Thousands of Jordanians demonstrated today, Friday, near the borders with Israel and the occupied West Bank, and Lebanese demonstrated at the border, and some crossed the fence, as the Israeli occupation forces shot at them, after 5 days of Israeli escalation in the Gaza Strip against the backdrop of clashes in occupied East Jerusalem.

In the Karama area (western Jordan), about 3 thousand people gathered a few kilometers from the borders with Israel and the West Bank, demanding the opening of the borders in support of East Jerusalem and Gaza.

The protesters chanted, "Open the borders, let us educate the Jews," and "The people want to open the borders," in addition to "On Jerusalem we go, martyrs by the millions."

The protesters gathered near the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the area that witnessed the "Battle of Dignity" in 1968, which Jordanians and Palestinians consider the first Arab victory after the 1967 defeat when the Israeli army tried to strike the Palestinian fedayeen, and the Fedayeen and the Jordanian army responded firmly to it.

In central Amman, about 4 thousand people participated in a demonstration that started in front of the Great Husseini Mosque, chanting "a Jordanian greeting to Arab Palestine", in addition to "The people want the liberation of Palestine," and they carried Palestinian and Jordanian flags, and banners reading "Palestine is free from the river to The sea, "and" expel the ambassador and close the embassy. "

On the Lebanese side, the Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that demonstrators stormed the border fence between Lebanon and Israel, adding that the Israeli army soldiers shot at them, but there were no reports of injuries.

Less than an hour later, the reporter stated that calm had returned to the border, and that some protesters had crossed the border fence for some time.

For his part, the Israeli army spokesman said, "We fired in a warning manner at those who were intruding into the Lebanese-Israeli borders."

Protesters raise Palestinian flags in the Al-Karama area (Reuters)

Popular sympathy

The hashtag # Yalla_Borders was issued on Arab communication platforms, where thousands of tweeters expressed their support for the unprecedented Jordanian and Lebanese movement, and some wrote that the Palestinian cause does not need regular armies, but rather civilian support.

Others called for the need for citizens in Egypt and Syria to move, and to move towards the borders to demonstrate against the occupation.

The Jordanian poet Abdullah Al-Salem said in his tweet on Twitter, "God fought the governments of Sykes-Picot. The people have been hungry for a long time to go to the aid of Palestine. Look at them here eagerly running on the smell of the noble idea, towards Jerusalem, as if they are oppressors who return water after a long thirst."

As for the journalist Osama Jawish, he wrote in his tweet, "Peace be upon Jordan, its men and its struggling people. Peace be upon every Jordanian who is now moving towards Palestine, a country printed with the occupation, and a Palestinian whimsical people."

Since last Monday, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to violent air and artillery bombardments.

Caused 119 deaths and widespread destruction, in response to the launching of hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli cities and towns.

As a result, 8 people were killed.

It is the worst escalation since the 2014 war between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The escalation began after confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem that lasted for days, especially in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, against the backdrop of a threat to evacuate the homes of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for the benefit of Jewish settlers.

East Jerusalem was subject to Jordanian sovereignty like all other West Bank cities before it was occupied by Israel and annexed in 1967, in a move not recognized by the international community.