IOF Open Fire at Peaceful Demonstration East of Khan Younis, One Person Injured

At approximately 11:30am on Friday 20 May 2011, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at two hundred Palestinians who gathered in a peaceful demonstration near the border fence near the As-Sirj gate east of Abasan village east of Khan Younis district.
As a result, Ramadan Mohammed Ad-Daghma, 46, was injured in the legs.
He was admitted to the Gaza European Hospital were his injury was described as moderate.
In his affidavit to Al Mezan, Ad-Daghma said that he was participating in a peaceful demonstration related to the ‘return and freedom campaign’ activities.
He said that he had received an invitation that has been called for by a group on a social networking site Facebook.
He added that about 200 persons showed up and were holding Palestinian flags.
They were about 50 meters from the border fence when the IOF opened fire at them.