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GAZA, Aug 2 (KUNA) -- Israeli military boats opened fire Sunday morning
towards Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters.
Israeli military boats stationed in Gaza Strip waters opened heavy fire
towards a number of Palestinian fishing boats, Palestinian sources told Kuwait
News Agency (KUNA).
Meanwhile, a Palestinian of Jerusalem was severely injured today when
Israeli settlers and police forces attempted to takeover his house in
Jerusalem.
The Israeli police kicked out two Palestinian families from their homes in
an up-market Arab district of occupied east Jerusalem, after a court rejected
an appeal against their eviction, Palestinian sources said.
Large numbers of policemen moved in at dawn into the homes in Sheikh
Jarrah, one of the most sensitive neighborhoods close to the so-called Green
Line, which separates east and west Jerusalem.
The Palestinians are being expelled to allow Israeli families to set up
their own homes in the neighborhood, despite increasing international calls
for Israel to halt all settlement activities in occupied Palestinian lands.
The evictions come after Jerusalem city authorities gave permission for the
building of about 20 housing units on the site in Sheikh Jarrah, triggering an
international outcry. (end)
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