Published today (updated) 20/04/2010 19:58
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Gaza – Ma'an – Shots were fired after hundreds of Palestinians marched north
of Beit Lahiya toward the Israeli military no-go zone in the northern Gaza
Strip on Monday.

Local Initiative coordinator Saber Az-Za’aneen said residents began the
rally from the Atatra village raising Palestinian flags and marching toward
the barbed-wire fencing.

Az-Za’aneen said a number of Israeli military jeeps surrounded the area
where the rally was intended to take place and opened fire at them. No
injuries were reported.

An Israeli military spokesman said security forces operating in the same
area spotted a group of Palestinians approaching the barrier along the
northern Gaza Strip.

The force fired warning shots in the air in an attempt to drive them away
from the fence, the spokesman said. The group left the area without
incident, the official added.