Al-Jazeera.com :
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man after a firefight along the border with the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian hospital officials in the territory.
Sources in Hamas, which governs Gaza, have named the dead man as Tayseer Asmairi, a member of the group’s armed wing’s monitoring unit in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army said in a statement that a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border came under attack on Wednesday from snipers in southern Gaza and that forces responded with fire from the ground and the air.
“In response to the firing at our forces who were east
of the fence in the southern Gaza Strip, we carried out immediate attacks against the relevant targets,” the statement said shortly after Palestinian medics confirmed reports of a fatality in the same area.
Gaza residents testify about the effects Israel and Egypt’s blockade of their land has had on their lives.
The incident occurred in the Khan Younis area as Israeli workers were engaged in work on border fence, Israeli media said.
The work has been stopped following what Israel described as the “gravest” incident since the Gaza War.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment on any Israeli casualties in the clash.
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man after a firefight along the border with the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian hospital officials in the territory.
Sources in Hamas, which governs Gaza, have named the dead man as Tayseer Asmairi, a member of the group’s armed wing’s monitoring unit in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army said in a statement that a routine patrol on the Israeli side of the border came under attack on Wednesday from snipers in southern Gaza and that forces responded with fire from the ground and the air.
“In response to the firing at our forces who were east
of the fence in the southern Gaza Strip, we carried out immediate attacks against the relevant targets,” the statement said shortly after Palestinian medics confirmed reports of a fatality in the same area.
Gaza residents testify about the effects Israel and Egypt’s blockade of their land has had on their lives.
The incident occurred in the Khan Younis area as Israeli workers were engaged in work on border fence, Israeli media said.
The work has been stopped following what Israel described as the “gravest” incident since the Gaza War.
An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment on any Israeli casualties in the clash.
