Israeli troops shot and wounded three Palestinians and a Maltese woman in the Gaza Strip on Saturday during a protest near the border with Israel, witnesses and medical sources said.
The four were shot after they entered a 300-metre- (-yard) deep no-go zone previously declared by Israel on the Gaza side of the frontier.
The incident occurred when some 150 people, including six foreigners, began a demonstration to protest against the ban, which prevents Gaza farmers from using the land.
The Maltese woman, said to have been shot in the legs, was identified as Bianca Zimmit, 28, a member of pro-Palestinian group the International Solidarity Movement.
The ISM said Zimmit was wounded as she filmed the demonstration, east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, some 100 metres from the border.
An army spokesman said a “group of Palestinians approached the security fence in a provocative manner.”
“Some soldiers spotted them and fired warning shots. Three Palestinians were hit.”
No mention was made of a fourth person.
The spokesman added that the army considers the area to be a “combat zone” and therefore out of bounds.
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