A Hamas gunman opens fire in Gush Katif settlement in Gaza, killing 2 Jewish settlers, injuring 1 before being shot dead. The IDF conducts arrest raids, house-to-house searches in Dayr al-Balah, Silat al-Dahir. 2 junior IDF cmdrs. are sentenced to 28 days in jail for authorizing the use of Palestinians as human shields. Protesting the verdict, another IDF officer says that similar events have taken place in the past “and now soldiers are being tried for what once was permissible.” (HA, LAW, PCHR 11/6; JP, MM, NYT, WP 11/7)
The Israeli FMin. reports that Jewish settlers received $27.6 m. in income tax benefits in 2001. The government’s tax discount for settlers in the West Bank was 7%, in Gaza 10%. The average tax benefit per settler was $1,369 in the West Bank, $1,895 in Gaza. (HA 11/7; PR 11/13)