The IDF fatally shoots an unarmed Palestinian attempting to sneak across the central Gaza border into Israel to find work; fires a missile fr. an F-16 at a road nr. Nussayrat r.c. in central Gaza; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, Qalqilya. In Tubas, 2 Palestinians are injured when they accidentally trigger unexploded IDF ordnance. Around 10 masked Jewish settlers fr. Suissa attack 3 Palestinians tending their olive trees nearby. In a separate incident in Hebron, some 20 Jewish settlers attack, seriously beat an American peace activist assisting Palestinians; he escapes his attackers and runs to a nearby IDF post, which refuses to assist him. Also in Hebron, Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba attack a Palestinian home, injuring 2 children. (IMEMC 3/25; VOP 3/26 in WNC 3/26; AFP 3/26; HA 3/27; MM 3/28; PCHR 3/30)
Saturday, March 25, 2006