Thursday, June 1, 2006

The IDF closes Gaza’s Sufa and Qarni crossings for 3 days for the Shavuot holidays; shells the n. Gaza coast fr. the sea, wounding 2 Palestinian teenagers; fires on residential areas of Tulkarm town and r.c.; raids a hospital in Nablus, arresting a Palestinian being treated in the intensive care unit. Jewish settlers fr. Ramat Yishai attack Palestinians, vandalize homes in Hebron. In Gaza City, 1 PA security force officer is killed, 7 Palestinians are wounded in a clash btwn. Fatah and Hamas mbrs. Separately, some 3,000 PA security force officers rally outside the PC headquarters in Gaza City, firing automatic rifles in the air and vandalizing the building in one of the largest protests to date over the government’s failure to pay civil service wages for 3 mos. (NYT, WP, WT 5/2; OCHA 6/7; PCHR 6/8)