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  • December 23, 2004

    IDF operations continue in Khan Yunis, where 2 Palestinians are killed in an explosion at the home of a leading Hamas mbr.; Palestinians say IDF tanks shelled the house, whereas the IDF says the...

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  • December 19, 2004

    The IDF fires on 4 Palestinians allegedly preparing to fire a mortar in s. Gaza, killing 1 Palestinian, while the other 3 escape; fires on Palestinian civilians surveying the damage fr. Operation...

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  • April 20, 2004

    The IDF makes a major raid into Bayt Lahiya in an operation aimed at halting mortar and rocket fire that has damaged 3 homes and lightly injured 9 Jewish settlers since 4/18, opens fire on stone-...

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  • March 15, 2004

    Israel’s security cabinet approves an aggressive new campaign (dubbed Operation Continuous Story) against Palestinian militants in Gaza following the 3/14 Ashdod bombings. The IDF closes Gaza’s...

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IDF operations continue in Khan Yunis, where 2 Palestinians are killed in an explosion at the home of a leading Hamas mbr.; Palestinians say IDF tanks shelled the house, whereas the IDF says the men were preparing a bomb that exploded prematurely. The IDF withdraws fr. Khan Yunis late in the day, pledging to return as necessary to halt rocket fire, calling the open-ended operation Operation Violet Iron. The IDF turns over security control of Bethlehem to the PA security forces btwn. Christmas Eve and Armenian Christmas on 1/19; says it will give IDF soldiers manning checkpoints around Bethlehem special instructions on how to handle Christian tourists. The IDF tightens Palestinian movement around Nablus; fires on residential areas of Bayt Hanun (among the injured are children ages 2, 11, 14), Rafah; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Qalqilya and nr. Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarm. Palestinians fire at least 12 mortars at Jewish settlements in s. Gaza, causing minor damage but no injuries. (AFP, HA 12/23; VOI 12/23 in WNC 12/25; NYT, WP 12/24; PCHR 12/30)

Palestinian municipal elections begin, with voting in 26 West Bank municipalities. Hamas wins 27% of the seats, Fatah 59%. (PM 12/23; JAZ 12/23 in WNC 12/25; AP, NYT, WP, WT 12/24; JAZ 12/25, JAZ, VOP 12/26 in WNC 12/28; PR 12/29; MEI 1/7)

The IDF fires on 4 Palestinians allegedly preparing to fire a mortar in s. Gaza, killing 1 Palestinian, while the other 3 escape; fires on Palestinian civilians surveying the damage fr. Operation Orange Iron in Khan Yunis, wounding a 14-yr.-old Palestinian; shells, fires missiles fr. helicopters at Bayt Lahiya; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis; sends troops into Tulkarm r.c., opens fire on stone-throwing youths who confront them, wounding 1; demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in Araba. Palestinians fire 3 Qassam rockets at Sederot, causing light damage, injuring 3 Israeli. In response, IDF helicopters fire rockets at Jabaliya r.c. (HA 12/19; VOP 12/19 in WNC 12/21; NYT, XIN 12/20; PCHR 12/23)

The IDF makes a major raid into Bayt Lahiya in an operation aimed at halting mortar and rocket fire that has damaged 3 homes and lightly injured 9 Jewish settlers since 4/18, opens fire on stone-throwing youths and some armed Palestinians, killing 5 Palestinians, wounding at least 24. The IDF also conducts arrest raids nr. Jenin; bars foreign journalists fr. entering Nablus for the next 72 hrs. (AFP 4/20; VOP 4/20 in WNC 4/22; MM, NYT, WP, WT 4/21; AYM 4/21 in WNC 4/27; PCHR 4/22)

Israel’s security cabinet approves an aggressive new campaign (dubbed Operation Continuous Story) against Palestinian militants in Gaza following the 3/14 Ashdod bombings. The IDF closes Gaza’s Erez crossing “indefinitely”; raids a mtg. of PA officials and local administrators in Jenin, arresting several participants, including the mayors of 2 local communities, 1 local council mbr.; fires on a PSF post at Netzarim junction in Gaza, seriously injuring 1 PSF officer, severely damaging the building; places a curfew on, fires on residential areas of Husan; shells residential areas of Rafah, demolishing 1 Palestinian home, heavily damaging 1, occupying a 3d as an observation post; seizes 4 Palestinian homes in Tulkarm, 2 in Balata r.c. as observation posts; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Bethlehem, nr. Hebron; fires on stone-throwing youths in Balata r.c., wounding 1 teenager, 3 bystanders; fires live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas at a group of Palestinian, Israeli, international protesters demonstrating against the separation wall nr. Ramallah, wounding 15. The IDF also allows 1 West Bank administrative detainee deported to Gaza in 9/02 to return to her West Bank home. Jewish settlers fr. Beitar Ilit nr. Bethlehem, accompanied by IDF soldiers, bulldoze 5 dunams of adjacent Palestinian olive groves. (VOP 3/15 in WNC 3/17; AFP, HA 3/16; MM, PR, REU, WP 3/17; MM, PCHR 3/18; MEI 3/19; PCHR 3/25)