GAZA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers on Saturday morning in the southern Gaza Strip, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that Israeli forces stationed near the borderline along Khan Yunis opened fire on agricultural lands where the farmers were working. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports.
Israeli
military forces routinely enter the Gaza Strip near the “buffer zone,”
which lies on the border between the besieged enclave and Israel.
Israeli
military activities, which have become almost daily occurrences, often
interfere with Palestinian farmers whose land lies in the area.
Approximately
35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible
without high personal risk, according to the Palestinian Center for
Human Rights.
The Israeli army says
the use of live fire is necessary to deter potential "security threats."
However, the practice has destroyed much of both the agricultural and
fishing sectors of the impoverished coastal enclave, which has been
under Israeli blockade for nearly a decade. 
