Saturday, January 4, 2003

The IDF fires shells at a mentally ill Palestinian who strays too close to the border fence nr. Jabaliya, wounding him; fires on residential areas of Jenin r.c. and town, Khan Yunis, Ramallah, Rafah r.c.; conducts arrest raids in Ramallah, Tubas; demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in Brazil r.c., several hrs. after the U.S. expresses concern over Israeli home demolitions; shells the VIP hall at the Rafah border crossing to Egypt, starting a fire that severely damages the building; sends tanks into Qabatiyya, flattening 3 cars. AMB mbrs. ambush an IDF undercover unit conducting an arrest raid in Jenin; 5 IDF soldiers, 1 AMB mbr. are wounded. (HA, JP, WT 1/5; LAW, PCHR 1/8)