This day in the History of the 2nd Intifada

April 26 2001

1 Palestinian killed.

Israeli-Palestinian clashes continue at a lower level, leaving 1 Palestinian dead. (AFP [Internet] 4/26; LAW 5/4)

The Israeli daily Ha'Aretz reports that last wk., Israel issued 2,000 eviction notices to bedouins living in unrecognized villages in the Negev, saying their homes are located in a closed military area. (HA 4/26)

1,000s of Israeli Arabs take part in right of return marches to their destroyed villages to protest Israel's "independence" day celebrations. (al-Awda news group 4/27)

April 26 2002

1 Palestinian killed.

The IDF raids Qalqilya, killing (possibly assassinating) local PFLP leader Ra'id Nazil, detaining 16 Palestinians. The IDF also conducts arrest raids into Jenin and Nablus, arresting 26 Palestinians. In Bethlehem, IDF snipers again fire on the Church of the Nativity, seriously injuring 2 Palestinians, who are evacuated for treatment; 4 PSF officers surrender to the IDF. The IDF detains without explanation Agence France-Presse's (AFP) Palestinian photographer Hossam Abu Alan. (AFP, HA, MM, REU 4/26; NYT, WP, WT 4/27; al-Quds 4/27 in WNC 4/29; WP 5/4)

In Ramallah, 100s of Palestinians demonstrate outside the PA compound against Arafat's confinement, clash with the IDF, leaving 11 injured. In Gaza, 15,000 Palestinians attend a Hamas rally calling fo the continuation of the armed intifada.

April 26 2003

1 Palestinian killed.

The IDF opens fire on stone-throwing Palestinians outside Balata r.c., wounding 5; bulldozes 40 dunams of land in Abasan, 32 dunams in Khuza, 29 dunams in al-Qarara; blows up 1 Palestinian home in Qalqilya; conducts arrest raids in Khan Yunis. A Palestinian dies of injuries received on 4/19. International aid workers in Gaza report that the IDF is requiring them to undergo additional security checks on entering and leaving Gaza, causing new delays. (HA 4/26; LAW, PCHR 5/1; AIDA 5/12)

April 26 2004

5 Palestinians killed.

The IDF fatally shoots a mentally handicapped girl who strays too close to a Jewish settlement in Gaza; fires on a group of Palestinian children who pass too near an IDF position outside Nisanit settlement, killing a 15-yr.-old Palestinian boy; shells residential areas of Khan Yunis; conducts house searches in Shaykh Ajlin nr. Gaza City. In Maghazi r.c., 3 Palestinians die when a rocket they are preparing explodes prematurely. Late in the evening, the IDF raids Tulkarm r.c., sparking an armed exchange with local AMB mbrs. that leaves 2 AMB mbrs. dead, 4 bystanders and 1 AMB mbr. wounded. A 14-yr.-old Palestinian dies of injuries received in a 3/18 IDF raid nr. Ramallah. Jewish settlers fr. Ma’on burn 35 dunams of Palestinian crops and a tractor in Yatta; bar fire trucks fr. reaching the scene. Jewish settlers fr. Metaniel also burn 15 dunams of olive and almond groves in Sammu` village outside Hebron. (VOP 4/26 in WNC 4/28; MM, WT 4/27; PR 4/28; PCHR 4/29)

April 26 2005

The IDF closes for 48 hrs. the 2 main checkpoints on the primary north–south Gaza road; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Araba, Hebron. Jewish settlers severely beat 3 Palestinians in Hebron. (MA, VOP 4/27 in WNC 4/28; PCHR 4/28, 5/5)

Syria reports that its last troops, intelligence forces have withdraw fr. Lebanon. (MM, NYT, WP 4/26; MM, NYT, WP, WT 4/27; see also NYT, WP 4/25; MEI 4/29)

Palestinians fire 2 Qassam rockets at Sederot and the Negev, causing no damage or injuries.

April 26 2006

1 Palestinian killed.

The IDF closes the Qarni crossing; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Nablus and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin (fatally shooting a Palestinian gunman), Ramallah (searching the home of Change and Reform PC mbr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Malik). (IMEMC, REU 4/26; NYT, PCHR, WP 4/27; IFM, XIN 5/1; OCHA 5/3; PCHR 5/4)

PA security forces at Gaza’s Qarni crossing prevent 2 Palestinian vehicles of PRC mbrs. carrying explosives that attempt to crash through the PA security barrier to attack the main transit building; 3 PA policemen, 2 gunmen are wounded in the exchange, and 3 gunmen are arrested; Israel claims that the PRCs were acting under the direction of Hamas, which denies the charge; PA Interior M Siyam says that attacking border crossings is against the national interest and should not be done. Meanwhile, mbrs. of the Yasir Arafat Brigades (considered an offshoot of the AMB)say that in response to Siyam’s plans to create the ESF, they are planning to form a new militia “to protect Fatah men against the Israeli enemy and against any attempt by any party inside the homeland to target them.”

April 26 2007

1 Palestinian killed.

In the West Bank, IDF troops posted outside Psagot settlement, believing themselves to be under fire, fire on a PA presidential guard unit conducting a policing operation in adjacent al-Bireh, killing 1 PA presidential guardsman, wounding 2. The IDF also conducts arrest raids, house searches in Aida r.c., Nablus, and nr. Hebron, Qalqilya; issues military orders confiscating 239 d. of agricultural land in Bardala in the n. Jordan Valley, 60 d. nr. Jenin for construction of the separation wall. Jewish settlers fr. Kefar Tapuach settlement nr. Nablus beat a Palestinian teenager grazing sheep nearby. Palestinians stone a Jewish settler vehicle in Azariyya, lightly injuring 1 settler. (OCHA 5/2; PCHR 5/3)

April 26 2008

1 Palestinian killed.

In Gaza, the IDF continues the incursion into Bayt Hanun begun on 4/25, demolishing the home of the Hamas mbr. targeted on 4/25, leveling surrounding land before withdrawing in the early morning. The IDF also sends troops into Bayt Lahiya, to seize and take to Israel local Hamas leader Hassan Marouf, trading heavy gunfire with local Palestinians and firing on Marouf’s home, killing his 14-yr.-old daughter. In the West Bank, the IDF raids an orphanage for girls, a 2d sewing factory in Hebron owned by the ICA (see 4/11), reiterating its 2/26 decision to evict residents and seal the sites for 3 yrs. if they are not vacated and turned over to the IDF within 24 hrs. (the ICA ignores the orders); conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem, Jenin, Qalqilya. In Jerusalem, Israeli police barricade gates into the Old City, forcibly bar Orthodox Palestinian worshipers fr. reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the St. Jacob Cathedral to perform Holy Saturday services to mark Orthodox Easter (cf. 4/22), beating and arresting several worshipers, while allowing Jewish worshipers to enter the Old City for Pesach celebrations. (Arab Orthodox Institute in East Jerusalem press release, al-Quds, WP 4/27; OCHA, PCHR 4/30)

April 26 2009

Israeli authorities said they had caught on 14 April a Palestinian man who had killed a 13-year old Israeli boy and wounded a 7-year-old in the “Bat Ayin” settlement earlier this month. Authorities said Moussa Tayet, 26, had confessed to the killing and handed over the knife used in the attack. (AP)

Israeli soldiers shot a 26-year-old Palestinian, Mustapha Hosheh, in the shoulder during a raid on the village of Rantis, north-west of Ramallah. Medics said his condition was serious. (Ma’an News Agency)

The Israeli military said it had detained six Palestinians during an overnight raid in a village south-east of Qalqilya. (Ma’an News Agency)

Israeli Army Radio reported that an Israeli Interior Ministry committee had recommended expanding the “Ma’aleh Adumim” settlement. In its report, the committee said that the small settlement of “Kedar” should be integrated into “Ma’aleh Adumim” along with the lands between the two. The move would expand “Ma’aleh Adumim” by another 1,200 hectares and add another 800 people to its current 34,500 residents. To be implemented, the committee’s recommendations have to be approved by Interior Minister Eli Yishai. (AFP)

PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki visited Venezuela as part of a move to open a diplomatic mission in Caracas, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said. Mr. Malki and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduros Moros were set to sign the following day a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the PA, paving the way for a diplomatic mission. (AFP)

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