Israeli guards on Monday shot dead a man who tried to scale a border fence and enter the Gaza Strip at the main border crossing between Israel and the Palestinian coastal enclave, the Israeli military said.
The incident took place at the Erez border crossing in the early hours of Monday. The man's motive was not clear.
"Guards [...] identified a man running towards the crossing and trying to climb the security fence. They called on him to stop and fired warning shots in the air. When he did not heed their calls they fired towards his lower body," a statement from the Israeli military said.
The statement added that the man was an Israeli citizen and was "alleged to be mentally ill". It said he died of his wounds in hospital.
Israel bans all its citizens from going to Gaza. It also routinely denies passage to Palestinians wishing to enter or leave the enclave where 1.5 million Palestinians live under an Israeli blockade.
Source: Reuters
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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