Two Israelis were killed near the Green line; Scores of Palestinians wounded in an Israeli breaking in of al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli military sources said yesterday that Palestinian gunmen opened fire yesterday evening at an Israeli car on the road between Hebron and Beer Sheeba near the green line and this resulted in killing two Israelis, one man and his wife.
The sources said that the attackers opened fire from a speedy car, 20 Km to the south west of Hebron.
No Palestinian group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. People in Hebron said they heard the fire and saw Israeli armored vehicles hurrying to the site of the attack. The Israeli forces are carrying out mopping up campaign in search of the attackers.
This, however, came after the Israeli occupation forces broke into the courtyard of al-Aqsa mosque from all its gates firing sound and gas bombs and rubber bullets at the worshippers following Friday's prayers and this resulted in wounding scores of Palestinians.
The occupation forces justified that the Palestinian worshippers threw stones at the Jewish worshippers and the Israeli forces. A matter which was denied by the Director of the Islamic Waqf, Sheikh Adnan al-Husseini, and witnesses.
Jerusalem Mufti, Sheikh Ikrama Sabri, said that the Israeli forces had the perpetuated intention to break into the mosque, noting that that this time it had permitted the Palestinian youths to get into the Mosque after they were banned for long time from that.
The Israeli police reinforced its forces intensively at the entrance of the mosque after it had withdrawn from its interior parts and the courtyard.
Meantime, one Palestinian was murdered while riding his bike near a Jewish settlement in the downtown of Gaza yesterday ( Friday), according to allegations by the occupation army.
Also in Gaza, the occupation forces demolished some 120 Palestinian shops near a tunnel discovered at Beit Hanoun crossing ( Erez). Witnesses said that two bulldozers, supported by four tanks demolished a series of buildings reaching the crossing. A spokesman for the occupation army said that the shops which were hiding a 60 meters long tunnel that was discovered under Erez area.
Witnesses said that scores of Palestinian youths threw stones at the occupation forces, and these forces retaliated by bullets to disperse them and this also resulted in wounding one of the youth by the occupation fire.