Peres announces that he, Arafat plan to hold the 1st of 3 mtgs. on implementing a cease-fire next wk., but that the exact time and location have not been agreed. (AFP, REU 9/7)
The IDF makes a failed attempt to assassinate senior Fatah tanzim mbr. Ra'id Karmi, firing missiles at his car as he, 3 tanzim mbrs. drive through Tulkarm; Karmi (wanted for kidnapping, killing 2 Israelis in Tulkarm on 1/23) is injured, 2 tanzim mbrs. are killed, 1 Palestinian bystander is seriously wounded. In response, other tanzim mbrs. fire on an IDF patrol nr. Tulkarm, killing 1 soldier, wounding 1. In Hebron, a group of Jewish settler children (ages 5-12) hit, throw stones at 2 foreign aid workers; the IDF refuses to apprehend the children. (Christian Peace Team press release 9/6; LAW 9/6; HA, HP, WP 9/7; LAW 9/20)