Israeli occupation forces Saturday morning fired towards farmers east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Al Ray correspondent said Israeli soldiers stationed near the Abu Rida gate east of the Khuzaa town opened fire on farmers working on their land, reporting no casualties. Yesterday, a young man was wounded in a similar fire attack near the Farrahin district in the east of Khan Yunis. Farmers are subject to almost daily shootings by Israeli forces and gun machines stationed along the eastern border of the coastal strip, as well as incursions into private Palestinian land to carry out leveling works. Israel imposes security buffer zone 300 to 500 meters deep into the Palestinian territory, effectively turning large agricultural areas into no-go zones. According to The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), 17 percent of Gazas total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 20:09:24 +0000
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