Israel kills 10 protesters in Lebanon

He Israeli military has killed 10 protesters and wounded more than 110 others attending Day of Nakba (catastrophe) protests on the border in South Lebanon.

“The Israeli enemy’s forces opened fire on the crowds, leading to the martyrdom of 10 people while 112 suffered various injuries, some of them critical,” AFP quoted the Lebanese Army as saying on Sunday.

Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri deplored Israel’s use of force and called the murders “flagrant and unacceptable aggression.”

Meanwhile, the coordinator of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon Michael Williams strongly blasted the violence and called on both sides to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

“I deplore and deeply regret the loss of life today. Events in South Lebanon have developed into one of the most serious incidents on the Blue Line since 2006,” Williams said.

People also took to the streets of the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank to mark the anniversary of the 1948 occupation of Palestine by Israeli forces.

Israeli forces expelled more than 700,000 Palestinians out of their homeland to the West Bank and Gaza Strip and other countries in the world.