Israeli troops killed two Palestinian farmers near the fence on the Gaza Strip's northern border with Israel, Palestinian hospital officials said on Saturday. According to Reuters, they said the bodies of the two brothers in their early 40s were recovered from Beit Hanoun.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops operating in the area shot two Palestinians on Friday night. "They approached our unit in a suspicious manner, crouched over," the spokeswoman said.
Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, chief of emergency and ambulance department at the Palestinian health ministry, identified the victims as Ra'fat and Talal Abu Shraina, 40 and 41. The health official confirmed that several bullets riddled in the victims' bodies, before they were pronounced dead.
According to IMEMC, witnesses said that both Ra'fat and Talal, were rushing towards their farm land after they were informed that the Israeli army bulldozers were razing the land. Witnesses added that Israeli forces opened fire at them, as they were attempting to prevent the bulldozers from razing their farmland.
