GAZA CITY: Palestinians in Gaza and on social media expressed outrage on Sunday over the death of a man who was shot earlier this week as he crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt.
Video has spread online purporting to show the man walking in the Mediterranean surf and crossing the posts and fencing marking the border between the Palestinian enclave and Egypt.
Egyptian guards open fire, while someone who appears to be part of the Gazan security forces appears to wave and signal to those shooting to stop because the man is mentally unstable.
The video, taken on Thursday, later shows the man’s body on the shore. The Egyptian Army has so far not commented on the incident.
Officials from Hamas, the militant movement that rules the Gaza Strip, say he suffered from mental illness, though the father of the Gazan man has been quoted as saying he did not.
Several dozen Gazans demonstrated on Sunday to demand Egypt return the man’s body to his family.
Video has spread online purporting to show the man walking in the Mediterranean surf and crossing the posts and fencing marking the border between the Palestinian enclave and Egypt.
Egyptian guards open fire, while someone who appears to be part of the Gazan security forces appears to wave and signal to those shooting to stop because the man is mentally unstable.
The video, taken on Thursday, later shows the man’s body on the shore. The Egyptian Army has so far not commented on the incident.
Officials from Hamas, the militant movement that rules the Gaza Strip, say he suffered from mental illness, though the father of the Gazan man has been quoted as saying he did not.
Several dozen Gazans demonstrated on Sunday to demand Egypt return the man’s body to his family.
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