Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a 20-year old Palestinian during a
protest in the besieged Gaza Strip, along the heavily-guarded border
with Israel.
Ahmed Salim was shot on Wednesday morning as dozens
of Palestinians held a peaceful demonstration against a decision by
Israel to build a buffer zone in the area.
Israeli soldiers
opened fire on protesters to disperse the crowd which was estimated at a
few hundreds.
“Ahmed was shot in the abdomen and moved to the
al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. He, however, died in the afternoon due
to bullet injuries he had suffered,â the head of Gaza’s emergency
services Mo’aweya Hassanein told reporters.
Gazans have held
numerous demonstrations in recent weeks against a newly-declared
300-meter no-go zone. Tel Aviv claims that the buffer zone is being
constructed to prevent Palestinian resistance fighters from launching
homemade rockets at Israel.
Palestinians maintain that the aim
of the peaceful protests is to halt the establishment of the zone since
it prevents them from reaching their farmland.
