ISRAELI troops fired at demonstrators in Syria who rushed toward the border fence yesterday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty, killing 14 and leaving around 225 injured.

POPE Benedict XVI called for a two-state solution to end Middle East wars and “terrorism” and slammed the Holocaust as “brutal extermination” as he concluded his Holy Land trip.

ISRAEL yesterday celebrated its 60th anniversary with displays of military might and parties, as Palestinians marked the plight of hundreds of thousands who lost their land to the Jewish state.

ISRAELI troops raided a town in northern Gaza early yesterday, as Palestinians marked “Naqba Day,” the anniversary of their displacement during the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, with marches and a three-minute siren.

Israeli troops killed two gunmen and three teenagers when they raided a Gaza town today as Palestinians marked Naqba Day, the anniversary of their displacement during the creation of Israel in 1948.