June 29, 2002

The IDF enters Halhul; lifts curfews for several hrs. in all areas to allow Palestinians to resupply, students to take their final exams. In Nablus, Palestinian boy with asthma dies fr. inhaling tear gas. Israeli DM Benjamin Ben-Eliezer says he plans to dismantle 20 Jewish settlement enclaves built without permission, which are too small and remote to be protected; at least 9 are uninhabited. (IDF press release, PRCS press release 6/29; HA, WT 6/30; MM, WP 7/1; WJW 7/11)