Occupation forces ban thousands of worshippers from al-Aqsa, kill two children
Palestine-Israel, Military, 11/6/2004

The Israeli occupation forces tightened closure on the Palestinian territories on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan and prevented any Palestinian under age 50 from entering occupied Jerusalem.

The Israeli occupation forces were deployed in large numbers in the surrounding of al-Aqsa mosque, while tough security measures prevented scores of thousands of Palestinians from having access to al-Aqsa mosque to perform Friday's prayers which is of great importance in light of the deteriorated health conditions of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the Israeli police set a plan to isolate al-Quds city from other Palestinian areas and placed a series of measures bar the access of thousands of worshippers to al-Aqsa mosque.

In the course of the closure, security sources said that instructions were given to the Israeli forces to be cautious in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as on the Lebanese borders.

In Gaza, two Palestinian children were killed yesterday as their house was bombarded by the Israeli occupation tanks in al-Qarrara town to the east of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza.

Palestinian medical sources said that the bodies of the two children Ahmad al-Sameiri ( 8 year old) and his cousin Muhammad al-Sameiri( 7 year old) were torn to pieces as they were hit directly by shelling.

News reports in Gaza said that the tanks positioned near some settlements bombarded the residential areas in al-Qarrara after it was exposed to fire.

Meantime, the Israeli occupation forces demolished more than 10 houses in the invasion which have been carried out since Thursday in Yabna area in Rafah to the south of the sector in a campaign which is the largest since the beginning of the rainbow operation carried out four months ago in the camp.

Previous Stories:
  Israeli incursion displaces 200 Palestinians in Rafah, one tank kills three Palestinians in Gaza   (11/5/2004)
  Seven Israeli soldiers injured in two Palestinian operations   (11/4/2004)
  Demonstration against Gaza withdrawal   (11/4/2004)
  One Palestinian was killed in Rafah   (11/4/2004)
  Sharon ready to negotiate with a new Palestinian leadership, refuses Arafat's burial in Jerusalem   (11/1/2004)
  International guarantees for Arafat's return back to Ramullah   (10/29/2004)

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