IDF prevents several Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) mbrs. fr. leaving the West Bank to attend a mtg. in Gaza. (VOP 3/30 in FBIS 4/1)
500 Palestinian police fire bullets, tear gas to disperse a pro-Hamas student demonstration at al-Najah University in Nablus; arrest 2 demonstrators. The university calls a 2-day strike to protest the action. (WT 3/31; NYT 4/3) (see 3/29)
Hizballah fires 9 rockets fr. s. Lebanon toward n. Israel in retaliation for an Israeli helicopter attack that killed 2 Lebanese civilians, wounded 1 earlier in the day. 2 rockets hit w. Galilee, slightly injuring 1 Israeli. U.S. calls on Israel, Lebanon, Syria to diffuse tensions along the border. Israel admits shelling of civilian targets was a mistake. (AFP, ITV, QY, VOL 3/30, IDF Radio, QY, RL, VOL 3/31 in FBIS 4/1; WT 3/31; CSM, MM, NYT, WT 4/1; MM 4/2)