MAROUN EL-RASS, Lebanon - Two Lebanese security officials say four people in Lebanon were killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters who approached the border with Israel.
The security officials said there were injuries as well. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Sunday's demonstration came as a large crowd of protesters also tried to cross into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from neighboring Syria.
At Gaza City, Israeli forces fired two tank shells and several rounds from machine guns as Gazans approached the heavily-fortified border with Israel on Sunday, wounding at least 15 youths, a Palestinian health official said. One of the wounded was in critical condition. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
The unrest came as Palestinians marked the "Nakba" - Arabic for "catastrophe," the term they use to describe the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding three generations ago.
In the fighting over Israel's creation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes or were driven out. The dispute over the fate of the refugees and their descendants, now numbering several million people, remains a key issue in the Mideast conflict.
Websites had urged Palestinians and their supporters in neighboring countries to march on the border with Israel as part of nakba activities. Security officials tried to block such moves for fear of violence.
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