GAZA, May 15, 2010, SPA -- Israeli troops shot dead an elderly Palestinian close to the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Medical officials in Gaza said the man, who was 75 and whose body was only discovered on Saturday when it became light, had been shot several times. They added that his family had reported he had been missing for two days. --SPA 15:24 LOCAL TIME 12:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/781215