An Israeli soldier checks his weapon near the Israel and Gaza border, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets, as Palestinians reported more than a dozen of people killed in strikes that hit a home and a beachside cafe and Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was killed along the Gazan border late Wednesday, with a Palestinian official and an eyewitness accusing Israel but the army denying any exchange of fire.
Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in the Gaza Strip, which is run by Islamist movement Hamas, said the boy died when Israeli troops fired across the border east of Khan Yunes in eastern Gaza.
“Abdullah al-Naseef, 10, was killed by (Israeli) occupation fire close to his house in the Qarara municipality, near Khan Yunes,” he said.
An eyewitness said the Israeli army opened fire from a military base near Kissufim along the border.
An Israeli army spokeswoman denied there had been any firing across the border.
“We are not aware of any incident,” she told AFP. It is unusual for Israel to deny confirmed exchanges of fire outright.
Source: Alarabiya
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