December 21, 2006

The IDF patrols in Tulkarm town and r.c.; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem, Hebron. Palestinians fire 6 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, lightly injuring a 2-yr.-old Israeli boy. A Palestinian dies of injuries received when the Israeli navy fired on the Rafah coast on 12/13. (MM 12/22; NYT, WT 12/23; OCHA 12/27; PCHR 12/28)