An Explosion in East Khan Younis Injures One Child

18-5-2010

Al Mezan

At app. 6pm on Tuesday 18 May 2010, Hasan Thabit Abu Frhana, 16, was injured when an unknown device  exploded. He was injured by shrapnel in the head, abdomen, and  limbs. Hasan, his father and some of his family members were harvesting wheat in an agricultural land that is located 250 meters away from the separation fence in the Al Faraheen neighborhood, east Abbsan village, east of Khan Younis. Abu Frhana received first aid at Al Karama Military Hospital. Then he was referred to the European Gaza Hospital. His medical condition is described as moderate. It worth mentioning that the area where the explosion took place had been invaded and shelled several times by the Israeli occupation forces.