With PM Netanyahu's knowledge, Israeli Infrastructure M Ariel Sharon secretly holds mtg. with Arafat dep. Abbas to discuss each side's position on final status negotiations. FM Levy, DM Mordechai are not told of the mtg. (NYT, WT 6/29; MM 6/30; YA 6/30 in WNC 7/2; MM 7/1, 7/2; CSM 7/3; PR 7/4; JP 7/5; SA 7/8 in WNC 7/9; MEI 7/11)
In Hebron, IDF shoots, wounds 8 Palestinian demonstrators. (MM 6/16)
Palestinian Hakam Subhi Qamhawi dies in the PA General Intelligence interrogation center in Jericho. General Intelligence says he died of a heart attack. (LAW 6/17)
In Amman, the prosecution rests in the Daqamsa case. (JT 6/17 in WNC 6/19; JT 7/6 in WNC 7/8) (see 5/27)
In s. Lebanon, a Lebanese civilian is wounded when a bomb explodes nr. his truck. In a separate incident, 1 IDF soldier is killed, 3 are wounded when their tank hits a Hizballah land mine. (MM 6/16; VOL 6/16 in WNC 6/17)