October 16, 2006

In Gaza, the IDF makes an air strike destroying the main access road to Bayt Hanun. In the West Bank, the IDF sends troops into Ramallah, stopping cars for random ID checks; fires on Palestinian farmers attempting to reach their olive groves nr. Tulkarm, wounding 1. Palestinians fire 2 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, wounding 1 Israeli. In Bayt Lahiya, ESF mbrs., Fatah mbrs. exchange gunfire, injuring 3 Palestinians. (PCHR 10/19)