A grenade thrown at an Israel Army truck in a Gaza square yesterday exploded in a crowd killing two Arab boys, aged nine and 16, and injuring 10 other Arabs. The incident occurred minutes after Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Dayan completed a 90 minute tour of the city in an effort to ease tensions in the wake of Sunday’s riot of Gaza high school girls. Another grenade was thrown at an Israeli Army vehicle later but caused no casualties. The person who threw the grenades is unknown.
The wave of unrest among Arab school children spread to Nablus today where youngsters demonstrated against the arrest of three Gaza high school students. The three were sentenced to three-month jail terms but were released on bail provided by their parents. A curfew was imposed on sections of Nablus.
Israeli officials attributed Sunday’s riot and other incidents to incitement by radio broadcasts from neighboring Arab countries. Gen. Dayan spoke to town elders, parents, teachers and pupils as he walked through the town and visited several schools. The girls’ high school where the Gaza riot occurred was closed today. Ninety-five girls were injured. and several. required hospitalization after a clash Sunday with club-swinging Israeli police. The girls had set up a roadblock and were stoning passing vehicles.
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