March 18, 2004

The IDF creates new sand barriers, fires on stone-throwing Palestinian youths in al-Maghazi; demolishes a Palestinian home in Bethlehem, ejects a Palestinian family fr. their home in Husan, converts it into an observation post; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis (wounding a woman inside her home), Rafah; fires stun grenades, tear gas at Palestinian, Israeli, international demonstrators protesting the separation wall nr. Mod’in Ilit. A Palestinian dies of injuries received in Israeli’s 3/17 missile attack on Rafah. (HA, PRCS 3/18; WT 3/19; PCHR 3/25)