Day 23 : Friday 20.10.2000
Palestinian men under the age of 40 were prohibited from praying
Friday pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque inside the old city for the second
week . Clashes broke out between Israeli police and Palestinian youths
who tried to break through a barrier to enter two different gates of
the mosque compound. (Photo 1)
About one hundred Palestinians chant anti-Israeli slogans as they
march on a main East Jerusalem street along the Old City walls after
Friday prayers. (Photo 2)
Israeli soldiers killed at least nine Palestinian demonstrators,
including two children, during continued protests over Israeli
occupation.
In Nablus, in the West Bank, four Palestinian were killed by Israeli
snipers stationed at rooftops. The Israeli army overran PA controlled
parts of Nablus intensive random shooting in all direction.
In Salfit, near Ramallah, 13-year-old Ala Bassam Bani Nimra, was shot
dead when Israeli settlers and soldiers opened fire at a peaceful
demonstration outside the town, situated 15 km north west of Ramallah.
The boy was hit in the chest and succumbed to his wounds immediately.
A child was seriously injured in Khan Younis in Gaza when Israeli
occupation soldiers opened fire randomly on Palestinians. The five
years old child was playing at her home's veranda when a bullet hit
her in the head.
Another big number of Palestinian injured during Palestinian-Israeli
clashes in the south Gaza Strip town Khan Yones. (Photo 3)
A Palestinian demonstrator faces off with Israeli border police during
clashes in the West Bank town of Ramallah. (Photo 4)
In Ramallah, Israeli soldiers stationed on the rooftops of a hotel
killed 14-year old Thaer Ali. A steel bullet penetrated Ali's right
eye and exited from the back of his head, killing him immediately.
(Photo 5)
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Entry to Al-Aqsa prohibited. (Photo 1)
Demonstrations in Jerusalem. (Photo 2)
Injured Palestinian in Khan Yones. (Photo 3)
A Palestinian demonstrator in Ramallah. (Photo 4)
Thaer Ali, Ramalla. (Photo 5)
