The Palestine Chronology

Social/Economic/Political

Occupied Palestine/lIsrael: Israel imposes curfew on 650,000 Palestinians inGaza in anticipation of demonstrations marking the 24th anniversary of first PLO attack on Israel. The army orders 1,200 W. Bank schools closed for week [WP 1/1].

Military Action

Occupied Palestine/lIsrael: In Nablus 4 Israeli soldiers in comandeered car open fire on youths; 1 Palestinian is killed. In Bayt Rima troops open fire, kill 1 Palestinian. In E. Jerusalem 14-year-old boy from Shuwaykah dies from head wounds received 12/7; in Shuwaykah troops wound 10 Palestinians at funeral. Soldiers injure 9 more Palestinians throughout O.T. [WP 1/1, Fl 1/9]. In December troops killed 31 Palestinians, wounded over 400, according to MK Yossi Sarid [WP 1/1]; al-Fajr [1/9] reports that 33 Palestinians were killed in December.