March 4, 2006

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Nablus; sends troops into Hebron to conduct ID checks. 10s of Jewish settlers march through Hebron under IDF escort, calling for the killing or expulsion of Palestinians, vandalizing some homes, beating up several reporters trying to film the incident. Several Jewish settlers fr. Tal Rumayda in Hebron severely beat an 11-yr.- old Palestinian boy; the IDF observes but does not intervene. (PCHR 3/9, 3/16)