Palestinian minor killed by Egyptian army fire

A Palestinian minor working aboard a fishing boat was shot and killed by Egyptian army fire off the southern Gaza Strip coast of Rafah Thursday evening, according to PIC.

Relatives of the 16-year-old boy Firas Mikdad said that he was hit with a bullet in the chest while throwing the fishing net off the southern Rafah coat near to the Egyptian marine borders.

They said that the Egyptian army soldiers fired at Palestinian fishermen while working near the border area and one of the bullets fatally hit Mikdad.