May 5, 2001

As Israeli-Palestinian clashes continue, the IDF assassinates Islamic Jihad mbr. Ahmad As`ad. 1 Palestinian dies of injuries received earlier. The IDF shells 10 mobile trailers used by the GIS in Jericho, injuring 9 GIS mbrs.; shells residential areas in Bayt Hanun, nr. Jericho; begins bulldozing wide tracks of land nr. Yabad for a new settler bypass road. (LAW 5/5; WT 5/6; PCHR 5/10; LAW 5/11; HA 5/16)