Palestinians mark Land Day near border with Israel

Israeli troops take position on the Israeli side of the border as Palestinian protesters take part in a rally marking Land Day near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Rafah, on March 30, 2013. The Israeli army fired bullets in the air, to break up groups of Palestinians as annual Land Day rallies turned violent. Land Day commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region. UPI/Ismael Mohamad