Palestinian doc slain at border
Israeli military probed
The Israeli military is investigating the Friday shooting of a Palestinian paramedic killed while attending to an injured protester in Gaza.
Razan al-Najjar, 21, was the second woman killed at the border of Gaza and Israel since mass protests began there in March. More than 115 people have died in the clashes. Najjar was a volunteer who helped evacuate and treat the wounded during the weeks of violence.
An Associated Press video and other images posted on social media show Najjar among medics walking toward a wounded man lying on the ground near the fence, with their hands raised. Najjar wore a dark blue headscarf and a white coat with the logo of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, where she volunteered. Her colleague Fares al-Kidra told the AP that as they were leaving, three gunshots rang out, and Najjar fell to the ground.
The Khan Younis hospital said Najjar had a bullet wound in the chest with an exit wound in the back.
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society said three other first responders were also shot.
Cases such as Najjar’s, “in which civilians are allegedly killed” by Israeli fire, “are thoroughly examined” by an internal military committee, the Army said.
The Israeli military said two rockets were fired from Gaza on Saturday. One was shot down and the other landed on the Gaza side of the border fence.
The rockets flew days after a cease-fire was reached following an intense attack Tuesday involving militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad that sent dozens of rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel.