Children shot and injured near Gaza’s border fence with Israel

Nov 30, 2013, 01:02 PM

Yazid Abu Khader, 17, whose father served time inside Israeli jails, was used to attending rallies near Gaza's border fence with Israel in support of Palestinian prisoners, but in April, an Israeli soldier shot him in the foot, nearly putting an end to the boy's ability to walk. Yazid's injury is only one of many reported this year. According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights monthly reports, 11 children, including a two-year-old girl, were shot by the Israeli military since the beginning of 2013, 10 of whom near Gaza's border fence with Israel and one in the fishing area off Gaza’s coast. » Read the feature: http://bit.ly/1dzk99I #Gaza #Israel #Palestinian #PCHR #children #prisoners