Al-Aqsa uprising continues with number of dead toll 85
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 10/7/2000

More Palestinians were killed or wounded on Friday in the confrontation of the 9th day between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupations forces in the courtyard of al-Aqsa mosque and its surroundings and in various areas of the West Bank and Gaza.

News reports stressed the Israeli forces tried to break into the al-Aqsa mosque and prepared its forces in Arab costumes and tried to enter the mosque from al-Magharebah door but the men who were performing their prayers clashed with members of the Israeli occupation forces and prevented them from entering the mosque and as a result of the confrontation 10 men were killed and scores were wounded with many of them of serious wounds.

Among Friday's dead were Marwan Abdul Razzaq Shamlah from Gaza, Marwan Abdul Halim Ashteyah from Salem village, Nablus, Muhammad Khaled Tamam from Toulkerm, Louai Abdullah Haqid from Jerusalem, Zia Abdul Rahman Issa from Nablus and those were immediately killed after being hit by the Israeli bullets in the head and chest increasing the number of Palestinian dead to 85 besides 1400 being wounded.

Friday's confrontation covered Jerusalem, Nablus, al-Khali, Ramullah, Bethlehem Toulkarem, Areiha and Qalqilya and the territories of 1948.

Eye-witnesses and news agencies stressed that Israeli occupation forces machine-gunned and rocketed Beit Sahour and various areas in Rafah and Gaza and the shelling hit several Palestinian houses and positions for the Palestinian government.

The Israeli occupation sources admitted that tens of Israeli soldiers were wounded during Friday's confrontation.

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