GAZA CITY: Israeli tank fire wounded three Palestinians near central Gaza’s border with the Jewish state on Friday, a Palestinian medical official said.
“Three farmers, around 20 years of age, were moderately wounded by a tank shell and taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City,” health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra told AFP, adding the men had been working in fields east of east of El-Bureij refugee camp when they were hurt.
An Israeli army spokesman told AFP that they were aware of the explosion, but said it was probably a “work accident” or a bomb left by Palestinians, and not the result of Israeli fire.
“This proves that Gaza militants are still at work,” he added.
Under the terms of a November cease-fire agreement between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, Palestinians are supposed to have access to arable land in a buffer zone up to 100 meters (yards) from the border fence.
Israel says its soldiers open fire on Palestinians who come closer than that.
Israeli army fire wounds 3 Gazans: Palestinians
Israeli army fire wounds 3 Gazans: Palestinians
