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| Israeli fire wounds 5 Palestinians north of Gaza |
| 2010-02-22 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Israeli forces have fired at and wounded five Palestinians north of the Gaza Strip amid intensifying Israeli activity within the blockaded area. The casualties were inflicted on Sunday north of the city of Beit Lahiya also causing material losses, the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency reported. Muawiyah Hassanein, director of the ambulance and emergency services in the strip said that two of the injured had to be placed under medical care in the Kamal Udwan Hospital, while three others were treated at the scene for minor wounds. According to the witnesses, the fire was aimed at Palestinian workers at the evacuated Israeli settlement of Gush Katif. Ma'an did not report any incitement on the part of the victims. An Israeli military spokesman, however, claimed that their forces had to act against "a man approaching the security fence in a suspicious manner," adding that "no casualties or structural damage were reported on both sides." Also on Sunday, a Press TV correspondent quoted the Palestinian medics as saying that Israeli shelling had killed at least one Palestinian farmer and injured several others in the north. It was not immediately clear whether the two sources were reporting on the same incident. The medics said the troops injured at least four Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip and two others in the West Bank on Saturday. The reports follow numerous instances of Israeli soldiers firing on Palestinians in the coastal sliver, which has endured more than two years of an all-out blockade by the Tel Aviv regime. |
| Posted by:Fred |