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Israel shoots dead Palestinian in Gaza

Palestinians chant slogans during a demonstration in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on 3 November 2012 against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Hams)

 

Published Monday, November 5, 2012

 

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man who approached a fence near Gaza's border with Israel, medics said on Monday.
Palestinian medics said the victim, Ahmad al-Nabaheen, was unarmed and mentally unfit.
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the Sunday evening shooting, saying troops opened warning shots when a man walking in a riverbed failed to heed orders to leave the buffer area.
Medics said the Israeli army refused to allow Palestinian ambulances to the scene on Sunday. Al-Nabaheen died of potentially treatable injuries, they added.
His body was recovered on Monday morning.
On Friday, a Palestinian man was seriously wounded after Israeli artillery fired several shells in the same border area. The army said it had suspected he was planting an explosive device, but no explosion ensued