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GAZA, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- A Palestinian worker was wounded with Israeli gunfire
near the town of Beit Hanoun in the north of Gaza Strip on Saturday bringing
number of Palestinians wounded in identical circumstances today to three.
Palestinian security sources told KUNA that Israeli troops opened fire at a
group of Palestinian workers who were collecting pebbles close to the town,
wounding one. Earlier today, two another workers were wounded with Israeli
shooting at the same site.
The workers were collecting small stones for usage in construction.
In the earlier indicent, the two workers suffered medium cuts in the
shooting and had to be hospitalized.
Such incidents take place frequently in the region.
Also today, Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian gunmen near the town of
Deir Al-Balah in the center of Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources
reported. One Palestinian fighter was shot and wounded in the leg during the
firefight that erupted when an Israeli squad attempted to infiltrate into
Palestinian-held areas, the sources said.
Salah-Eddine Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance
Committees, an umbrella organization that groups several factions, said in a
statement its fighters were engaged in the fighting with the assaulting
troops. (end)
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