Saturday, May 1, 2004
The IDF fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis, killing an 8-yr.-old Palestinian boy, sparking clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians in which another 14 Palestinians (10 of them children) are wounded; fires on stone-throwing youths nr. Nisanit settlement, fatally shooting a 15-yr.-old Palestinian in the head with live ammunition; fatally shoots a Palestinian man who approaches an IDF patrol in Nablus (reports vary as to whether he was armed); fires on Palestinians in Bayt Lahiya and Rafah, wounding 3; bulldozes 2 dunams of land in al-Qarara; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron. (VOP 5/1 in WNC 5/4; NYT, WP, WT 5/2; PR 5/5; PCHR 5/6)