IOF soldiers kill Palestinian despite their declared ceasefire

KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- A Palestinian civilian was killed and others were wounded when Israeli occupation forces fired at them east of Khuza'a town in Khan Younis district, south of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

Medical sources said that Maher Abu Rjeila, 23, was hit with multiple gunshots at the hands of IOF tanks entrenched east of Khuza'a.

Citizens hearing of the Israeli ceasefire rushed to inspect their homes and agricultural lands. Israeli premier Ehud Olmert had announced a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza as of early Sunday.

Locals reported that IOF soldiers re-positioned their troops after the ceasefire announcement and withdrew from certain areas.

They said that hundreds of houses were flattened by the invading IOF troops especially along the Rafah border strip with Egypt.

Palestinian medical teams had recovered tens of bodies in areas where those teams could not reach before due to the IOF ceaseless pounding in the past three weeks. Preliminary reports indicate that 45 bodies were retrieved so far