Gaza, Aug 24 (Xinhua) One Palestinian was killed and another wounded Monday evening by Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.

Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein said that the Israeli army informed the Palestinian side that one Palestinian was shot dead and another was moderately injured near the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia.

Witnesses said that two Gaza young men approached an area in al-Atatra neighborhood north of the town, not far from the border between northern Gaza Strip and Israel, adding that Israeli soldiers stationed there opened fire at them.

The witnesses also said that one of the two young men was injured and was immediately taken to a local Palestinian hospital by a local ambulance that arrived in the area shortly after the incident.

They added that the other one was critically wounded, but the rescue teams were not able to reach him. Israeli soldiers took him for treatment to an Israeli hospital, but he died later.