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16.05.2011 massive movement of Palestinians and unprecedented violence on Sunday left at least 21 dead and 130 wounded in Gaza and the West Bank, on the border between Lebanon and Israel and the occupied, during the commemoration of "Al-Nakba", as called the period beginning in 1948 with the exodus of 700 000 Palestinian inhabitants of the land that later formed the State of Israel. This is one of the most serious border incidents between the two countries since the Arab-Israeli war of 1973.

most serious clashes occurred in the border areas of Syria and Lebanon. The Israeli army fired on Palestinian protesters who had come from Syria entered in the occupied Golan, Israeli security sources said.

The Israeli army accused the Syrian power of having "organized this violent demonstration to try to divert world opinion of what happened in those cities" and described this act of "very serious."

other hand, ten people were killed by Israeli gunfire on the Lebanese border when Palestinian refugees demonstrating in the town of Maroun al-Ras, one kilometer of Israel by the Lebanese army. The tension rose when dozens of young protesters crossed the military cordon to approach the barbed wire and began throwing stones at Israeli soldiers on the other side. The soldiers responded by firing on the demonstrators, according to Lebanese security services.

Meanwhile, in the Palestinian territories, more than 90 Palestinians were wounded in the northern Gaza Strip by Israeli army fire during a march towards the Erez border terminal, Palestinian medical sources said.

Moreover, at least 17 Palestinians were wounded in clashes in the Kalandia checkpoint (West Bank), at the entrance to Jerusalem, and nine others in Hebron (southern West Bank).

events commemorating the anniversary of exodus as the War of 1948, which led to a social problem that affects 4.8 million displaced Palestinians are dispersed between Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Ordered

defend the borders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to defend the border, with Palestinian demonstrations recorded in the limits of Syria and Lebanon, which left about 15 dead and around 130 injured.

As part of the celebrations of Day of the Nakba, which marks the creation of the State of Israel and the exile of millions of people, Palestinian refugees in Syria and Lebanon at various points attempted to penetrate Israeli territory. At some points

managed to enter dozens of people, and most border points where there were demonstrations clashes with Israeli guards.

"I have ordered the army to act with utmost restraint to avoid any infiltration of our borders," Netanyahu said tonight in a message broadcast on state television, according to a report in the online edition of Haaretz daily.

The Israeli prime minister expressed hope for calm and peace will soon return to the borders with Syria and Lebanon, but warned that Israel is prepared to defend themselves and defend their sovereignty and its borders.

In the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, hundreds of protesters gathered at the point of access to Israel to demand the return of the 1967 borders before the Six Day War. "There are people who advocate for the 1967 borders, but try to undermine the legitimacy of the existence of Israel," Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister stressed the importance of Israel to maintain "eyes open" face reality and know "over who and what we face," he said.