The Lebanese army arrested 20 Palestinians who were attempting to protest on the southern border on the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War.
The army –which banned all demonstrations near the Israeli border –arrested the Palestinians in the southern town of Aadayseh, NOW Lebanon’s correspondent reported.
He said that the Lebanese army also transported several Palestinians mobilized south of the Litany River back to their refugee camps.
“The army is highly deployed on the outskirts of the Fatima Gate [which is at the border with Israel], and is patrolling the area along with UNIFIL troops.”
Palestinians in Lebanon and other Arab states neighboring Israel had said they planned to march on the Jewish state's borders on Sunday to mark the anniversary, known in Arabic as the “Naksa” or "setback."
In a demonstration on May 15, thousands of protesters in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza tried to force their way across the borders in a mass show of mourning over the 1948 creation of the Jewish state.
However, Israeli troops opened fire, killing four along the Syrian lines, and another 10 along the border with Lebanon.
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