Ras, the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied Palestinian territories, saying that murder isn’t an unusual thing for Israelis who are accustomed to shedding Arab blood.
Hezbollah stressed that the bloody crimes that took place on Sunday should make the international community assume its responsibility, calling for a clear stance regarding the Israeli terrorism against the Palestinian people.
In a joint statement, a number of Lebanese parties condemned the Israeli crimes against civilians, stressing that no-one can cancel the Palestinians’ right to return to their homeland, calling on the international community to act immediately to put an end to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
In turn, President of the Lebanese Democratic Party MP Talal Arslan said that the demonstrations on Sunday are the new Arab revolution, and that adherence to the right of return and liberating Palestine is the only response to Israel and the one guarantee of freedom and independence.
Lebanese MP Qassem Hashem and member of the Independent Nasserite Movement Mustafa Hamdan also denounced the Israeli aggressions, lauding the demonstrations and those who participated in them.
Amal Movement said in a statement that the brutality and aggression aren’t unusual behavior for Israel, and that thing are as they should be with Palestine returning to being the central Arab cause. The statement called for supporting Palestine and its people in all Arab cities.
The Lebanese Communist Party also condemned the Israeli brutality and barbarism, calling for international and human rights organization to support righteousness and justice in the face of Israel.
Several Lebanese figures including MP Qassem Hashem, member of the Independent Nasserite Movement Mustafa Hamdan, MP Asaad Hardan, Chairman of the Popular Nasserite Organization Usama Saad, Ali Fadlallah and Hashem Minkara also denounced the Israeli aggressions, lauding the demonstrations and those who participated in them.
The thousands participating in the popular festival in the town of Maroun al-Ras affirmed the Palestinian people’s adherence to their rights, including the right to return which is the basis of the Palestinian cause.
Arab League Condemns Israeli Crimes against Civilians in Golan, Palestine, Southern Lebanon
The Arab League strongly condemned the Israeli occupation’s crimes against Arab demonstrators in Golan, Palestine and Southern Lebanon who were commemorating al-Nakba Day.AL Assistant Secretary General fir Palestine and Occupied Arab Lands Affairs, Ambassador Mohammad Sbeih, decried the occupation’s forces aggression and opening fire against unarmed civilians in Maroun al-Ras, the occupied Syrian Golan, Beit Hanoun and the West Bank.
Sbeih said that the events taking place on the anniversary of al-Nakba Day prove that the Palestinian cause is returning to its proper place in the conscience of the Arab youth, adding that the message being to directed to Israel today is that force and fait accompli policies cannot give it the right to Jerusalem or any other inch of Palestinian land.
Egypt Voices Full Support of Palestinian People’s Right to Defend Their Cause
In a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi, Egypt voiced its full support of the Palestinian people’s right to defend their cause, saying that Israel’s oppression of peaceful demonstrations shows that it doesn’t understand the changes taking place in the region.Al-Arbai held Israel full responsibility for the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian lands, demanding that it deal with peaceful demonstration within the context of international law and human rights.
UNIFIL Commander in Southern Lebanon: Events in Maroun al-Ras are Grave
In a statement, Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta, described the events that took place in Maroun al-Ras and the Israeli forces’ attack against Lebanese and Palestinian civilians as grave, calling for exerting self-control to prevent any more injuries and affirming that UNFIL will maintain its presence to support the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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