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islamonline: Israeli 'Iron Gates' Still Haunting Palestinians

RAMALLAH, July 15 (IslamOnline.net) - As Israeli occupation troops were laughing their heads at the scene of Palestinians caught in the "gate trap" at the checkpoint gate of Al-Trela Al-Gharbiya, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, up to 800 Palestinian children, patients and workers were lining up under the searing sun for long hours to get a permission to cross the "iron gate" as they call it.

The gate is the sole linking passage between a number of towns in northern Tulkarem and others located alongside the separation wall being set up the Israeli forces to separate the West Bank and Israel.

IslamOline.net correspondent, who was also lining up at the gate, saw a driver of a Palestinian ambulance attempting to cross but his siren wail fell on deaf Israeli ears.

Despite the breakthrough that came on the heels of the truce declared by the main Palestinian resistance groups, it seems as if the Israeli soldiers patrolling the "iron gates" have not the faintest idea about the ceasefire.