Protesters walk towards the Syrian-Israeli border near the Druze village of Majd-al Shams in the Golan HeightsPhotograph: Ronen Zvulun/ReutersIsraeli soldiers keep their position along the border as demonstrators trying to head into the annexed Golan Heights gather on the other side of the fencePhotograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators gather along the border before trying to cut through a line of barbed wirePhotograph: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
Demonstrators flee from Israeli army teargas as they gather along the borderPhotograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty ImagesThe protest was in commemoration of what is called Naksa day, marking the 44th anniversary of the six-day war in 1967 when Israel captured the Golan Heights from SyriaPhotograph: Lior Mizrahi/Getty ImagesThe protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops as snipers fired rubber bullets and live rounds at some activistsPhotograph: Lior Mizrahi/Getty ImagesIsrael acknowledged that at least 12 had been wounded on the Syrian side, but disputed claims by state television in Damascus that 20 demonstrators were killedPhotograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty ImagesA demonstrator falls on the ground as he is hit by Israeli forces' fire while trying to breach a barbed wire fencePhotograph: Jinipix/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators prepare to evacuate a wounded fellow protester.Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents of Majd-al Shams watch events unfold.Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
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