State Dept. announces all parties to peace negotiations have agreed to hold future, sixth round of talks in Rome. No date has yet been set [upcoming fifth round will take place 4/27 in Washington]. (NYT 4/22)
First Israel-Gaza water pipe is opened in refugee camps in central Gaza. (Israel Television Network 4/21 in FBIS 4/22)
Undercover unit dressed as Arabs shoots and wounds 3 Palestinians painting slogans on a wall in Tura, near Hebron. Controversy erupts over what actually occurred. IDF claims soldiers called upon youths to halt and fired warning shots before shooting them. An Israeli couple who witnessed event, however, state soldiers fired without warning. In separate incident, undercover unit shoots, kills Palestinian in 'Illar, W. Bank. (MM 4/21, 4/22, 4/27; NYT 4/22)