GAZA, Jan. 29-- At least 15 Palestinians were shot and wounded on Tuesday afternoon by Israeli soldiers' gunfire during clashes that broke out in northern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said. Ashraf al-Qedra, Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that 15 Palestinian demonstrators were shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers' gunfire stationed at the border, adding that one paramedic was injured too. Earlier on Tuesday, the Gaza Health Ministry said that a 45-year-old Palestinian was critically wounded in his neck by Israeli soldiers' gunfire in northwestern Gaza Strip, not far from the border with Israel. |