[1]Israeli troops on the Golan wounded at least 10 people as they fired live rounds and tear gas Sunday at protesters who broke though from the Syrian-held side of the plateau, medics and defence sources said.
Israeli media reported at least one dead and several wounded but there was no immediate confirmation of the toll, in one of the worst incidents for decades along a ceasefire line that has been quiet since a 1974 truce accord.
Medical officials said ‘between 10 and 20’ of the protesters were wounded, with one feared dead, while three Israelis were said to have been lightly injured in the incident.
The violence came as Palestinians in the occupied territories, inside Israel and across the region marked the anniversary of the Jewish state's 1948 creation, known in Arabic as the ‘nakba’ or ‘catastrophe.’
The army sealed off the area on the edge of the Druze town of Majdal Shams and carried out house-to-house searches in case of infiltrators from the Syrian side, according to media reports.
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