GAZA: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel yesterday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the first such fatality since a 50-day war ended in August.
The Israeli military said it fired at two Palestinians who approached Israel’s security fence with the Hamas Islamist-dominated enclave, hitting one of them, after they ignored shouts to halt and warning shots.
The Health Ministry said Fadel Mohammed Halawa, 32, was killed in the incident, east of Jabalya refugee camp. One of Halawa’s relatives said he had been searching for song birds, which nest in trees near the Israeli border and command high prices in Gaza markets.
Denmark confirms citizen wounded in Saudi attack
RIYADH: Denmark yesterday confirmed that one of its nationals was shot and wounded in the Saudi Arabian capital and said it was assisting the victim’s relatives. “We can confirm that a Danish citizen has been shot. We’re giving consular help to the family,” a Danish foreign ministry official said.
The source provided no other details about the attack, which the official Saudi Press Agency said took place at 2pm (1100 GMT) on Saturday. The Dane was driving away from his work at a company in Riyadh’s Kharj Road area when he was shot in the shoulder from “an unknown source”, SPA said.
Egypt could send forces to stabilise future Palestine: Sisi
ROME,: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said in an interview published yesterday that he would be prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilise it. “We are ready to send military forces into a Palestinian state,” he said. “We would help the local police and reassure the Israelis through our role as guarantor. Not forever, of course. For the time necessary to reestablish confidence. But first a Palestinian state must exist where troops can be sent to.”
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