May 10, 2006

The IDF continues to shell n. Gaza, wounding 2 Palestinian women nr. a hotel in Bayt Lahiya; conducts air strikes on 2 ARB training sites outside Khan Yunis, causing damage but no injuries; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Nablus, in Jenin (firing on stone-throwing youths who confront the troops, wounding 5), and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron. Palestinians fire 3 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. Haniyeh meets with Fatah, Hamas leaders in Gaza, who afterward publicly pledge to take steps to ease tensions. (PCHR 5/11, 5/18)