Monday, May 31, 2004

The IDF opens the Qarni commercial crossing (closed since the 3/14 Ashdod port bombings) for transportation of goods fr. Israel into Gaza only; conducts arrest raids nr. Bethlehem, Hebron; fires on Palestinians who confront troops searching several Palestinian men, injuring 2; fires on residential areas of Balata r.c.; demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in al-Qarara nr. Khan Yunis; seizes around 400 dunams of land in Jinata nr. Bethlehem for construction of a settler bypass road that will divide the village in half. (VOI 5/31 in WNC 6/2; PCHR 6/3)