’Israel’ on High Alert, Ceasefire Expected with Gaza

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"Israeli" police flooded east al-Quds ahead of the funeral of a Palestinian teenager martyred by "Israelis" and the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Mohammed Abu Khder, 16, who was kidnapped, burned, and found dead Wednesday, is to be buried in east al-Quds after the midday prayers.
Meanwhile, "Israeli" officials carried a series of statements promising to "meet quiet with quiet".

Media reports spoke of a possible truce in the making after a week of "Israeli" aggression on the besieged Gaza strip.

There were no official statements from the Zionist entity or Hamas in Gaza and the "Israeli" army reported that four rockets were fired at the Zionist entity Friday morning, with one intercepted by the Iron Dome air system and at least two hitting open ground.

An "Israeli" police statement said that "thousands of police were deployed this morning in east Jerusalem in order to maintain security."

Tens of thousands of worshippers were expected to head for the Holy al-Aqsa mosque complex for the main weekly prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld announced that the ""Israeli" army decided to limit access by men to the complex to those over 50 years of age. There were no restrictions on women," he said.

After the prayers, Abu Khder's funeral was to be held in Shuafat, a day later than originally planned after his body was held so that pathologists could complete a post-mortem.

"Israel" warned Hamas Thursday to put a stop to rocket fire from its Gaza power base and sent army reinforcements to its Gaza border.

But it also offered to de-escalate if the resistance movement would do the same.
"We are prepared for two possibilities in the south," "Israeli" army radio quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as telling a July 4 reception at the US ambassador's residence.

"That the fire at our communities will stop and our activities will also stop, or that the fire at our residents of the south will continue and then the reinforced troops which are in place will act forcefully."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team