One more Palestinian medic killed by Israeli fire on Gaza border
During protests along the Gaza border on Friday, a Palestinian medic Abdullah al-Qutati, who was in his 20s and a volunteer with the government medical services, was killed after being shot in chest by Israeli forces, a health ministry spokesman told reporters.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 10 August 2018
- Modified Date: 08:05 | 10 August 2018
Palestinian health officials say a paramedic has been shot and killed by Israeli fire at a protest along the Gaza border as the Hamas and Israel observed a cease-fire.
Gaza's Health Ministry said Abdullah al-Qutati, 26, was shot and killed and 40 others were wounded by live fire.
Qutati is at least the second medic to have been killed by Israeli fire during months of border protests.
Another medic, Mohammed Suhwail, tells The Associated Press he witnessed the shooting. He said after treating wounded the medic who was killed "began walking toward the (field hospital) but was shot in the back and the bullet exited from his chest."
The incident came as Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel honored a cease-fire Friday that ended two days of an intense flare-up in violence.
Hamas has led weekly border protests aimed in part at drawing attention to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza imposed after the it took over the territory in 2007.
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