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The Zionist army stormed Friday the courtyards of Aqsa Mosque and launched tear gases, suffocating a number of Palestinians. The Israeli army had also targeted the worshippers, including women and children, throwing stun grenades and rubber bullets indiscriminately on them. The Israeli troops further besieged the Palestinian worshippers within the courtyards of the mosque and closed its main gates and prevented providing medical services to the wounded. The Israeli occupation troops forcefully cleared a Palestinian protest camp in the Jordan Valley on Friday; the camp witnessed a demonstration against the Israeli refusal to pull out of the area in any future "peace deal." "At 1:30 am (on Friday, 2330 GMT on Thursday) the army raided the village unexpectedly," activist Diana al-Zeer said. "They started throwing sound grenades and were very violent while they evacuated us." As a result, at least seven Palestinians were wounded. |
Six Officers Wounded in Egypt Bomb Attack
Al-ManarSix Egyptian policemen were wounded in a bomb attack on a bridge in the capital on Friday, officials said.
The interior ministry said two small bombs exploded near policemen stationed on a bridge near central Cairo. At least six were wounded in the attack, the health ministry said.
Police cordoned off the scene, where a lightly damaged police truck appeared to have borne the brunt of the blast.
State television reported that the attack targeted a checkpoint set up to counter a scheduled protest by supporters of toppled president Mohammad Mursi.
Militant attacks on police and soldiers have killed scores, mostly in the restive Sinai Peninsula, since Morsi's overthrow by the military on July 3.
Sinai-based extremists have also claimed responsibility for attacks targeting police in Cairo and elsewhere.
An Al-Qaeda-inspired group based in the Sinai said it carried out a car bombing outside Cairo police headquarters on January 24 that killed four people.
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