Saturday, November 22, 2014

Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian on Gaza border

Published yesterday (updated) 21/11/2014 22:18
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli forces on Friday evening east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Ibrahim al-Nimnim, 22, was shot in the right foot in the vicinity of al-Shuhada graveyard east of Jabaliya.

He was taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital for treatment, where he was said to be in moderate condition.

Al-Nimnim was shot aftern he and a group of others approached the border and set tires on fire and threw rocks toward the border.

An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment.