Palestinians in Ain el-Hilweh, Mieh Mieh Strike over Golan Killings
Dozens of Palestinian youths took to the streets of two refugee camps in southern Lebanon on Monday to denounce the weekend killing of protesters along the Israeli border with Syria.
The youths carried Palestinian and black flags as they marched in the Ain al-Helweh and Mieh Mieh camps where a general strike was observed, with schools and businesses closed.
"To Jerusalem we will return, martyred by the millions," they chanted as they burned tires and rubbish in anger at those killed on Sunday during "Naksa Day" protests marking the anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War.
Syrian state television said 23 people were killed and 350 wounded when Israeli troops opened fire at protesters in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The Israeli military, however, put the death toll at 10.
Pro-Palestinian protests had also been planned for Sunday along Lebanon's border with Israel, but were cancelled for fear of an escalation similar to that which left six people dead last month.
On May 15, clashes between protesters and Israeli soldiers left six dead on the Lebanese border and four more in the Golan.
The weekend protests in Syria were organized by Palestinian groups to mark 44 years since Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the Six-Day War, an event known in Arabic as the "Naksa" or "setback."
Source: Agence France Presse
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