July 26, 2005

Israel announces plans to build 21 Jewish homes in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The IDF demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, 2 nr. Qalqilya, 1 nr. Salfit, for being constructed without permits; fires on residential areas of Rafah. A Jewish settler fr. Karme Tzur kills a 14-yr.-old Palestinian in a hitand-run incident outside Hebron. (AP, MA 7/26; IMEMC, JAZ, OCHA, PR, PRCS 7/27; PCHR, YA 7/28)