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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD 5 Palestinian Boys Die in Explosion Ald. Friday, November23, 2001 PRAYERS FOR LIGHT Israelis, Palestinianstrade blameforblast a BY IBRAHIM BARZAK THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS * Legislator Ran Cohenof the opposition Meretz partycalled for a joint investigation and KHAN YOUNIS REFUGEE demanded that Israeli troops CAMP,Gaza Strip — An explo- sion killed five Palestinian boysfrom the sameclan as they walked to school Thursday, and Palestinian police said they be- stop firing tank shells toward civilian areas. Cohen,a colonelin the army reserves, said unexploded shells are “death traps” that lieved the boys inadvertently set off an unexploded Israeli shell. can be set off bythe slightest The children, ages 7 to 14, were torn apart by the blast. camp is a scene of frequent fighting between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli troops guarding the nearby Jewish Bloodied schoolbooks and scorched satchels were scattered across a sandylot. Israeliofficials said the blast could also have been triggered by Palestinian-made explo- sives, but Palestinian officials blamed Israel. ThePalestinian information minister, Yasser Abed Rabbo, demanded that the United States and Europe exert greater pressure onIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonto pull back troopsfrom friction points. “Wecan't witness real security as long as Sharon and his governmentare seeking a mili- tary solution,” he said. Arieh Mekel, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official, said Israel shared the griefofthe boys’ families, but said that the Palestinians might wantto use the deatlis “for purposes of propaganda” as the region gears up for a fresh American diplomaticinitiative. Two U.S. mediators — Assistant Secretary of State William Burnsandretired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni — are expectedtofly in next week to pushfor a cease-fire. Worshipers pray during the Chhathfestival along the | | | Bhramaputra Riverin Gauhati, India, on Thursday. The annual festivalis held touch. The Khan Younis refugee to pray to the Sun God so that the sun will provide an ample supply of lightfor the land. settlement of Ganei Tal. An Israeli army post is about 800 yards from the site of Thursday’s,explosion. Israel says it fires tank shells to silence Palestinian sniper fire from inside the camp toward armyposts and Jewish settlements. The blast happened at about 7:30 a.m.as a group of children walked toward a U.N. elementary schoolin the camp. A Palestinian security offi- cial, Col. Khaled AbuOla,said one of the children apparently kicked an unexploded Israeli shell lying on the ground. Abu Ola said his account ‘was based on witness accounts _ and reports investigators, by police The dead children were fromthe Al-Astal clan, one of thelargest in the Khan Younis camp. Among the victims were two pairs of brothers, doctorssaid. The bodies were badly charred. “T saw partsofalegflying in the air,” said witness Sufian Abu Jamea, 15. 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