Egyptian soldiers gun down Palestinian man after he swims past Gaza border

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Naked Palestinian man shown wading into the water near Gaza border
Egyptian soldiers open fire on the man, using several warning shots
Victim was named as 26-year-old Ishaq Khalil Hassan, from southern Gaza
His family said he had been having treatment for mental health difficulties
The shocking video was broadcasted by Al-Jazeera news network
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Published: 16:02 EST, 26 December 2015 | Updated: 19:23 EST, 26 December 2015

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Egyptian soldiers have been accused of shooting dead a mentally ill Palestinian man who waded through the sea at the Gaza border crossing.

Shocking footage showed the man swimming naked in the Mediterranean Sea when the unseen soldiers opened fire on him.

A bystander tries to signal for the shooters to stop, but his limp, dead body is later seen lying motionless on the shore.

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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Shocking footage showed the man swimming naked in the Mediterranean Sea when the unseen soldiers opened fire on him

The victim has been named as 26-year-old Ishaq Khalil Hassan. His family said that he had received treatment for mental health issues in the past.

Hassan was from southern Gaza, where the Rafah border crossing has remained closed between Gaza and Egypt.

The Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza accused Egyptian forces on Saturday killing a mentally ill Palestinian who had waded through the sea into Egypt's territory.

Gaza's interior ministry confirmed the tragic incident took place last week and that the man died from gunshot wounds.

Another person on the beach appears to signal to security forces at a watchtower to stop shooting and the man's body is seen floating in the water and then washed up on shore

The body of the man lies on the beach after he was gunned down at the border

Upon entering Egyptian territory, gunfire can be heard as warning shots are aimed near the man

Video broadcast by Al Jazeera network showed the man walking in the Mediterranean sea, naked, and then crossing through a small barbed wire fence.

Upon entering Egyptian territory, gunfire can be heard as warning shots are aimed near the man.

Another person on the beach appears to signal to security forces at a watchtower to stop shooting and the man's body is seen floating in the water and then washed up on shore.

Gaza is ruled by the Islamist Hamas group. The Interior Ministry there said the man was mentally ill and demanded Egypt launch a probe into the incident.

'It is clearly a cold-blooded execution, committed in broad day light,' spokesman Eyad al-Bozom said.

Egypt and Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, have tense relations.

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood was ousted from power when former president Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in 2013.

The Egyptian government has accused Hamas of helping Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai desert, which borders Gaza. Hamas denies this.