May 3, 2005

The IDF lifts the seal on most of the West Bank, Gaza imposed on 4/21 (seal remains in effect in the n. West Bank, Erez crossing in Gaza remains closed); conducts arrest raids, house searches in and fires on residential areas of Saffa nr. Ramallah; evacuates, demolishes bedouin shelters nr. a Jewish settlement outside Jenin. Jewish settlers fr. Ramat Yishai vandalize a Palestinian home in Hebron. (VOI 5/3 in WNC 5/4; PCHR 5/5)