Nightly News   |  November 23, 2012

Deadly test of Israel-Hamas cease-fire

The truce is strained when Israeli forces fire on a protest by Palestinians seeking access to fertile land close to the Gaza border. NBC’s Ayman Moyheldin reports

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>> holding tonight between israel and hamas, and while there are no more rockets fired across the border there were shots fired there today. and that has many nervous. nbc's ayman mohyeldin has more tonight.

>> reporter: good evening, brian, 48 hours after it went into effect, a fragile cease-fire is being put into effect. close to 20 others were injured, the men were protesting along the palestinian side of the gaza-israeli border. the government prohibits them to approach the fence. they are currently investigating what happened. but the zone eats up the palestinian land, critical for the farmers who for years have been unable to work their fields because of israel's restrictions. despite what the palestinians say is a violation of the cease-fire they don't intend to retaliate or escalate the situation. they will, however, file a complaint with the egyptian government that brokered it, brian?