April 7, 2005

The IDF fires on residential areas of Rafah; fires on stone-throwing Palestinians outside Nablus, arrests 5 teenagers; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Tulkarm; declares areas of Palestinian agricultural land east of Tulkarm, nr. Einav settlement, to be a closed military zone. Jewish settlers throw stones, eggs at Palestinians in Hebron; the IDF responds by ordering Palestinian shops in the area to close, Palestinians to leave. Palestinians fire a rocket fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. (HA 4/7; WP 4/8; OCHA 4/13; PCHR 4/14)