March 19, 2002

The IDF completes its withdrawal to the outskirts of Bayt Jala, Bethlehem. Before dawn, 2 Palestinian gunmen infiltrate an IDF camp in the Jordan Valley, fire on paratroopers, killing 1, wounding 3 before being shot dead. The IDF fatally shoots a 3d Palestinian standing outside his shop in Bayt Omar; conducts arrest raids in Dayr Istya, Dahariyya. Armed Jewish settlers fire on a Palestinian school in Silat al-Dahir, injuring a 12-yr.-old boy. (AP, MM 3/19; LAW, NYT, WT 3/20)