May 5, 2003

The IDF demolishes a Palestinian home in Hebron; raids 2 medical clinics in Nablus and Ramallah, destroying computers, vandalizing the offices, stealing equipment, arresting 1 doctor, 1 administrator, 2 paramedics; shells residential areas of Khan Yunis; bars several international aid workers fr. entering Gaza, without giving a reason (see 5/1); arrests an East Jerusalem Palestinian for driving a suicide bomber to West Jerusalem to stage an attack in 2002. AMB gunmen fire on a Jewish settler vehicle nr. Ramallah, killing 1 Jewish settler, wounding 2. (HA, Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees 5/5; NYT 5/6; SA 5/3, MA 5/4 in WNC 5/5; VOI 5/6 in WNC 5/7; NYT 5/7; PCHR 5/8; AIDA 5/12)