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3 June 2009
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At around 6.
35pm, on 3 June 2009, the IOF, stationed on the northern borderline, opened fire at Palestinian farmers in an area located to the north of the Agricultural School in the north of Beit Hanoun town.
The shooting injured Saleh Mohammed Az-Zummara, 65, with a bullet to his back, and his brother Ali, 60, with a bullet to his rights hand.
Both were reported to have sustained moderate injuries.
The farmers were harvesting barley and wheat in the area.
Packs of haulm were set on fire as a result of the shooting, but civil defense teams managed to reach the area 30 minutes later and quench the fire.
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