Palestinian boy killed near Israel-Gaza border

Gaza - A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed Tuesday near the border area between the south-east Gaza Strip and Israel, witnesses and security sources said.

Witnesses said that Mohamed al-Farmawi, 15, of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah was shot dead by Israeli troops after he approached the fence along the border with Israel, which lies east of the town.

Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters in Gaza that medical teams and International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) coordinated with the Israeli army to collect the boy's body.

Many Palestinian teens approach the borderline areas between Israel and the Gaza Strip either to cross and look for a job into Israel, or search for junk to sell in Gaza.

Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians demonstrated near the borderline area east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, protesting the buffer zone that Israel is building along its border with the Gaza Strip.

Witnesses said that at least six Palestinians were injured by gunfire from Israeli troops stationed at the borderline area. The protests were organized all over the Gaza Strip to mark Land Day, a commemoration by Palestinians for land they say was appropriated by Israel.

Hassanein said six wounded people were taken to the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip for treatment.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/316462,palestinian-boy-killed-near-israel-gaza-border.html.