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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources have reported Sunday [August 11, 2013] that the Palestinian man who was shot and killed by Israeli army fire on Saturday at night has been identified. A Palestinian was shot and injured east of Gaza Sunday.

Dr. Ashraf Al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that Israel handed, on Sunday, the body of Hussein Abdul-Hadi Awadallah, 30, to the Palestinian side, and added that the slain man is from An-Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Furthermore, Al-Qodra said that, on Sunday, Israeli soldiers, manning a military across the border east of Gaza city, fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian lands and homes, wounding one Palestinian identified as Mahmoud Samir Jundiyya, 25.

Jundiyya was shot in his right foot, and was moved to the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza suffering moderate injuries.

Human Rights groups in the Gaza Strip the ongoing Israeli military escalation and ongoing violations against the Palestinians, their lands and property.

They said that, since the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and the resistance in Gaza in November 22 of last year, Israeli soldiers shot and killed six Palestinians, injured and kidnapped dozens, in addition to injuring and wounding more than 40 fishermen, and confiscated several Palestinian fishing boats.

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Palestinian man draws soldiers' suspicions after digging into the ground of the fortified border fence; shot after ignoring calls to turn back, as well as warnings shots.

By Gili Cohen and Reuters
published in Haaretz
| Aug. 11, 2013 | 1:21 AM

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian who crossed in from Gaza on Saturday, fearing he was a security threat though he proved to be unarmed, military sources said.

The man, who was not immediately identified, had first drawn soldiers' suspicions by digging into the ground on the Gazan side of the fortified border fence, where Palestinian gunmen have in the past mounted ambushes, an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said.

He then clambered over the fence, carrying a suspicious item that the troops could not see clearly, she said. They shot him dead after he ignored their calls to turn back as well as warnings shots.

The army spokeswoman did not give further details on what the Palestinian was carrying. An Israeli military source said, however, that no weapons were found on him.

The IDF said the incident was under investigation.

While the Gaza-Israel border has been a flashpoint of fighting, especially during flare-ups such as the November mini-war in the coastal enclave, such violence has abated recently .In an effort to isolate the hostile Islamist Hamas government, Israel controls commercial traffic across the border, contributing to economic hardship in Gaza. Palestinians there have on occasion sought to slip into Israel for work.