WRAP Injured in hospital from shelling, IDF forces packing up ADDS IDF comments

(22 Jan 2009) Gaza City, Gaza Strip 1. Wide exterior of hospital 2. Injured girl being wheeled into hospital on gurney 3. Various of injured girl being treated by doctor 4. Close of injured girl 5. Close of girl's injured foot, stained with blood 6. Various of blood stain on injured man's trousers 7. Mid of ward with people walking past Jerusalem 8. Wide of Major Avital Leibovich, Israeli army spokesperson sitting at her desk typing at a computer 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major Avital Leibovich, Israeli army spokesperson "Navy vessels that were on a routine patrol spotted a few fishing boats that were proceeding towards an area which was an area which they were not supposed to sail in. Therefore some warning shots were fired towards those boats, not to target but just as warning shots. We don't have any indication at this point of targeting anyone on the beach, let alone a family, and we did not shoot towards the beach." Gaza-Israel border, southern Israel 10. Wide of pan of Israeli tanks parked near border 11. Israeli soldier climbing down from tank 12. Wide of munitions stacked next to tank 13. Various of Israeli soldiers sitting around campfire 14. Pan of military equipment arranged on ground 15. Israeli soldiers sitting around campfire Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border 16. Wide of truck driving past with tank loaded on back (in Israel and driving further away from Gaza) Karni border crossing, Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border 17. Various of trucks with aid parked at border STORYLINE: An Israeli gunboat firing off the shores of Gaza City has wounded a man and a girl, a Palestinian medical official said on Thursday. The Israeli military says it was firing to deter a Palestinian fishing vessel that had strayed off-limits. A Palestinian doctor said a shell fired by the boat hit a house in a beachside refugee camp. He said the two who were wounded were walking in the street. Another shell landed 90 metres (100 yards) away in an empty area near a United Nations aid distribution centre. Three gunboats were operating off Gaza City's coast on Thursday. Gunboats have been firing off Gaza's shore for several days, despite a parallel ceasefire that ended a three-week Israeli offensive into the Strip. Israel's military spokesperson Major Avital Leibovich said a navy vessel fired warning shots at a fishing boat that was sailing into an area where it was not allowed to go, but he said it did not fire towards the beach or a family. Meanwhile, Israeli troops could be seen stationed on the Israeli side of the border area with Gaza. Munitions and equipment were stacked near tanks. The Israeli military said the last troops left the Gaza Strip before dawn on Wednesday, however they have retained a presence on the Israeli side of the border. Elsewhere, trucks carrying food aid were seen parked near the Karni border crossing, waiting to enter the Gaza Strip. The three-week Israeli offensive ravaged Gaza and left 1,284 Palestinians dead, at least half of them civilians, according to Gaza health officials and a Palestinian human rights group. Another 4,336 were wounded, the majority of them civilians, according to figures released by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR). Thirteen Israelis were also killed. The death toll in Gaza sparked international outrage, but in Israel the war was widely seen as an appropriate response to rocket fire launched from Gaza into southern Israel. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...