PM Peres vows to hold a referendum on any final peace agmt. with the Palestinians. (QY 4/1, QY, VOP 4/2 in FBIS 4/2; MM NYT, WP, WT 4/2; IDF Radio, QY, RJ 4/2 in FBIS 4/3; MM, WT 4/3)
Israel slightly eases closure on Gaza, allowing 3,000 Palestinian agricultural workers over the age of 45 to return to their jobs in s. Israel. Qarni crossing is opened 24 hrs./day, and more produce are allowed into Israel fr. Gaza. (QY 4/1 in FBIS 4/1; CSM 4/2; WT 4/3)
IDF arrests 7 Hamas mbrs. nr. Hebron, Ramallah. (QY 4/1 in FBIS 4/1; RJ 4/2 in FBIS 4/3)
Fatah activist Taysir al-Lawzi is shot, killed in al-Bireh. Fatah blames PA General Intelligence (GI) for the killing; calls day-long strike in al-Bireh, Ramallah. GI denies knowledge of the incident. Governor of Ramallah promises full investigation. (JMCC 4/1 in FBIS 4/2)
IDF patrol of 7 tanks, 70 troops searches houses in the village of Arnun, n. of Israel's self-declared security zone in s. Lebanon. (VOL 4/1 in FBIS 4/2)