Thursday, March 13, 2003

The IDF fatally shoots 2 armed Jewish settler guards in a friendly Žre mishap, mistaking them for Palestinian gunmen; fatally shoots 6 wanted Hamas mbrs. in a raid on Tamun in what may be an assassination; demolishes 3 Palestinian homes in Saida; conducts predawn arrest raids in Azariyya, Nablus, Qabatiyya. A Palestinian gunman shoots, wounds 2 Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, escapes. The IDF arrests 2 Jewish settlers for seriously beating a Palestinian shepherd nr. Nablus; raids a house in a West Bank settlement, confiscating percussion and smoke grenades, flares, ammunition (including heavy machine gun bullets) stolen fr. the IDF. (HA, REU 3/13; VOI 3/13 in WNC 3/14; HA, MM, NYT, WP, WT 3/14; MA 3/14 in WNC 3/17; HA, NYT 3/15; PR 3/19; PCHR 3/20)