From IDF says Gazan said killed by troops had approached border fence
The Israeli military responds to Palestinian claims that troops killed a Gazan fisherman by saying soldiers opened fire as a group of Palestinian men were spotted walking toward the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip, near the Israeli community of Kibbutz Zikim.
The Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry earlier said a Palestinian man approached the Gaza security fence and was shot dead by Israeli troops.
An army spokesperson says the soldiers “operated in accordance with the rules of engagement.”
The Palestinian man has been identified by the health ministry as 20-year-old Nawaf Ahmad al-Attar, a fisherman.
— Judah Ari Gross
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