Four Palestinians killed in Gaza, occupation forces to stay in Beit Hanon

Two Palestinians were killed in Beit Hanon town to the north of Gaza so that number of Palestinians killed by the bullets of the occupation soldiers on Friday reached four.

Medical sources said that Muhammad Deif Allah ( 21 year old) had a fatal bullet while he was inside his house, while Hamzeh Habboush ( 15 year old) died because of his wounds during clashes with the occupation forces on Monday.

Earlier, the Israeli soldiers killed two other Palestinians in southern of Gaza, one of them in the refugees camp in Rafah and the second near a neighboring Jewish settlement near Khan Younis.

On the othe hand, the Israeli defense minister Shaoul Mofaz said that the occupation forces which are deployed in Beit Hanoun under the charge of preventing the launching of missiles against Israel will remain in their place until the due withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.

During his visit to Beit Hanoun, accompanied by security and military officials, Mofaz explained that the army will keep control on the region in which it was deployed since last Monday, and this is until the last moment before the withdrawal.

Mofaz stressed that the Palestinian security department should prevent launching of missiles against Israel after the withdrawal which is stated by the plan of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon in talks with American officials including the advisor of the American President for national security affairs Condaleeza rice.

At the political level, the Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom started yesterday, Friday, a visit to Washington. On next Tuesday, Shalom will be meeting with the US secretary of state Colin Powell in an attempt to get Washington's confirmation it will use the " veto" against any draft resolution stands against Israel at the UN following the decision of the International Court of Justice in the Hague on July 9th on the legitimacy of the wall of separation.