April 6, 2003

The IDF raids Gaza’s Massadir village, imposing a curfew, ordering all men ages 20–50 to surrender for questioning, arresting 34; Palestinians fr. neighboring villages gather outside Massadir, throw stones at troops, who fire on them, killing 2 Palestinians, wounding 14. The IDF also confiscates a Palestinian home in Hebron, expelling the family; fires on residential areas, demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in Rafah; conducts arrest raids in Balata r.c., Jenin (cutting electricity), al-Yamun. (NYT 4/7; PR 4/9; LAW, PCHR 4/10)