GAZA, March 13, 2016 (WAFA) – A Palestinian boy Sunday morning sustained moderate injuries after Israeli soldiers stationed near the eastern borders of Gaza city opened fire at him, said local medical sources.
According to Shifa Hospital staff, a 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him while collecting gravel near al-Mintar border crossing east of Gaza.
Although in September 2005, Israel completed implementation of its Disengagement Plan from the Gaza Strip, which included dismantling all the settlements there, evacuating the settlers to Israel and withdrawing the military, it continues to control the borders and target Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Israel has full control over crossings on the Israel-Gaza border as well as control of air- and sea-space and does not allow Palestinians to establishing an airport or seaport.
“It designated areas near the border between Gaza and Israel “death zones,” imposing open-fire regulations that permit firing at Palestinians found in those zones even if they pose no mortal danger,” said B‘Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.
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