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18 January 2013
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At approximately 3:40 pm on Friday 18 January 2013, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire and tear gas canisters at a group of young Palestinian men who were in Buret Abu Samra area near the separation fence between Gaza Strip and Israel north of Beit Lahiya.
As a result, Mohammed Samir Srour, 17, sustained a bullet wound in the left leg.
Medical sources at Kamal Idwan Hospital described his injury as moderate.
The firing lasted for about two hours
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