Israeli forces injure two Palestinian teenagers in northern Gaza Strip

Israeli soldiers have shot and injured two Palestinian teenagers in northern Gaza Strip, in another violation of a truce signed in November 2012.

Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said both teenagers were shot in the leg on Friday as they were walking towards a security fence in the northern town of Jabaliya.

The injured Palestinians were taken to a hospital in Beit Lahiya for treatment, the ministry spokesman added.

Friday’s shooting brings to 51 the total number of Palestinians injured since the 2012 truce.

At least four Palestinians have also been killed since then.

On Tuesday, a Palestinian teenager was injured by Israeli soldiers near the city of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip.

The victim was reportedly collecting old metal scraps when he came under Israeli gunfire.

The November ceasefire came into effect following an eight-day Israeli offensive that killed more than 170 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Under the truce agreement, Israel is required to allow Palestinians to enter what it had previously declared as a 300-meter deep no-go zone on the Gaza side of the border.

Farmers have been allowed to move up to 100 meters from the border, but Israeli troops open fire at the Palestinians they claim have gone further than that.