Thursday, January 23, 2003

Outside Beit Haggai settlement s. of Hebron, 4 AMB gunmen fatally shoot 3 IDF soldiers.. The IDF fatally shoots a mentally disabled Palestinian in al-Maghazi r.c.; fires on residential areas n. of Ramallah; destroys a 5-story apartment building in Gaza City; bulldozes 5 Palestinian homes in Brazil r.c., 2 homes and 5 shacks in al-Sayafa, “a number of homes” in Bethlehem, 1 home in Rafah, a PSF outpost nr. Netzarim settlement; uproots 500 olive trees nr. Qalqilya; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jenin, Khan Yunis, Qalqilya, Tulkarm. (REU 1/23; NYT, WP, WT 1/24; LAW, PCHR, PR 1/29)