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Dozens Shot, Injured Near Israel-Gaza Border

   VOA News  May 15, 2011
   A wounded Palestinian is carried after he was shot by Israeli fire
   during clashes near Erez crossing between Israel and northern Gaza
   Strip, May 15, 2011

Photo: AP

   A wounded Palestinian is carried after he was shot by Israeli fire
   during clashes near Erez crossing between Israel and northern Gaza
   Strip, May 15, 2011

   Dozens of people were injured when Israeli troops opened fire as a
   group of demonstrators from Syria tried to break through a border fence
   at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
   Forty-five people were injured in the incident.
   Across the West Bank and Gaza, hundreds took to the streets in
   demonstrations marking the anniversary of Israel's creation in 1948.
   In northern Gaza, at least six people were injured when Israeli
   soldiers opened fire on a group of young demonstrators approaching the
   border.
   Outside Jerusalem, soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break
   up a group of people throwing stones.
   Israel had heightened security in anticipation of unrest leading up to
   Sunday's protests marking "Naqba" - or "the catastrophe." Some
   activists have called for a new "intifada" - or uprising - against
   Israel.
   Earlier Sunday, Israeli police say one person was killed and several
   injured when a truck ran into several vehicles in Tel Aviv.
   Officials say the truck struck a bus and several cars in what they say
   may have been a planned attack. At least least two people were
   seriously injured.
   The driver, described as an Arab Israeli, was arrested and is being
   questioned by police.
   More than 700,000 Palestinians are estimated to have fled or been
   forced to leave their homes during the war that followed Israel's
   declaration of statehood in 1948.
   Israel, which uses the Hebrew calendar, celebrated its 63rd anniversary
   on Tuesday.

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