Monday, March 24, 2008

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian farmer in S Gaza

GAZA, 22 March — A Palestinian farmer was shot dead on Thursday morning by Israeli troops” gunfire east of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. Mo’aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in the Palestinian Ministry of Health, told reporters that Israeli soldiers shot dead 65-yearold Hassan Abu A’bed in southern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers stationed near the borders between southern Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at the farmer when he approached his farmwhich is close to the border area.—

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