Sharon government's regrets Washington doubts of Israel's claims on the destination of the weapon ship

An official source at the court ( divan) of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon expressed regret of the Israeli government over the fact that the US has not spontaneously followed the Israeli claims concerning the weapons ship it seized in the Red sea.

The Israeli source said that statements made by the US spokesman for the US state department Richard Boucher in which he ( Boucher) said it is not clear who rented the ship and for whom the weapons found on its dock, reflect what he ( the Israeli official) described as an anti Israeli group at the US state department.

Meantime, the Israeli defense minister Benjamin Bin Aliazer said that several media and political circles in the world do not believe what was said by Israel concerning the weapons ship, while the Israeli radio said that Bin Aliazer gave new instructions to his army officers banning them to make meetings or interviews with the media because of the great contradiction in statements made previously by them.

The Israeli radio said that " Bin Aliazer has realized that the media fuss provoked by Israel concerning the weapons ship did not yield planned for results." Meantime, the Israeli army tanks on Tuesday incurred for hundreds of meters in the Palestinian territories areas in Beit Lahia in Gaza and positioned near the American school especially at the outskirts of the town for one hour, adding that the two tanks withdrew later into the surrounding of Doghit " settlement.

The security source said the Israeli army opened fire at several Palestinian municipality workers who were maintaining the electricity grid because of the bad weather conditions. No casualties were reported.