Unarmed Palestinian man shot dead as three week old Gaza truce crumbles.
"At around 3 o'clock
an army force identified a suspicious person crossing the fence from
Gaza into Israel near Kissufim," an Israeli army spokesman said on
Thursday.
"The force called on him to stop and fired warning shots but he did not stop and the soldiers fired at him and killed him. When they approached his body they saw he was unarmed," the spokesman said.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, which is linked to the Fatah party of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, said the man was one of its members.
Two missiles were later fired from northern Gaza into the Israeli town of Sderot, in an attack claimed by al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Abu Qusai, a spokesman for the group, said the rockets were fired in retaliation for the killing of its one of its fighters in Gaza and the death of one of its members in the West Bank town of Jenin a day earlier.
The shooting in Gaza and the rocket attacks come a day after Israeli security forces shot and killed a Hamas member in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli troops shot the man as he tried to escape arrest near the town of Jenin on Wednesday, the Israeli army said.
"The operative, Talal Sa'ad Talal Abed, was initially critically wounded and received medical treatment at the scene, but died on the way to a hospital," an Israeli army statement said.
"At around 3 o'clock
an army force identified a suspicious person crossing the fence from
Gaza into Israel near Kissufim," an Israeli army spokesman said on
Thursday.
"The force called on him to stop and fired warning shots but he did not stop and the soldiers fired at him and killed him. When they approached his body they saw he was unarmed," the spokesman said.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, which is linked to the Fatah party of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, said the man was one of its members.
Two missiles were later fired from northern Gaza into the Israeli town of Sderot, in an attack claimed by al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Abu Qusai, a spokesman for the group, said the rockets were fired in retaliation for the killing of its one of its fighters in Gaza and the death of one of its members in the West Bank town of Jenin a day earlier.
The shooting in Gaza and the rocket attacks come a day after Israeli security forces shot and killed a Hamas member in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli troops shot the man as he tried to escape arrest near the town of Jenin on Wednesday, the Israeli army said.
"The operative, Talal Sa'ad Talal Abed, was initially critically wounded and received medical treatment at the scene, but died on the way to a hospital," an Israeli army statement said.
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