In the West Bank, the IDF conducts house searches and arrest raids in Jenin r.c. and in 1 village each nr. Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah at night; patrols in 1 village each nr. Hebron, Ramallah and Salfit in the morning, in 1 village each nr. Ramallah and Salfit in the afternoon, and in 4 villages nr. Jenin, al-’Arub r.c. and 3 villages nr. Hebron, and 1 village nr. Bethlehem at night. In Israel, 2 vehicles owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel are vandalized in Yokneam, the 7th and latest such hate crime in recent weeks. Meanwhile, “price tag” graffiti is left on a building site outside Jerusalem, adjacent to Abu Ghosh. (HA, ToI 5/4; PCHR 5/8)
Senior Hamas official Abd al-Salam Siyam says that plans are being made for some 3,000 PA police officers to move to Gaza and join the security forces there. (MNA 5/5)