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A Druze boy looks at Syria along the border between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights early Monday, June 6, 2011. Israeli troops are bracing for more border violence after a day of deadly clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to surge into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria. Several dozen demonstrators were camped out on the Syrian side of the border overnight, but the Israeli military says all was quiet early Monday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

Syrian troops block Palestinians at Israeli border

Daniella Cheslow
Pro Palestinians protesters try to break a fence along the border between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Sunday, June 5, 2011 . Israeli troops opened fire across the Syrian frontier on Sunday to disperse hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who stormed the border of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, reportedly killing four people in unrest marking the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

6 dead as Israeli troops fire along Syrian border

Daniella Cheslow