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| IDF shoots, arrests Palestinian damaging Gaza fence |
| 2018-05-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Knife found in suspect's possession; in separate incident, group of young men reportedly drag away portion of a secondary security fence near Khan Younis Israeli troops on Thursday shot a Paleostinian man, injuring him, as he attempted to damage the security fence around the northern Gazoo Strip, in the latest incident along the tense border, the army said. The soldiers nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! the suspect and provided him with medical treatment, according to the Israel Defense Forces. "A wire-cutter and knife were found in the suspect’s possession," the army said. He was taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center by helicopter at death's door, with a gunshot wound to the knee, according to a hospital spokesperson. "He is being treated now in the trauma center," she said. In addition to this incident in northern Gazoo, a group of Paleostinian youths on Thursday morning dragged away a portion of a secondary barrier set up by the IDF in the buffer zone between southern Gazoo and the border with Israel, the Paleostinian Ma’an news reported. According to the outlet, the young men brought the barbed wire back to their town ‐ Khusa’a, east of Khan Younis ‐ apparently as some kind of trophy. An army spokesperson said she was "unaware" of the incident. In a bid to keep Gazooks away from the main security fence, the IDF set up a number of secondary barriers, in the form of coils of barbed wire, in the buffer zone between the Strip and the Israeli border. On Thursday morning, the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run Gazoo health ministry reported that another Paleostinian, 19-year-old Anas Shawqi Abu-Aser, had died of wounds sustained during last week’s riot. This brought the casualty count in the border festivities to 45 Paleostinian dead and over 1,500 injured by live fire since March 30, according to the Hamas health ministry. These protests were originally described by their Paleostinian organizers as nonviolent, but Hamas later took charge of them. Rioters have burned tires, hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli troops, and repeatedly attempted to sabotage the security fence. Israeli troops have used both less-lethal weapons and live fire to drive back protesters, prompting international ‐ and, to a lesser extent, domestic ‐ accusations of excessive force. The Israeli military maintains that its use of live rounds is within the boundaries of Israeli and international law. |
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