March 4, 2005

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in al-Mughraqa in central Gaza, Yatta. Palestinian gunmen with the Fatah offshoot al-Awda Brigades fire on a PA security office in Nablus, sparking an exchange of gunfire with security forces that leaves 2 PA officers, 1 bystander wounded. Unidentified gunmen fire at the home of Fatah PC mbr. Jamal Tarifi in Ramallah, causing damage but no injuries. (WP, WT 3/5; PR 3/9; PCHR 3/10)