Monday, April 12, 2004

The IDF bulldozes a Palestinian home nr. Netzarim settlement; conducts arrest raids in Aida r.c., Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarm town and r.c., Ramallah. In Gaza, 3 Palestinian gunmen (1 each fr. the AMB, Islamic Jihad, Hamas) attempt to infiltrate Netzarim settlement and IDF post; the IDF fatally shoots 2 of the gunmen, the 3d escapes. Jewish settlers fr. Susia attack Palestinian farmers in their fields nearby, damage 14 dunams of crops. (VOP 4/12 in WNC 4/14; HA, NYT 4/13; PR 4/14; PCHR 4/15)