Armed group says 3 mortars fired at Israel post -DFLP

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Armed group says 3 mortars fired at Israel post
Published today (updated) 24/12/2010 01:24
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said it fired three mortars at an Israeli post east of Al-Bureij refugee camp Thursday.

In a statement, the National Resistance Brigades said “the shelling comes in response to Israeli crimes against Palestinians and to affirm the path of resistance is our strategic choice.”
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Medics: Israel gunfire injures 4 on Gaza border
Published yesterday (updated) 23/12/2010 20:01






GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli gunfire injured four Palestinian workers early Thursday in the Gaza Strip, medical officials said.

Medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured in the head while collecting stone aggregates.

A 22-year-old shepherd was seriously injured by shots to the back, the medics said.

A third person, aged 19, was moderately injured in his hand north of Beit Lahiya, medics said, and an 18-year-old was injured was hurt near the Erez crossing in a separate incident.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that two Palestinians were shot near the border area.

"This area is considered a combat zone used by terrorist organizations to execute attacks," the spokeswoman said. "For this reason, the IDF will not allow anyone to be present in it."

She added that the army first fired warning shots before firing at the workers' lower bodies.
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Shepherd killed; 3 injured in Northern Gaza

Thursday December 23, 2010 18:22 by Alessandra Bajec - IMEMC & Agencies [/URL]


The Israeli army fired at four Palestinian farmers and shepherds in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing one and wounding three, local sources reported.

Troops opened fire on a number of Palestinians, leaving four of them wounded. After being brought to the hospital, 22-year old Salamah Abu Hashish succumbed to his wounds. He had been shot in the back by Israeli troops stationed at the border.

Another of the victims was a 14-year old boy who was critically injured when he was shot in the head while collecting rubble near where Abu Hashish was tending his sheep.

Abu Hashish is the 13th Palestinian to be killed in the border area since November, according to local medics.

Many Palestinians, including women and children, search through the debris at the sites of the former Israeli settlements in Gaza. The scavengers sell the materials they find, as a meager source of income in the midst of the Israel-imposed siege on the coastal enclave.

In the border area, declared by Israel to be a "restricted" zone, troops often shoot at the rubble collectors.

The all-out land, air and sea blockade has been depriving the Gazan population of food, fuel and other necessities since mid-June 2007.
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