January 7, 2003

The IDF undercover units raid al-Maghazi r.c., fatally shoot 2 AMB mbrs., 1 Islamic Jihad mbr. The IDF demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in Khan Yunis, fatally shoots 1 Palestinian who comes to observe; severely beats a Palestinian youth for over an hr. in Hebron, until journalists, reps. of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron intervene; occupies a Palestinian home in Kefar Adun as an IDF post; conducts arrest raids in Jenin r.c., Kafr Khalil (targeting Hamas mbrs.), Kafr Rai, Naqura. Israel closes the Gaza border with Egypt, the West Bank border with Jordan to all Palestinian men under age 35. (AFP, HA, JTA 1/7; (MENA 1/2 in WNC 1/3; HA 1/3; VOI 1/7 in WNC 1/8; LAW, NYT, PCHR, WP 1/8; REU 1/11)