Palestinian Supreme Judge arrested by Israel, Two Palestinian Children Die of wounds

"Two Palestinian teen boys died of wounds they sustained by Israeli fire as three others were wounded, while scores of others Êwere arrested in several cities of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Liath Mazen Subeih, 15, died Wednesday of his wounds he sustained last Saturday in Barqeen town of Jenin by the Israeli occupying soldiers, Palestinian medical sources confirmed," the Palestinian IPC news agency reported yesterday.

The agency reported that "One Palestinian child (14-year old Abed Abul Sa'id) was shot and wounded Monday overnight while 20 houses were flattened by Israeli occupying forces (IOF) in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah."

The agency said "Israeli occupying forces (IOF) arrested Monday night the Palestinian Supreme Judge in the occupied East Jerusalem while arresting several others in raiding campaigns throughout the Gaza Strip and West Bank. IOF troops arrested the Palestinian Supreme Judge, Sheikh Tayseer Al Tamimi, along with several others who were with him, as he was heading for the Al Aqsa mosque" in Jerusalem for prayers.

The report added "Sheikh Al Tamimi told Palestine News Agency (WAFA) on the phone that a large number of IOF troops surrounded him and four other Shariah judges while they were going to pray in the Al Aqsa mosque, after having the "Iftar" (fast breaking meal) in the city of Jerusalem. He added that he was informed that was to be led to 'Al Maskubeya' detention center and that he was under arrest. He also mentioned that the soldiers told him that he will be presented for trial tomorrow. He was not, however, informed about the charges that led to his arrest."