IOF Shoots Palestinian Collecting Scrap North of Beit Layia

At approximately 9:45am on Wednesday 23 February 2011, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at a group of Palestinian civilians who were about 300 meters from the border fence near the Buret Abu Samra area  north of Beit Lahyia town in the North Gaza district.
As a result, Nedal Mohammed Mohammed Halawa, 21, who is from Gaza city, was injured in the left leg.
Medical sources at Kamal Odwan Hospital described his injury as moderate.