IOF Opens Fire at Rubble Collectors in Vicinity of Erez Crossing; One Child Injured

At approximately 7:15 am on Tuesday 13 December 2011, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) positioned in concrete watchtowers opened heavy fire on Palestinian civilians who were collecting scrap and rubble from a destroyed area in the vicinity of the Erez crossing.
  The civilians were about 450 meters away from the separation fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel when the IOF opened fire at them.
  As a result, Nedal Khalil Attiya Hamdan, 14, sustained a bullet wound in the left shoulder.
According to Al Mezan’s field investigations, Hamdan and his relatives were collecting scrap in the area.
  After Hamdan was injured he was carried on a donkey-drawn cart to Balsam Hospital, then referred to Kamal Odwan Hospital.
  Medical sources described his injury as moderate.
  Hamdan lives on Qarman street in Beit Hanoun.