April 25, 2011

The IDF conducts searches and patrols in 3 villages e. of Qalqilya (cf. 4/24). (PCHR 4/28; OCHA 4/29)

Syria launches a major raid into Dara‘a, sending in tanks and possibly 1,000s soldiers; cutting water, phone, and electricity. The raid lasts until 5/5, with reports sketchy and hard to corroborate. By this date, human rights groups in Syria say the number of protesters killed since the start of the unrest has jumped to at least 401 and the number arrested to around 1,000. By 5/5, those figures reach at least 607 killed and 8,000 arrested or reported missing. (NYT, WP, WT 4/26, 4/28; NYT, WP 4/30, 5/1; NYT, WT; 5/3; WP 5/5; NYT, WP 5/6)