February 9, 2005

The IDF fires on 4 Palestinians walking nr. Gush Katif settlement, killing 1 Palestinian, wounding 3; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis. A Hamas mbr. dies in a mysterious explosion in Gaza; PA officials say a bomb he was handling exploded, Hamas calls it an assassination. (BBC, NYT, PCHR, WT 2/10; WP 2/11; PCHR 2/17)