May 3, 2002

The IDF sends troops into Nablus, raiding and demolishing a building and a car, killing 3 Palestinians, including (possibly assassinating) senior Hamas mbr. Ali Hudairi, detaining 8 Hamas mbrs.; 1 IDF soldier is also killed. In Bethlehem, 4 PSF officers inside the Church of the Nativity surrender to the IDF. (JP [Internet], MM 5/3; NYT, WP, WT 5/4)