DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Israeli Forces Deploy For Protests At Borders
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 30, 2012: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) tours an area somewhere along the southern Israeli border with Egypt.
Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators after deploying in high numbers along Israel's frontiers on an annual protest day.
In Gaza, Palestinians said Israeli forces shot and wounded two men who approached the border during a demonstration by about 15,000 people, organized by Gaza's Hamas rulers. The Israeli military said soldiers shot and wounded one protester Elsewhere, it were calm.
The "Land Day" rallies are an annual event marked by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who protest what they say are discriminatory Israeli land policies.
