7:30AM EST: 10 to 20 people were hurt in a shooting incident in the northern Israel community of Majdal Shams Sunday, Magen David Adom ambulance service officials said.

The IDF says it opened fire at infiltrators along Syrian border killing four people, the Associated Press reported. MDA said three Israelis were lightly hurt.

The IDF said that the incident occurred at two sites in the area. Military officials said the IDF was using “all means” in order to keep infiltrators out of Israel. However, zones of Syrians were apparently able to enter Majdal Shams.

Initial reports said pro-Palestinian demonstrators who tried to break through the northern border with Syria shot – it was not immediately clear by whom – as they tried to enter Israeli-controlled territory.

Earlier in they day, some 30 protestors on the Syrian side approached the border and apparently attempted to damage the border fence. An IDF force was dispatched to the site and deployed along the border in an effort to prevent demonstrators from crossing into Israel.

Meanwhile, thousands of Lebanese citizens gathered at the Marun a-Ras boardwalk near Moshav Avivim  to protest on “Nakba Day.” Lebanese Army forces pushed them away from the border by firing warning shots in the air.

Security forces near the northern border have been on high alert throughout the day. IDF and police forces joined by Magen David Adom emergency services were deployed in the region early Sunday around. With the help of UNIFIL, IDF officials sent messages to the Lebanese army demanding that no Israeli infrastructure in the area be damaged, including the border fence.

IDF Northern Command Chief Gadi Eisenkot declared a northern road connecting various area communities as a “closed military zone”.

(Source: Ynet)