The Palestine Chronology

The IDF fires on stone-throwing youths outside Hebron, killing 1 Palestinian bystander; fires on a checkpoint outside Khan Yunis for no apparent reason, wounding a Palestinian waiting to cross. A Palestinian being chased by IDF troops nr. Nablus falls, suffers fatal head injuries. (PR 4/16; LAW, PCHR 4/17)

As coalition forces guard the Iraqi Oil Min. in Baghdad, looters ransack the treasures of the National Museum of Antiquities, one of the world’s greatest repositories of artifacts, destroying what they do not steal. (NYT, WP, WT 4/13; WP 4/14; MEI 4/18)