In Gaza, the IDF sends troops into alQarara, where they exchange fire with local gunmen, killing 1 armed Palestinian, wounding 2. In the West Bank, the IDF sends an undercover unit into Tulkarm r.c., to raid a caf´e in search of a wanted Palestinian but withdraws without finding him; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around Nablus, in Azariyya e. of Jerusalem. A Jewish settler woman fr. Taffuh settlement nr. Qalqilya beats a Palestinian woman waiting at a bus stop nr. the settlement. Jewish settlers fr. Havat Ma'on nr. Hebron fire on a Palestinian shepherd and sheep nearby, injuring 2 sheep. In Hebron, Palestinian Polytechnic University suspends classes after a dispute on the student council sparks unarmed clashes btwn. Fatah and PFLP student groups. (OCHA 4/2; PCHR 4/3)
Thursday, March 27, 2008