Israeli troops at the Gaza border shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded 15 more yesterday, health officials said, in the first fatality since a ceasefire between the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel.
A Hamas spokesman accused Israel of violating the Egyptian-mediated truce, which took hold on Wednesday, and said the group would complain to Cairo.
Health officials said Anwar Qdeih, 23, was hit in the head by Israeli gunfire after he approached the security fence that runs between Israel and Gaza – an area that Israel has long declared a no-go zone for Palestinians.
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