Two Killed in Israeli Incursions in Gaza, One Crushed by Bulldozer

20 September 2007

Gaza – Ma'an – A Palestinian youth was crushed by an invading bulldozer and another was killed by gunfire during an Israeli incursion east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.

The corpse of seventeen-year-old Mahmoud Al-Kafafi has been transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza.
A number of local young men aiding the crushed boy in aL-Buraij refugee camp Thursday (Photo: Iyad Albaba - IMEMC News)

The other young man, twenty two year old Muhammad Abu Hujair died from a gunshot wound in his head.

Medical sources said Hujair succumbed to his wounds after he was transferred to the intensive care unit of a Gaza hospital.

Under fire

Two other Palestinians were injured when Israeli helicopters opened fire at Palestinian citizens east of Al-Bureij, Palestinian medical sources reported.

Director of the ambulance and emergency department in the Palestinian ministry of health, Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, said that the injuries were serious.

One Palestinian was transferred to a clinic in An Nuseirat refugee camp and the other was sent to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

The two Palestinians are in a critical condition.

Twin incursions

Israeli military vehicles and undercover forces penetrated the area east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, under cover of fighter jets and helicopters.

Another undercover force entered the Shweika neighbourhood, southern Rafah, simultaneously with the incursion into eastern Al-Bureij.

The Israeli forces in Rafah seized twenty Palestinians.