May 3, 2009

In Gaza, 3 Palestinians (including a 14- yr.-old boy) are lightly injured when they accidentally trigger IDF UXO in the debris of a home in Bayt Lahiya. The IDF arrests 3 unarmed Palestinians trying to cross the border e. of al-Maghazi r.c. to look for work in Israel. The International Comm. of the Red Cross informs the family of a missing 12-yr.-old boy fr. Jabaliya r.c. that the child was shot and wounded nr. the border fence and is being treated in an Israeli hospital. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron. (OCHA 5/6; PCHR 5/7)