February 20, 2011 
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Medics said Israeli forces fired on two workers from the cement factory in Gaza City, injuring both in the legs as they collected stone aggregates separately east of Gaza City on Thursday.
Medics said both were taken to the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City with moderate injuries.
An Israeli military official confirmed two incidents at 10 and noon respectively, when individuals approached the border area. Both were told to retreat from the 300-meter no-go zone, a spokesman said, and when they did not pull back warning shots were fired, then fire was directed at the legs of the workers.
The incidents came after Israeli military officials confirmed shooting dead three men four hours earlier in the same region of the Gaza border.
A statement from the military said the three killed had been planting explosives.
Medics said no weapons were found near the bodies. Relatives identified them as fishermen.
Maan News Agency: 2 workers injured by Israeli fire on Gaza border.
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