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Gaza Man Shot to Death in Border Clash With Israeli Military, Palestinians Say Gaza Man Shot to Death in Border Clash With Israeli Military, Palestinians Say
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GAZA — Palestinian officials said that the Israeli military killed a 20-year-old Gaza man and wounded six others near the border fence on Friday evening, the latest in a series of violent exchanges that have frayed a fragile 14-month-old cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic faction that rules the Gaza Strip. GAZA — Palestinian officials said that the Israeli military killed a 20-year-old Gaza man and wounded six others near the border fence on Friday evening, the latest in a series of violent exchanges that have frayed a fragile 14-month-old cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic faction that rules the Gaza Strip.
Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesman for the Hamas Health Ministry, said that the man, Bilal Auwaida, died after being shot in the chest near Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, and that a second man was wounded there.Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesman for the Hamas Health Ministry, said that the man, Bilal Auwaida, died after being shot in the chest near Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, and that a second man was wounded there.
Mr. Qedra said that five more people were wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on about two dozen people who were demonstrating east of the Jabaliya refugee camp in support of farmers who have fields near the fence separating the Palestinian coastal strip from Israel.Mr. Qedra said that five more people were wounded when Israeli troops opened fire on about two dozen people who were demonstrating east of the Jabaliya refugee camp in support of farmers who have fields near the fence separating the Palestinian coastal strip from Israel.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli military, speaking on the condition of anonymity according to protocol, said that a single shot was fired in each location, after soldiers had used crowd-dispersal techniques, including firing warning shots. She said the Palestinians had “damaged the fence, hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at the soldiers at the scene.”A spokeswoman for the Israeli military, speaking on the condition of anonymity according to protocol, said that a single shot was fired in each location, after soldiers had used crowd-dispersal techniques, including firing warning shots. She said the Palestinians had “damaged the fence, hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at the soldiers at the scene.”
The shootings capped a week of escalating border violence in which the Israeli military twice targeted people suspected of being militants, a tactic that had all but stopped since the November 2012 cease-fire brokered by Egypt after an eight-day battle between Israel and Hamas. On Wednesday, an airstrike killed Ahmed Zaanin, 21, a member of Islamic Jihad, and his cousin Mohammed Zaanin in a truck parked outside their home. Three days earlier, a man that Israel described as an Islamic Jihad operative responsible for recent rocket fire against Israel was wounded, along with a 12-year-old bystander, Gaza officials said.The shootings capped a week of escalating border violence in which the Israeli military twice targeted people suspected of being militants, a tactic that had all but stopped since the November 2012 cease-fire brokered by Egypt after an eight-day battle between Israel and Hamas. On Wednesday, an airstrike killed Ahmed Zaanin, 21, a member of Islamic Jihad, and his cousin Mohammed Zaanin in a truck parked outside their home. Three days earlier, a man that Israel described as an Islamic Jihad operative responsible for recent rocket fire against Israel was wounded, along with a 12-year-old bystander, Gaza officials said.
There have been several instances of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel over the past two weeks, at one point causing some school cancellations in southern Israel. Most were intercepted by the Iron Dome antimissile defense system, and none resulted in injuries or damage.There have been several instances of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel over the past two weeks, at one point causing some school cancellations in southern Israel. Most were intercepted by the Iron Dome antimissile defense system, and none resulted in injuries or damage.
Hamas officials have taken steps to stop fringe groups from firing rockets, and also to keep Palestinians from protesting near the fence, but have struggled to maintain control. Avi Issacharoff, an Israeli journalist who specializes in security issues, wrote on the website of The Times of Israel on Friday that smaller militant groups in Gaza have been taking advantage of Hamas’s weakness since the fall of its ally, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, last summer.Hamas officials have taken steps to stop fringe groups from firing rockets, and also to keep Palestinians from protesting near the fence, but have struggled to maintain control. Avi Issacharoff, an Israeli journalist who specializes in security issues, wrote on the website of The Times of Israel on Friday that smaller militant groups in Gaza have been taking advantage of Hamas’s weakness since the fall of its ally, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, last summer.
“The pressure on Hamas is rising all the time,” Mr. Issacharoff wrote. “Its capacity to prevent rocket fire into Israel by its increasingly emboldened rivals may be falling.”“The pressure on Hamas is rising all the time,” Mr. Issacharoff wrote. “Its capacity to prevent rocket fire into Israel by its increasingly emboldened rivals may be falling.”