Israeli Occupation Forces Level Al-Dahniya Mosque in Rafah

Soldiers Level A Mosque Near Rafah

Tuesday May 04, 2010 11:56 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli occupation soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn an area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leveled the Al-Dahniya mosque and uprooted farmlands.

Local sources reported that the mosque was leveled to the ground after several armored military vehicles and bulldozers invaded Rafah.

Also in Rafah, soldiers uprooted farmlands near the Yasser Arafat Airport east of Rafah.

Several military bulldozers and armored vehicles bulldozed farmlands and opened fire at random in Al Dahniyya area.

The vehicles, originally stationed at the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) military post, advanced 800 meters into the area and placed sand hills.

Also on Tuesday at dawn, a group of fundamentalist settlers torched the main mosque of the Al Lubban Al Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The settlers attacked the mosque approximately at 3 A.M., rounded up several copies of the Holy Koran in one place and set them ablaze.

The fire caused excessive damage to the property of the mosque, including its ceiling, its fans and walls.

Israeli occupation forces cross borders into Rafah

Published today (updated) 04/05/2010 13:36

Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces vehicles crossed the Gaza border and entered the Strip in eastern Rafah near the ruins of the Yasser Arafat International Airport on Tuesday morning, security sources said.

The vehicles, including at least two military bulldozers, entered approximately 800 meters, destroyed farmlands and opened fire on unknown targets in the Al-Dahiniyya fields east of the airport.

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