Two Palestinians injured in IOF shooting

October, 26, 2006

Gaza - Two Palestinians were wounded last night and at an early hour Thursday in IOF gunfire in Beit Hanun and Jabalia to the north of the Gaza Strip one of whom was reportedly in a serious condition.

A special IOF unit late last night opened fire at a group of AMB fighters near Jabalia wounding its commander.

In Beit Hanun, Suhail Al-Majdalawi was seriously wounded when IOF snipers fired at a group of Palestinians near the Beit Hanun crossing. Locals present at the scene said that there was no justification for the shooting.

Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza beach early Thursday preventing fishermen from heading to fish at sea.

In the West Bank, an IOF spokesman said that his soldiers arrested 20 Palestinians at dawn Thursday in Al-Khalil, Ramallah, Tulkarm and Nablus.

He claimed that the arrested youths were members in Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP and the AMB.