IOF soldiers fire at, wound mentally retarded man

IOF soldiers fire at, wound mentally retarded man

GAZA, A mentally retarded Palestinian man was hit with Israeli occupation army bullets near the Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing on Tuesday morning, medical sources reported.

Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for medical services, told the PIC that the man was slightly wounded after the Israeli occupation forces shot at him.

The man was hit in his right thigh, he said, adding that he was hospitalized.

Many Palestinians were wounded as a result of IOF firing at them especially the workers who collect gravel from the northern Gaza Strip devastated areas.