May 8, 2015 8:11 P.M. (Updated: May 9, 2015 5:02 P.M.)
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GAZA
CITY (
Ma'an) -- A 17-year-old Palestinian is in critical condition
after he was shot in the head by Israeli forces in northern Beit Lahiya
in the Gaza Strip on Friday, amid reports that Israeli forces also shot
and injured a Palestinian fisherman.Ashraf al-Qidra,
spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said the 17-year-old boy
had been shot in the head and had been moved for treatment.An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the shooting. She
said that a group of Palestinians had been seen "approaching the
security fence" and that Israeli forces arrived shortly afterwards.She alleged that the Israeli soldiers called them to halt, and fired warning shots when they "refused to comply."Israeli
forces then fired at their "lower extremities" and hit the "main
instigator" of the group, she said. Asked what he had been instigating,
she said the group had been "attempting to breach the security fence."A Palestinian fisherman was also reported to have been shot by Israeli forces while fishing in the sea off Gaza.The army spokeswoman said that Israeli forces fired on his boat when it went beyond the designated fishing zone.She
said that the naval forces "fired warning shots," but opened fire when
the "suspects continued to advance." She said the vessel then returned
to shore.The shooting of the 17-year-old comes less than a
month after another teenage boy, 14-year-old Fadi Abu Mandil was
critically injured by a stray Israeli bullet while studying in his home
in the central Gaza Strip.Abu Mandil was moved to Ramallah
on Tuesday last week to undergo surgery in his spine, as his family
said the boy was unable to walk.Israeli forces have
repeatedly opened fire on Gazans since the ceasefire agreement signed
Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day war between Israel and
Hamas.The attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end
of the ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the
sea and the border region near the "security buffer zone."
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IOF Injures Child North of Biet Lahiya
08-05-2015 08:44
At approximately 7:00 pm on Friday, 8 May 2015, Israeli forces
opened fire at a number of young men who were near the separation fence
north of Al Saiyafa area, northwest of Beit Lahiya, in the North Gaza
district. As a result, Na’el Suliman Salah, 17, sustained a bullet wound
to the head. Medical sources at Shifa Hospital described his injury as
critical. According to his family, Na’el went with his friends for a
picnic. When he was injured, his friends carried him for about one
kilometer and then one of the farmers took him by car to Kamal Odwan
Hospital. He was then referred to Shifa Hospital in Gaza due to his
critical condition
