Man Killed By Israeli Fire Near Gaza Border
By Ma'an News
23 November, 2012
Maannews.net
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man near the Israeli border in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday morning, medical officials said.
Medics said Anwar Abdul Hadi Qudaih, 20, was hit in the head with a live bullet east of Khan Younis.
Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said 19 others were wounded by Israeli fire in the border area.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri accused Israel of violating the Egypt-mediated truce and said the group would complain to Cairo. "We will contact the Egyptian mediator to discuss the incident," he said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was checking reports of the incident.
Witnesses told Ma'an a group of citizens were gathering to perform Friday prayer on their land near the border.
A relative of the dead man, who was at the scene, told Reuters that Qudaih had been trying to place a Hamas flag on the fence. He added that an Israeli soldier had fired into the air three times before Qdeih was hit in the head by a bullet.
Medics said four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire on Thursday near the fence. An army spokesman said 200 Palestinians approached the fence and "began rioting" before causing damage to the fence.
Wednesday's ceasefire deal ended eight days of fierce fighting that left some 170 Palestinians and six Israelis dead.
According to the terms of the accord, both Israelis and Palestinians agreed to stop their hostilities. However, the brief document left details on access to the tense border zone to be worked out in the days ahead
2 Palestinians die of wounds from Gaza airstrikes
Meanwhile two Palestinians died on Friday morning from wounds sustained in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past week, medical officials said.
Judeh Suliman Shamlakh, who was wounded in an airstrike on the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, succumbed to his injuries, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Mohammad Abu Msameh also died after he was wounded in an earlier airstrike on al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hamas agreed to stop attacks on each other's territory late Wednesday after eight days of airstrikes that killed some 170 Palestinians across Gaza.
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