Israeli soldiers shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another in the Gaza Strip on Friday, AFP quoted a spokesman for the territory’s emergency services as saying.

Israeli soldiers shot dead one Palestinian and wounded another in the Gaza Strip on Friday, AFP quoted a spokesman for the territory's emergency services as saying.

The two men, one a 20-year-old farmer, were hit by live fire east of Jabaliya and near the borders with the occupied territories, Ashraf Al-Qudra said.

The occupation said that only “one Palestinian was hit in the leg after trying to damage the barrier separating Gaza from Israel when dozens of people approached and ignored orders from troops to back away, who then opened fire.”

Friday's fatality would be the third Palestinian killed by Israeli forces since a November 21 truce between the Zionist entity and Hamas ended eight days of violence.