January 5, 2008

In the West Bank, the IDF ends a 3-day search and arrest campaign in and around Nablus, leaving 1 Palestinian brain dead, 38 civilians injured (including 19 children), at least 50 Palestinians arrested (mostly Fatah and AMB, but including 1 paramedic, 1 child), 1 store demolished, 123 homes and stores damaged. In Gaza, the IDF fires missiles at 2 groups of armed Palestinian nr. the border e. of Gaza City, killing 2 armed Palestinians, wounding 2. Heavy rain collapses 5 smuggling tunnels on the Rafah border, causing no injuries. (NYT 1/6; OCHA 2/9; PCHR 1/10)