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GAZA, June 11 (KUNA) -- An Israeli settler was injured and huge fire broke
out in an agricultural filed on Wednesday when several mortar shells landed on
the Israeli settlement of Nir-Oz, eastern Gaza Strip.
An Israeli Army spokesman said that two mortar shells were fired early this
morning from Gaza Strip targeting the Israeli settlement and injuring one of
its residents, and also causing a fire in a farm.
The spokesman told an Israeli radio that one of the shells hit a factory in
Nir-Oz settlement, causing material damage, adding factory workers evacuated
the scene.
The injured settler was admitted to a hospital in Beer Sheva, in southern
Israel.
The spokesman said paramedics and civil defense teams arrived swiftly to
the scene and contained the blaze.(end)
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