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(Previous Incident Code: ISPT107)
One civilian was injured by shrapnel following an alleged Israeli airstrike on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on May 18th 2021, according to local reports.
Msdr News reported that a man sustained shrapnel wounds from a missile fired by a drone and he received treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
Around the same time, Al Aqsa Radio reported that Al-Bureij was also targeted by artillery, including smoke and sound bombs.
Palestinian activist, Said Shoaib, reported that Israeli artillery struck a cemetery east of Al-Bureij and attributed the strikes to Israel.
The incident is believed to have taken place at around noon.
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Reports of the incident mention a residential building being struck in the Al Bureij (البريج) refugee camp, for which the generic coordinates are: 31.438769, 34.404030. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.