Jerusalem (CNN) -- Clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in multiple locations along the country's borders Sunday as tensions flared on a Palestinian mourning day marking the birth of the Jewish state.
Israeli troops fired on demonstrators who were illegally crossing the borders from Lebanon and Syria and damaging "security infrastructure," military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said.
Two protesters were killed and 170 were wounded when fighting broke out in the Golan Heights area, the Syrian Arab News Agency said.
At least five people were killed and 56 others were injured in clashes along the border with Lebanon, the country's state news agency said. And the Israeli military was attempting to push back demonstrators near the Gaza border, where medical sources said at least 70 people had been injured.
Large clashes also broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians near the Qalandia checkpoint, which separates the West Bank from Jerusalem. Some protesters hurled rocks. Israel's military met approaching protesters with volleys of tear gas and rubber-bullet fire.
The conflicts broke out on "Nakba Day." Nakba, meaning catastrophe in Arabic, marks the period when more than 700,000 Arabs were displaced from their homes during the fighting following the creation of Israel in 1948.
"We tried as best as we could not to hit anyone innocent," Leibovich said. "At the end of the day, we are protecting civilians here in Israel."
Ten Israeli soldiers and three officers were injured in the clashes, the military said.
Israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air after dozens of Syrians broke through the border fence and entered the Golan Heights, she said.
A statement from the military said forces "fired selectively towards rioters who were targeting security infrastructure and some were injured as a result."
"The Syrian regime (was) attempting to divert world attention from their brutal crackdown and to incite violence on the Israel-Syrian border," Leibovich said.
Reports from non-government organizations suggest between 700 and 850 people have been killed since the start of anti-government protests in Syria and "thousands of other people have reportedly been arrested," the United Nations said Friday.
Syrian state television Sunday showed protesters along the border using Palestinian flags to fan an injured victim lying on the ground.
Different accounts were emerging Sunday of clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, where ambulances stood by as the steady crackle of gunfire filled the air.
Lebanon's state news agency said five people were killed and 56 others were injured. The Israeli military said troops fired warning shots after protesters attempted to breach a border fence.
It was unclear who fired the shots that killed and injured protesters. The Lebanese military was also deployed along the border, Leibovich said, and they were using live fire to stop protesters as well.
"The IDF sees the governments of Syria and Lebanon as responsible for any violence or provocation towards Israel that emanates from their respective territories," the Israeli military said in a statement.
The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon "urged antagonists to exercise maximum self-restraint," Lebanese state media said.
Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai told CNN affiliate Channel 2 that dozens of men had broken through a crossroad and entered the Erez crossing near Gaza. The Israeli military was trying to push back demonstrators using live ammunition and anti-demonstration weapons, he said.
Medical sources reported that 70 people had been injured there, and 15 of them were in critical condition.
CNN's Kevin Flower, Shira Medding, Guy Azriel, Rima Maktabi and Saad Abedine contributed to this report.
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