On Sunday, 4 October 2009, it was reported in the media that a Palestinian child had been shot on his family's farm in the north of the Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel. It is reported that the child was shot in the spine and is now recovering in hospital, having first been denied access to medical care.
Israel has established a so called 'buffer zone' inside Gaza, a closed military zone which runs the entire length of the border.
... The UN estimates that the buffer zone consumes approximately 30 percent of Gaza's arable farmland, at a time when there is a near-total Israeli blockade of the territory...
... Since the end of Operation Cast Lead in January 2009, DCI-Palestine can confirm that at least seven Palestinian children have been killed in the buffer zone, inside Gaza. Full report
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