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7 Palestinians killed in occupied territories

Supreme court to rule legality of deportations
JERUSALEM. Dec 21: Civil rights lawyers and families of 415 Palestinians expelled from the occupied lands pinned thM: WS® turn on an expected ruling Monday by the Israeli Supreme Court.
The high court said It would rule Monday after hearing four hours of testimony Sunday in an appeal by lawyers who contend the deportations to Ixbanon were illegal.
The court blocked the expulsions briefly last week before allowing them to proceed Thursday. The justices ordered the government to prove the legality of its action.
Also at stake may be the future of Middle East peace talks, Jeopardized by a storm of International condemnation of the deportations. Palestinians say they will not participate in the talks until the deportees are allowed back.
Still, all but one member of
Israel's cabinet closed ranks Sunday against the criticism and reaffirmed the decision to expel the fundamentalists.
The Untied States. Israel's rtrtk#st kMyf was omc»ng ihv nations criticizing the expulsions. which were ordered after six Israeli troopers were slain by Muslim fundamentalists over a 10- day period.
"I don’t agree with it and think It is a terrible step to move to these deportations." Secretary of State Lawrence Eaglcburgcr said Sunday in an interview televised by the NBC network.
Palestinians staged a protest strike for the third straight day Sunday in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers patrolling the territories were on alert following weekend riots in which six protesters died from army gunfire.
Reuter adds: Israeli soldiers
killed seven Palestinians in the occ upied territories, one nine-year-old girl. In a burst of violence over the expulsion of 400 Muslirps to Lebanon.
Israel's high coarl scheduled a fresh hearing on Sunday against the government's expulsion of the Palestinians who remained stranded In a no-man’s land’ north of Israel after Lebanon refused them cn-tiy.
Troops shot dead six Palestinians In the Gaza Strip on Saturday In the bloodiest violence of the Palestinian uprising for more than two years. A seventh Palestinian was shot dead in the West Bank's Al-Arroub refugee camp on Friday.
[tana Abu Tyur, nine, was shot in the chest in Khan Yunis at the southern end of the Strip. Three others were shot In the head. One of those killed was an ambulance driver evacuating wounded. Palesti-
nians said.
Clandestine leaders of the five-year-old uprising called tn a leaflet after Thursday's expulsions for 10 days of fire aind exploding rage against the occupation.
The deaths tn the Gaza Strip — all in Khan Yunis refugee camp — were the most on a single day since Israel security forces shot dead 18 Palestinians on Jerusalem's temple mount In October, 1990.
"What happened In Khan Yunis shows what can happen to local residents when they violate the law and endanger the lives of soldiers. Army Chief Ehud Barak told Israel television in defence of his troops.
The army said soldiers, pelted with concrete blocks, thick metal rods and stones, opened fire to protect their lives.