December 24, 2002

The IDF fires a tank shell at a group of Palestinians btwn. Erez, Qarni checkpoints, killing a 14-yr.-old Palestinian, injuring 3 other youths; fires on stone-throwing Palestinian youths in Khan Yunis, injuring 1 with live ammunition; shoots, injures a 12-yr.-old Palestinian in Wadi al-Silqa for no apparent reason; bulldozes 2 Palestinian homes in Hebron. (HA 12/24; MENA, XIN 12/24 in WNC 12/26; LAW, NYT, PCHR, WT 12/25)