Palestinian shepherd wounded in IOF shooting

[ 19/12/2010 - 06:41 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian man was injured by a gunshot fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed to the north of the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, medical sources reported. Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman of medical services in Gaza, said that the IOF troops fired at a shepherd who was rearing his sheep at the outskirts of Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza. He added that the shepherd was wounded in his foot and carried to hospital where his condition was described as moderate. -------------- Palestinian teen reported injured in north Gaza   Published yesterday (updated) 19/12/2010 19:38   GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian shepherd Sunday on the northern Gaza border, locals said. Ijmei’an Abu Ihweishel, 19, was herding sheep when soldiers shot him in the leg, they said. The young man was transferred to the Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment, they added. His wounds were described as moderate. An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Israel enforces a ban on entering the northern border area, which it considers a combat zone.