By Saed Bannoura
Palestinian Medical Sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was seriously wounded, on Wednesday morning, after the Israeli army opened fire at him east of Gaza city.
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The sources stated that the resident, in his twenties, was shot in the thigh, and he was moved to a nearby hospital or treatment.
On Tuesday, two Palestinians, including one child, were injured after the Israeli army invaded an area east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
Several military vehicles, tanks and army bulldozers invaded the area and uprooted trees and farmlands.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded an area east of Gaza city and opened fire at random; damage was reported, but no injuries.
On Sunday, Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson of the Higher Committee for Medical and Emergency Services In Gaza, reported that, in 2011, Israeli soldiers killed 19 children, and injured more than 200, in Air strikes and bombardment targeting the Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year.
Last September, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza reported that 5151 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli fire and shells since the Al Aqsa Intifada started on 09/29/2000 until 09/04/2011.
The numbers do not include Palestinians killed in armed confrontation with the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The number of combatants killed in the same timeframe is 1499. Total of civilians and non-civilians killed in the same timeframe is 6631.
1742 (%34) civilians were killed in the West Bank and 3409 civilians (%66) were killed in Gaza. 1287 (%25.5) of them were children, 372 (%5.5) were women.
The number of children killed by army fire and shells in the West Bank is 343 (%19.9), comparing to 939 (%28.4) in Gaza, in addition to 84 (%8) children killed when the army assassinated resistance fighters and senior political leaders.
International Middle East Media Center
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