Gaza, Aug 16: A five-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by fire from an Israeli tank advancing to the edge of the Khan Younis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian security sources and hospital officials said. They said two Palestinian men were wounded when they tried to go to the aid of the boy, Ayman Fares, lying outside his house in the densely populated area. A Palestinian security source said the tank fired "without reason."
An Israeli army spokesman said gunmen opened fire on Israeli forces, who returned fire and injured one of the men. The army said it had no information about the shooting of a boy.
Bureau Report