ISRAEL SHOOTS, KILLS PALESTINIAN IN NORTHERN GAZA

Gaza, 30 Muharam 1436/23 November 2014 (MINA) –  Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical sources and witnesses said.

The victim identified as Fadil Muhammad Halawah (32) was hunting birds east of Jabaliya when Israeli soldiers shot him dead, MINA correspondent in Gaza Strip reported.

Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Palestinian health ministry, said Halawah arrived at Kamal Udwan hospital in Jabaliya with a gunshot wound, Maan News Agency reported.

Doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

An Israeli military spokesman told Ma’an that two Palestinians approached the separation barrier in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Soldiers called on the two to stop and fired warning shots in the air, the spokesman said.

Halwah is the first Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Palestinian militants and Israel in late August, ending 50 days of violence.(L/R04/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)