A Palestinian farmer was killed and another injured on Friday morning by Israeli artillery shelling in farming areas in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the farmer Omar Wahid Samour, 28, from the town of Bani Suheila, was killed by Israeli shelling, while, Ahmed Salim al-Shami, 23, was slightly injured.
They added that Samour and al-Shami were working in their field near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The Israeli army has yet to comment on the incident.
Friday’s shelling comes only hours before planned Palestinian demonstrations in which Gazans plan to converge on the Gaza-Israel border.
