QUNEITRA- An Israeli attack on scores of the Syrian and Palestinian youths, who gathered Sunday close to the occupied Syrian Golan borders on the anniversary of June Naksa (Setback), left 22 martyrs and over 350 injuries, some of them in critical condition.
All the young men came under heavy fire by the Israeli forces in the chest and other parts of the body.
Director of Martyr Mamdouh Abaza Hospital in Quneitera Dr, Ali Kanaan, said the hospital received the bodies of 20 martyrs.
The martyrs are Mahmoud Awad al-Sawan, Ahmad Mahmoud al-Said, Majdi Zeidan, Alaa Hussein al-Wahish, Muhammad Deeb Issa, Ahmad Yaser al-Rajdan, Said Hussein Ahmad, Ahmad Mahmoud al-Hajah, Abdel Rahman al-Jareedeh, Ramzi Said, Fayez Ahmad Abbas, Fadi Majed Nahar, Jihad Ahmad Awad and Enas Shreitah, Thaer Hamid, Wasim Dwah, Shadi Hussein, Ibrahim Issa, Izzat Muswada, Mohammad al-Ashmawi and Mahmoud al-Arja. .
"We received also more than 350 injured persons, including suffocation cases," added Dr. Kanaan.
"Surgical operations were conducted to some of them whose condition was critical," Dr. Kanaan pointed out, asserting that all the young men were exposed to live bullets by the Israeli forces close to the occupied Syrian Golan borders.
The heroes fell as martyrs and wounded to say to the whole world that, in Golan and Palestine, there is a land for us that we will not abandon, that we will not be stingy to offer blood to liberate it… there, behind these barbed wires we deserve to live.
SANA correspondent in Quneitra said "the Israeli occupation forces used live bullets and tear gas bombs against the young men who want to return to their occupied lands."
The correspondent reported more injuries as the Israeli occupation forces set fire near the barbed wire and fired at firefighters, rescue men and the gathered youth to prevent them from reaching the occupied Golan.
He added that the Israeli forces targeted the gatherings with phosphorus bombs and spread snipers along the barbed wire to hold back the Syrian and Palestinians youths who continued in their attempts to cross the barbed wire into the occupied Syrian Golan from various areas opposite to the occupied Majdal Shams village.
Muhammad Shheiber, one of the young men who crossed the barbed wire, said "We already know that the Israeli occupation forces have increased the landmines and will face us with fire, but we insist on our right to return."
"I have always dreamed of returning to Golan. Here I am so close to achieve my dream," added 28-year old Shheiber, stressing that "hoisting the Syrian flag instead of the occupation flag is my biggest dream."
The liberated Syrian captive Ali Younes, Head of the Committee for Supporting Syrian Captives and Detainees in Israeli Jails, said "What we are seeing today make us feel pride and honor that the moment of liberation is very close."
Mayor of the occupied Golan Issam Sha'lan said "The meeting of the occupied Golan people with their brothers who are trying to pass the barbed wire stresses their shared common dream and destiny, whereas the Israeli soldier in between, despite being heavily armed, appeared so weak and frightened facing those unarmed young men."
Hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese youth gathered at the eastern entrance of Adaisseh village in South Lebanon to mark the 44th anniversary of June Naksa.
The National News Agency of Lebanon said that the crowds raised the Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against the Israeli occupation and its practices, insisting on returning to their occupied land.
The Agency reported that Israeli occupation army members were deployed along the eastern borders of South Lebanon and the occupied Shebaa Farms, and infantry soldiers were spread as well, protected by Merkava tanks and armored infantry carriers.
The Agency said that the Lebanese army and UNIFIL forces have taken precautionary measures in the areas of Kfarshuba, Birkat al-Naqqar and Shebaa to face any developments.
Occupation Forces Attack Naksa Marches in Occupied Jerusalem, Nablus, West Bank
Ten Palestinians were injured near Kalandia barrier separating Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank as they were shot by the occupation forces during marking the 44th anniversary of Naksa Day.
Palestine Today News Agency quoted Palestinian medical sources as saying that 10 injured marchers were taken to Ramallah hospitals after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces, while dozens were suffocated after inhaling tear gas.
Reports from the occupied Jerusalem said that the Israeli occupation forces attacked hundreds of Palestinian youth who marched from Kalandia Camp, north of the occupied Jerusalem, towards the Israeli military barrier at the entrance of the camp to mark Naksa Day.
The Palestinian News Agency Ma'an reported that many Palestinians were injured when the Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear bombs against the marchers to prevent them from moving forward.
The Israeli occupation forces also attacked dozens of young Palestinians who gathered in Nablus city, north of the West Bank, and in the village of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip, who were heading to Beit Hanoun Crossing.
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