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GAZA (Ma’an) -- Israeli military bulldozers staged a limited incursion into Palestinian lands in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, when Israeli soldiers also opened fire at Palestinian farmers in a separate incident near Gaza City, with no injuries reported.
Local sources told Ma'an that Israeli forces opened fire at agricultural lands southeast of Gaza City, forcing Palestinian farmers to leave the area.
Separately, eyewitnesses said that four Israeli bulldozers entered tens of meters past the border area into the town of Khuzaa and leveled Palestinian land, while other Israeli military vehicles waited on the Israeli side of the border fence.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone," which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the buffer zone often come under fire from Israeli military forces, as the authorities have not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the buffer zone.
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