ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHOOTING AT FARMERS IN GAZA: ONE FARMER KILLED!

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Abassan Jedida, The Gaza Strip – 12th February 2009

The Israeli military continues its attack on Palestinian civilians and human rights workers in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday 27th January 2009, in Abassan, Israeli forces shot at several farmers, killing one.

27 year old Anwar was working picking parsley and spinach in the village agricultural lands, approximately 700 m from the Green Line, when Israeli jeeps opened fire with machine guns from behind the Green Line shooting more than 30 bullets in quick succession, eyewitnesses reported. Many of the seven farmers working in the area scattered, taking shelter from the shower of bullets. Anwar, however, was shot in the neck, dying instantly.

Human rights workers have been accompanying the farmers from Abassan in the wake of Anwars murder. The Israeli soldiers however continue to attack them, as can be seen in this video.

Filmed in Abassan on 3rd and 5th February, 2009

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