Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian shepherd on the Gaza border today.
The 22 year old man, named locally as Salama Abu Hashish, was shot in the back after entering a "no-go zone". Three other people including a 14 year-old boy were shot and wounded. Israeli troops said the group of people ignored a warning shot which was fired after they entered the restricted area.
A spokesman for a hospital in Gaza said that one of the wounded individuals, believed to be a 17 year-old boy, was in a serious condition. It is understood that the youths were out collecting gravel to sell to the contruction industry.
Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process said:
"I am distressed that incidents continue in the perimeter area of Gaza, and deplore the killing of one apparently unarmed Palestinian civilian and the injuring of a number of others by Israeli gunfire,"
"I call for maximum Israeli restraint and protection of civilians. I reiterate my appeal for calm and an end to violence, to bring about the de-escalation that all parties have stressed they wish to see."
"The UN does not want to see any renewed intensification of conflict,"
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