June 16, 2006

The IDF makes an air strike on Islamic Jihad mbrs. in Gaza who fired rockets into Israel (no damage or injuries), killing Islamic Jihad mbrs. Habib Ashur and Imad Yasin, wounding several bystanders; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, in Nablus, and nr. Jenin, Ramallah; bulldozes Palestinian agricultural land nr. Shavei Shomron settlement. (PNN, WT 6/17; PCHR 6/22)