Israel Army Shoots Dead 1st Gazan Since Aug Truce

Israel Army Shoots Dead 1st Gazan Since Aug Truce

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 06:27 AM IST
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Gaza City : Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian farmer near the border in northern Gaza today in the first deadly shooting since an August truce ended a 50-day war, medics said.

Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra identified the dead man as Fadel Mohammed Halawa, 32, saying the bullet had hit him in the back.            Qudra said the bullet appeared to have been fired from a nearby army watchtower at a man who was farming land near the border fence.

It was the first time a Palestinian from Gaza had been killed by Israeli fire since a seven-week war between Israel and Hamas militants ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on August 26.

Following the initial truce agreement, the sides were supposed to have resumed talks on some of the thornier outstanding issues within a month, but the deadline has been repeatedly delayed. Meanwhile, Suspected Jewish extremists firebombed a house in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, its mayor said, pointing the finger of blame at local settlers.  “At 4:00 am (0730 IST), settlers came and threw molotov cocktails at a house which partly burned down,” said Masud Abu Mura, mayor of Khirbet Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.

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