March 3, 2007

The IDF sends bulldozers, tanks 150 m into Gaza nr. Bureij r.c. and al-Maghazi r.c. to level land. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, and nr. Jenin, Ramallah. Jewish settlers in Hebron conduct a Purim parade through Palestinian neighborhoods, harassing Palestinians, vandalizing Palestinian property; IDF soldiers escorting the settlers do not intervene. Jewish settlers also block a main road into Bethlehem to Palestinian traffic, harassing Palestinian motorists; the IDF intervenes, forcing the settlers to leave. (OCHA 3/7; PCHR 3/8)