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Report: Palestinian killed by IDF fire in Gaza

Palestinian sources say 50-year old cattle farmer killed by tank shell near al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza; IDF says patrol returned fire towards source of attack waged on them from within Strip

A Palestinian man was killed by IDF fire near al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, Palestinian sources reported Saturday.

 

The IDF Spokesperson's Office stated that an IDF patrol had been fired upon, and that soldiers returned fire to the area from which it emerged but had not recognized a hit.

 

Sources say the man was Sami Abu-Hossa, 50, and that he was killed by a tank shell. He was evacuated to a nearby hospital in critical condition, where he died of his injuries.

 

The Palestinian sources also say Abu-Hossa was a farmer who worked with livestock.

 

Earlier the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's military wing, announced that their operatives had fired on an IDF patrol near the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.

 

Last month a Palestinian gunman was killed in Gaza and three were injured when Air Force jets bombed two groups of gunmen preparing to launch rockets towards Israel, the IDF said.

 

The strike was carried out following a rocket barrage on Israel in which five mortar shells were fired at Eshkol Regional Council. The shells fell in open spaces, and no injuries or damage were reported.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.12.09, 11:18
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