IOF open fire at Palestinian farmers in North Gaza district

At approximately 4:30pm on Friday 8 April 2011, the IOF opened fire at a group of Palestinian farmers who were in their fields near the separation fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel, in the Buret Abu Samra area, and in the vicinity of the evacuated Eli Sinai settlement, north of Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district.
The gunfire scared the farmers and they immediately abandoned their work and left the area.