#Again December 28, 2014 Israeli border guards stationed at the Khan Younes eastern borders Sunday fired at Palestinian farmers who were farming their land, said WAFA correspondent. Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition at the farmers who were working in their land which is close to the buffer zone. According to ReliefWeb, the Israeli military has issued orders prohibiting any Palestinian presence on the land within Gaza abutting the territory’s perimeter fence, currently up to 300 meters from the fence, but Israeli forces have frequently shot at Palestinians beyond that distance. United Nations figures indicate that Israeli military forces have killed four and wounded more than 60 civilians near the perimeter fence with Gaza since the beginning of 2014. Israeli forces target farmers along the borders almost on daily basis, breaching the ceasefire agreement reached in Cairo on August 26th. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the buffer zone eats up about 44% of Gaza’s territory. The Gaza strip has a population of 1,760,037 in an area amounting to 365 sq. Km, according to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics. The Palestinian daily al-Quds published news on 162 breaches of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, which was signed four months ago to end a 51-day war on the Gaza Strip. The violations documented by the International Federation included eight incidents of land razing and illegal entry in Khan Younes and 29 incidents of firing live ammunition at farmers, especially north of the Gaza Strip. The report also documented seven injuries and two deaths among civilians.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:52:53 +0000
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