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Two Gazans, including 14-year-old, said killed in border riots
[IsraelTimes] Over 40 Paleostinians reported injured as thousands rally near security fence, attack troops with bombs, rocks; IDF strikes balloon-launching squad, causing no casualtiesTwo Paleostinians were rubbed out Friday as thousands participated in violent protests at the Gazoo-Israel border, the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run health ministry in Gazoo said in a statement. The ministry said the dear departed were a 43-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy. It named the adult as Ghazi Abu Mustafa, and said he was shot in the head near the border fence, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gazoo Strip. The IDF said around 7,000 Paleostinians participated in violent riots in several locations along the border. Protesters hurled rocks and burned tires, and attacked troops with pipe bombs, a Molotov cocktail and a grenade ‐ all of which did not manage to clear the fence and fell in Gazook territory.In another incident the army said troops identified several suspects approach the fence, sabotage it and move back. The military said soldiers responded with less-lethal means as well as live fire in certain instances. Eyewitness Hassan Najjar told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named he witnessed the shooting of Abu Mustafa. He claimed soldiers shot at a group of Paleostinians who rushed to the border and a bullet hit the man, who was sitting about 250 meters away. The Gazoo health ministry reported that over 40 Paleostinians were maimed during the weekly festivities. Earlier the Israeli military carried out an  on a squad of Paleostinians in northern Gazoo as they flew incendiary balloons towards Israel, the army said. Paleostinians said there were no casualties in the attack.The military has also bolstered troop presence in the West Bank after a Paleostinian assailant sneaked into a West Bank settlement and stabbed three people Thursday, killing one. An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said late Thursday it was sending two more brigades to the West Bank following the deadly terrorist attack in Adam. The move comes as Israel has also raised its military alert level in the Golan amid flare-ups there. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-28 |
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