December 13, 1992

Hamas activists kidnap Nissim Toledano, Israeli border policeman, threaten to kill him unless Israel releases their founder, Shaykh Ahmad Yasin, serving a life sentence, by 9:00 p.m. Israel misses the deadline, shows tape on state t.v. of Yasin calling on Hamas not to kill the policeman. (MM, NYT, WP 12/14; Qol Yisra'el, IDF Radio 12/13 in FBIS 12/14)

One Palestinian is killed, 30 wounded in IDF-Palestinian clashes throughout Gaza Strip. (MM 12/14)