Four children injured as suspect device explodes in northern Beit Lahia

22 September 2007

At approximately 11.
30am, on 21 September 2007, four children were injured by shrapnel wounds to different parts of their bodies as they played with a suspect device of IOF remnants in the evacuated settlement of Doghit, northwest Beit Lahia.
The device detonated and injured 10-year-old Shadi Abu Halimeh, 14-year-old Muhammad Issam Abu Halimeh, 16-year-old Muhammad Ziyad Abu Halimeh , and 16-year-old Nasser Adel Abu Halimeh.
The latter was referred to an Israeli hospital as he was reported to have sustained serious injuries.