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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 JERUSALEM: A Palestinian was wounded by Israeli gunfire late on Tuesday after he breached a security fence separating the Gaza Strip and the Jewish state, a military spokesman said. "According to latest information, a Palestinian was injured by fire from our soldiers after he crossed the security fence near the Nahal Oz fuel terminal," said the spokesman.Soldiers "fired warning shots which were ignored, whereafter they aimed and wounded" the Palestinian. "The man, who was apparently lightly wounded in a leg, was moved to an Israeli hospital," he added. Early on Tuesday, three Palestinian brothers were killed and nine other people wounded when Israel bombed smuggling tunnels between the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and Egypt, medics said. The Israeli military said it launched the raid in response to mortar fire from the Palestinian territory late on Monday that wounded one soldier.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 GAZA: Palestinian medical sources in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian resident was killed and a 15-year old child was seriously wounded by Israeli military fired in Al Atatra area near Beit Lahia.The sources stated that Sa’id Ata Al Hasoumy bled to death as the army barred Palestinian ambulances from reaching him. The sources added that a 15-year old child was seriously injured in the same attack and was moved to a local hospital later on. The army admitted that it remains unclear whether the slain Palestinian was armed, but said that “the area where he was seen is a closed military zone. Palestinian resistance in Gaza retaliated by firing two homemade shells at Ashkelon. Israeli military sources reported that one soldier was mildly wounded when a shell fragmentation hit him in the head. The shell landed and detonated near the so-called Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. The soldier was moved to Barzi...