April 19, 2006

The IDF shells n. Gaza in response to a Palestinian rocket fired fr. Gaza into Israel that causes no damage or injuries; closes Gaza’s Sufa and Kerem Shalom commercial crossings for the day; shells n. Gaza, wounding a Palestinian child; sends troops back into Nablus, who fire on residential areas and on stone-throwing youths who confront them, wounding 5 youths and 2 bystanders; patrols in al-‘Araqa nr. Jenin; fires on residential areas of Azun; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron. (MM 4/19; PCHR 4/20; OCHA 4/26; PCHR 4/27)