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53 palestinians killed by israeli action this month
29 israelis killed by palestinian action this month
Israel continues its assassinations, but at a lower pace. The security cabinet formalizes its policy of demolishing the homes of suicide bomber family members.
On July 22nd, the AMB, tanzim, Hamas, Islamic Jihad agrees to declare a unilateral cease-fire after weeks of intra-Palestinian talks. Few hours later IDF assassinates Izzeddine al-Qassam Brigades founder and head Shaykh Salah Shihada, no. 1 on Israel's most wanted list, sending an F-16 to fire a 1-ton guided missile at a building where he is staying in Gaza City, collapsing 3 buildings, heavily damaging 20 others, killing 14 Palestinian bystanders (including 9 children, 4 women), injuring 140. Palestinians across Gaza take to the streets to demonstrate against the assassination.
Israeli actions |
Negotiations |
Palestinian actions |
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1 JULY
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The IDF dismantles 9 vacant settlement enclaves
set up without Israel's permission, says another 10 will be removed in the
coming days. (HA, WT 7/1; XIN 7/1 in WNC 7/2; MM, NYT, WT 7/2; MM 7/3)
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At least 4,000 unemployed Palestinian workers march on the
PA headquarters in Gaza, calling for PA to create jobs and wages in light
of the closure. |
2 JULY
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The IDF lifts curfews in many West Bank areas for
several hrs. to allow students to take yr.-end exams, then raids Palestine
Polytechnic University in Hebron, detaining 300 students for questioning.
The IDF raids a PA security post in Khan Yunis, arrests 6 PA border
policemen. (GS 7/2; NYT, WP, WT 7/3; AYM 7/3 in WNC 7/8)
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Israeli security officials bar entry at Ben-Gurion airport
to PLO Negotiations Affairs Dept. legal adviser Michael Tarazi, a U.S.
citizen who lives in Ramallah.
Burns meets with other reps. of the Quartet (an ad
hoc diplomatic grouping of the EU, Russia, UN, U.S. used to present a united
international front on the peace process) in London to gauge their views of
Bush's 6/24 speech, the PA's 100-day plan. Burns announces the
formation of the International Task Force on Reform, a steering comm.
comprising the Quartet and donors that will oversee donor assistance for
PA reform efforts. (RMC 7/2 in WNC 7/3; MM 7/3; ITAR-TASS 7/3, al-Quds
7/4 in WNC 7/5; WP 7/4; NYT 7/9; USIS Washington File 7/12)
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3 JULY
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The IDF directs shells, heavy machine gun fire at
residential areas of Khan Yunis; bulldozes 10s of dunams of land n. of Khan
Yunis, 500 olive trees nr. Bethlehem; conducts arrest raids in Qibya, Ramallah
(raiding the civil service building), Sanirya. The IDF also confiscates 3
garbage trucks, 2 bulldozers fr. the al-Ram municipality. (PR 7/3; NYT, WP 7/4;
HA 7/14; MA 7/23 in WNC 7/25)
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In Gaza, 1,000s of
Palestinian attend a Fatah-organized march against Bush's
stand against Arafat. Also in Gaza, Hamas mbrs. demanding the
execution of a collaborator held by the PSF attack, throw pipe bombs at a PA
police station; the PSF returns fire, injuring 23. |
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Senior AMB mbrs. Jihad al-Omarayn, Wa'il al-Nimrah
are killed when a bomb in their car explodes in Gaza City in what is presumed to
be an IDF assassination; Israel refuses to confirm or deny
allegations. The IDF bulldozes agricultural land nr. Khan Yunis, also
demolishing a PSF post. The IDF says it has arrested a
Palestinian truck driver for smuggling guns across the Jordan border
with a shipment of vegetables. (NYT, WP 7/5; al-Quds 7/7 in WNC 7/9; LAW,
PCHR 7/10)
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5 JULY
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IDF troops open fire on residential areas in Khan Yunis,
killing 1 Palestinian; raid Bayt Furik village, firing on homes,
detaining 4 Palestinians ages 15 and 16; bulldoze 3 dunams of Palestinian land
nr. Shuhada Junction; conduct arrest raids in Tulkarm. (NYT, UPI 7/6;
WP 7/7; LAW, PCHR 7/10)
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In Gaza City, 15,000
Palestinians attend the funeral of AMB mbr. Omarayn. |
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IDF soldiers fire on a taxi nr. Netzarim Junction,
killing a Palestinian woman, child; the IDF says soldiers fired at
"suspicious silhouettes" in the car. In Ramallah, the IDF fires tear gas
at Palestinians who mistakenly believe the curfew has been lifted; an elderly
Palestinian, overcome by tear gas, dies. The IDF positions tanks,
snipers around Jenin hospital. The IDF bulldozes 4 bedouin homes
in the Negev. (GS, UPI, UPMRC 7/6; WP 7/7; DUS 7/7 in WNC 7/8; NYT 7/8; LAW,
PCHR 7/10; MEI 7/12)
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7 JULY
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The IDF says it captured 2 Palestinians
following a gun battle nr. Aley Sinai settlement. The IDF fires on
Palestinians at a Nablus checkpoint for no apparent reason during a lifting of
the curfew, wounding 2; sends bulldozers into Shaykh Ajlin, damaging part of an
agriculture storehouse and a well, leveling land; sends tanks into Bayt Lahia,
firing on residential areas, crushing a car. A Palestinian child dies of
injuries received on 6/27. (NYT 7/8; LAW, PCHR 7/10; MEI 7/12)
The Israeli cabinet endorses (17-2) a bill that would
amend existing law to bar Israeli Arabs fr. leasing homes built on state
land, declaring state land (90% of land in Israel) to be "for Jewish settlement
only." State land cannot be purchased by anyone, only leased long term. (BADIL
press release 7/7; HA 7/8; MM, NYT, WT 7/9; WJW 7/11; HA 7/12)
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8 JULY
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The IDF directs live fire at Palestinians crossing
into Ramallah at Surda checkpoint just after a curfew had been reimposed without
warning, seriously injuring an 18-yr.-old Palestinian girl; conducts
arrest raids in Nablus, destroying the 1 Palestinian home; direct shells,
heavy machine gun fire at residential areas of Khan Yunis. (LAW 7/8; PCHR 7/10)
Bush says that Israel is justified in occupying
the West Bank until "security improves." (NYT 7/9; WJW 7/11)
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Sharon authorizes Peres to reopen high-level
meetings (suspended in 3/02) with senior PA officials, excluding
Arafat, but bars him fr. discussing political issues. Peres meets with new
PA Finance M Fayyad, new Interior M Yahya. (MM, NYT, WP 7/9; XIN
7/9 in WNC 7/10; WT 7/10; SA 7/10 in WNC 7/11; WJW 7/11; AYM 7/12 in WNC 7/16;
AFP 7/20, XIN 7/21 in WNC 7/22; HA, NYT, WP 7/21; JP, MM, WT 7/22; WT 7/23)
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IDF fatally shoots Islamic Jihad mbr. Mu`ammar
Daraghma, as he drives nr. Jenin in what is likely an assassination. The
IDF raids, shuts the admin. offices of al-Quds University in
Jerusalem, confiscating files, computers; seals the office of university
pres. Sari Nusseibeh, who is also the PLO official in charge of Jerusalem
affairs. In Jerusalem's old city, an exchange of gunfire btwn. an Israeli
police officer, a Palestinian motorist stopped for an ID check leaves
1 Palestinian bystander dead, the police officer wounded. The IDF
also demolishes 6 Palestinian homes in Rafah, severely damages 2 others;
reoccupies Bayt Rima, ordering all men to surrender for questioning; imposes a
curfew on Husan; conducts arrest raids in Bayt Awa, Bethlehem, Nur al-Shams
r.c., Qalqilya, Tafuh, al-Til, Tulkarm r.c. Jewish settlers under IDF
protection take control of 1,400 dunams of Palestinian land nr. Jaba', outside
Jerusalem.(HP 7/9; LAW, MM, NYT, PCHR, WP 7/10; MA 7/10 in WNC 7/11; WJW 7/11;
AFP 7/11 in WNC 7/15; MA 7/11 in WNC 7/16; MA 7/15 in WNC 7/17; MM 7/17, 7/19)
A group of 400 Jewish immigrants fr. the U.S. and Canada
arrive in Israel; 75% of them will live in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem. They
arrive as part of a new Jewish Agency program to encourage entire
established Jewish communities in N. America to immigrate to Israel with their
rabbis. American Evangelical Christians representing the International
Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) donated $5,000 to each of the 400
to help finance the move. Another group of 130 is expected to arrive in the next
few mos. (JP 7/9; Trenton Times 7/10; WJW 7/11; MEI 7/26) (see 6/22)
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The IDF directs tank fire at Palestinian youths
violating the curfew in Nablus and throwing stones at soldiers, killing a
17-yr.-old Palestinian, injuring an 11- and a 13-yr.-old; directs heavy
machine gun fire at residential areas of Khan Yunis; bulldozes 86 dunams of crop
land nr. Qarni crossing, Shuhada Junction. A
Palestinian heart attack victim dies in an ambulance detained at an IDF
checkpoint for over an hr. (LAW, PCHR 7/10; NYT, UPMRC, WP 7/11)
Fmr. Christian Coalition leader Gary Bauer and Rabbi
Daniel Lapin, head of the ultraconservative Jewish-Christian group Toward
Tradition, announce the formation of the American Alliance of Jews and
Christians (AAJC), which they will co-chair. AAJC aims to "unite Christians
in support of Israel and work with American Jews and Christians on behalf of
traditional values." Among the mbrs. of the AAJC board are Rev. Jerry Falwell,
Rev. Pat Robertson. A similar Christian right lobbying group, Stand
for Israel, cofounded by fmr. Christian Coalition exec. dir. Ralph Reed
and IFCJ head Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, is doing a $400,000 media campaign
targeting major newspapers, conservative radio talk shows. (Toward Tradition
press release 7/10; MEI 7/26) (see 7/9)
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In Gaza, AMB gunmen fire on an
IDF patrol nr. the Rafah border, killing 1 IDF soldier. |
11 JULY
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In Jenin, IDF APC trapped under a collapsed telephone
pole opens fire on, wounds 2 Palestinian news photographers (clearly
identified as press) photographing the scene, fires on anyone trying to rescue
them for more than 30 mins. A Palestinian dies fr. injuries received on 7/3. For
no apparent reason, IDF troops open fire on Palestinians waiting to cross
a Qalqilya checkpoint. The IDF also shells on residential areas of Bayt
Hanun. (HA 7/11; WT 7/12; AFP 7/12 in WNC 7/16; WP 7/13; LAW, PCHR 7/17; HA
7/28)
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A Palestinian gunman fatally shoots an IDF
soldier in Gaza. |
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The IDF conducts arrest raids in Birzeit (searching
Birzeit University dorms, arresting 10s of students), Dayr al-Balah (fatally
shooting 2 Palestinians, including a 13-yr.-old boy), Khan Yunis; fatally
shoots a 3d Palestinian nr. Qalqilya; directs shells, heavy machine gun
fire at residential areas of Jenin, Rafah. A Palestinian photographer
dies of injuries received on 7/11. The Armenian Patriarchate reports that
the IDF has confiscated church land, buildings along the Green Line nr.
Aida r.c. for Israel's new buffer zone. 32 international humanitarian
agencies operating in the territories declare that it has become
increasingly difficult over the past 2 mos. for them to work effectively given
Israel's "unprecedented military restrictions on humanitarian access to
the civilian populations." (AFP, al-Quds 7/12 in WNC 7/16; NYT, WP 7/13;
LAW, PCHR 7/17; Arminfo [Yerevan] 7/18 in WNC 7/19; Interfax 8/1 in WNC
8/2)
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13 JULY
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The IDF conducts arrest raids in Jenin; shells
residential areas, bulldozes 5 dunams of Palestinian land nr. Khan Yunis;
bulldozes 3 dunams nr. Kefar Darom settlement. (PCHR 7/17)
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The IDF F-16s hit the home of senior Izzeddine al-Qassam Brigades mbr. Ahmad Yusif
`Abd al-Wahhab, who escapes; at least 5 Palestinian bystanders are wounded.
The IDF fatally shoots a Palestinian farmer working in his field
nr. Dugit settlement; claims it was responding to mortar fire fr. the area
directed at the settlement. At checkpoint nr. Balata r.c., an Israeli border
policeman fatally shoots a Palestinian who allegedly tried to knife
him. The IDF bulldozes Palestinian agricultural land nr. Khan Yunis.
(NYT, WP, WT 7/15; LAW, PCHR 7/17)
The ZOA gives Christian Broadcasting Network
founder Pat Robertson the State of Israel Friendship Award for being "a
major Christian leader who strongly supports Israel and its religious,
historical, and legal right to the holy land." (ZOA press release 7/9, JTA 7/12)
(see 7/10)
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In Khan Yunis, a Palestinian on trial for
collaborating with Israel is killed by Palestinian militants when the
trial is disrupted by an IDF air strike nearby, leaving him unguarded. |
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In Qalqilya, IDF soldiers chasing curfew breakers toss
stun grenades into a building, sparking a fire that kills 1 Palestinian.
The IDF fatally shoots a 2d Palestinian during an arrest raid in
Bayt Lahia; bulldozes 4 dunams of Bayt Lahia farmland nr. Dugit settlement;
raids the Ramallah offices of the largest Palestinian Internet service provider,
PalNet, disabling email, Internet access; conducts house-to-house searches in
Hebron. (UPMRC, WT 7/16; LAW, PCHR 7/17; LAW 7/19)
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In Alexandria, Ben-Eliezer confers with Mubarak,
reportedly presents a "Gaza First" plan, which has not been endorsed by
Sharon. Mubarak also meets with PA Local Government M Saeb Erakat;
there is no evidence that Ben-Eliezer and Erakat meet. (MM 7/15; MENA 7/15, QA
7/16 in WNC 7/17; MM, NYT, WT 7/16; WT 7/17; JPI 7/26; MM 7/29)
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16 JULY
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After attack at Emmanuel settlement, Israel places nearby Palestinian villages under curfew.
Israeli police arrest 4 IDF soldiers, 1 Jewish settler living
in settlements nr. Hebron, 1 IDF soldier living in Israel on suspicion of
stealing 60,000 rounds of IDF ammunition, selling 1,000s of rounds to
Palestinian militants; the IDF also arrests a Palestinian fr. Tarkumiyya
as the middleman. The IDF demolishes a Palestinian store under
construction in Jerusalem; bulldozes 29 dunams of Palestinian land nr. Qarni
crossing; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis; conducts arrest raids nr.
Jaba'. (HA, REU 7/16; AFP 7/16 in WNC 7/17; LAW, MM, NYT, PCHR, WP, WP 7/17; WJW
7/18; AYM 7/18 in WNC 7/22; NYT, WP 7/19)
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In New York, Powell hosts a senior-level Quartet
mtg. to discuss ways of creating momentum for peace talks in light of Bush's
6/24 speech; holds separate mtg. with the FMs of Egypt, Jordan.
The Arab FMs then dine with EU, Russian, UN Quartet reps. (MM 7/16; ITAR-TASS
7/16 in WNC 7/17; MM, NYT, WP, WT 7/17; MM 7/18; Interfax, ITAR-TASS, MENA 7/18
in WNC 7/19; MM 7/19)
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Palestinian gunmen disguised as IDF soldiers ambush a bus
nr. the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel, setting off a roadside bomb disabling
the bus, then firing on passengers, killing 7 Jewish settlers, wounding
16; the attackers escape; AMB, DFLP, Hamas, Islamic
Jihad take responsibility, though military analysts believe Hamas was
responsible. |
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The IDF conducts arrest raids in Silat al-Dahir, leaving 2 suspected AMB mbrs.
dead; fatally shoots a Palestinian allegedly attempting to sneak into
Israel nr. Qalqilya; arrests senior Izzeddine al-Qassam Brigades mbr.
Muhammad Nashteh in Ramallah. In Amari r.c., 2 Palestinian children
are killed, 11 are wounded when they trigger an unexploded IDF shell. In
Ramallah, a mysterious explosion kills 2 Palestinians. The IDF
F-16s bomb, destroy a foundry in Gaza that the IDF claims was a Hamas
bomb-making facility. In Ramallah, PalNet Internet service, raided on 7/15, is
restored. The IDF orders the confiscation of 60 dunams of Palestinian
land btwn. Gaza City and Netzarim settlement for construction of a settlement
bypass road. (LAW, PCHR 7/17; MM, NYT, WP, WT 7/18; WP 7/19; PCHR 7/21; MEI
7/26; XIN 7/28 in WNC 7/29)
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2 Islamic Jihad suicide bombers stage a double bombing
outside a cafe in Tel Aviv, killing 1 Israeli, 2 foreign workers,
injuring 3. An 8th victim of the Emmanuel bus ambush on 7/16, a baby born
prematurely to a Jewish settler injured in the attack, dies. The IDF
tracks, engages in a 3 hr. gun battle with the 3 Palestinian gunmen
involved in the ambush, leaving 2 Palestinians and 1 IDF officer
dead, 3 IDF officers injured; 1 of the Palestinians escape again. |
18 JULY
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A Jewish settler injured in the 7/16 bus ambush dies
of her injuries, bringing the toll in that attack to 9. A previously unknown
group called al-Nathir claims responsibility for the 7/17 Tel Aviv
bombing, originally claimed by Islamic Jihad. The IDF bulldozes a
Palestinian house, aviary nr. Dayr al-Balah; conducts arrest raids in
Hebron (including confiscating files fr. Hebron University student union
offices), Jenin, villages around Khan Yunis, the al-Mawasi area, Nablus, Tal;
fires on residential areas of Rafah. (NYT 7/19; LAW 7/18; LAW, PCHR 7/24)
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The FMs of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia hold a 30-min.
mtg. with Bush, White House chief of staff Andrew Card, Powell,
Rice to discuss ways of keeping the peace process moving and to present a
working paper (drafted with the PA, approved by Arab League FMs on 7/12).
(WP 7/18; MENA 7/18 in WNC 7/22; HA, MM, NYT, WP, WT 7/19; QA 7/19, al-Safir
7/20 in WNC 7/22; AYM 7/21 in WNC 7/23; MM 7/25; MEI 7/26)
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19 JULY
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The IDF blows up the family homes of senior AMB
mbr. Ali Ajuri (allegedly behind the 7/17 Tel Aviv bombing) in Askar r.c.,
Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades mbr. Nasser Assida (allegedly behind the 7/16
Emmanuel bus ambush) in Tal, also damaging 6 other homes; arrests their 21
male relatives, whom Israel threatens to expel to Gaza as a deterrent to
other militants; neither suspect is captured. The IDF also shoots,
seriously injures a Palestinian farmer working in his field nr. Qalqilya;
fires stun grenades and teargas at Palestinians leaving Friday services at the
Bani Na`im Mosque; ransacks the offices of a Bani Na`im charity, confiscating
computers; demolishes the science lab of an elementary school in Hebron.
Residents of Arak Burin nr. Nablus say they have been without water for 34 days,
since the IDF began barring water trucks fr. entering the village.
(Amnesty International, GS, al-Haq, LAW, MM 7/19; NYT, WP 7/20; MENA, QA 7/20,
AN, JT 7/21 in WNC 7/22; AYM 7/21 in WNC 7/24; LAW, PCHR 7/24)
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20 JULY
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The IDF shells, bulldozes an auto repair shop in Rafah
r.c., also damaging a house; shells residential areas of, conducts arrest raids
in Khan Yunis; temporarily lifts curfews in Hebron, Nablus, Ramallah. (WP 7/21;
LAW, PCHR 7/24)
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21 JULY
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Israel backs off plans to expel to Gaza 21 male
relatives of suspected Palestinian militants (see 7/19). Sharon tells
his cabinet that he will abide by Atty. Gen. Rubinstein's ruling
that family mbrs. would have to have been directly involved in supporting the
attacks in order to be deported. The IDF conducts arrest raids in
Jenin; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis. A Jewish settler driving
in Hebron deliberately runs over a Palestinian man, seriously injuring
him. (MM, NYT, WT 7/22; MM 7/23; PCHR 7/24; LAW 7/31)
Sharon, Housing M Natan Sharansky announce plans
to create 14 new Jewish localities in the Negev and Galilee to strengthen Jewish
control of the land, create a security buffer btwn. Jenin and Afula (the site of
numerous Palestinian attacks). (HA 7/22; Between the Lines 8/02)
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A small remote controlled bomb explodes
underneath a commuter train in Rehovat nr. Tel Aviv, slightly injuring the
driver; no one takes responsibility. |
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The IDF exchanges gunfire with 2 Islamic Jihad
mbrs. nr. Gush Katif settlement, leaving the 2 Palestinians dead, 2 soldiers
wounded; fires on residential areas of, conducts arrest raids in Tulkarm;
reopens PLO Jerusalem affairs rep. Nusseibeh's offices at al-Quds
University. Late in the evening, the IDF assassinates Izzeddine
al-Qassam Brigades founder and head Shaykh Salah Shihada, no. 1 on Israel's
most wanted list, sending an F-16 to fire a 1-ton guided missile at a building
where he is staying in Gaza City, collapsing 3 buildings, heavily damaging 20
others, killing 14 Palestinian bystanders (including 9 children, 4
women), injuring 140. Palestinians across Gaza take to the streets to
demonstrate against the assassination, which comes hrs. after the AMB,
tanzim, Hamas, Islamic Jihad agreed to declare a
unilateral cease-fire after wks. of intra-Palestinian talks. (HA, JP, MM, REU
7/22; AFP 7/22 in WNC 7/23; AP, B'Tselem press release, HA, MEZ, MM, NYT, PCHR,
UN press release, WP, WT 7/23; ATL 7/23 in WNC 7/24; HA, LAW, MM, NYT, PCHR, WP,
WT, YA 7/24; ITAR-TASS, MENA al-Quds 7/24 in WNC 7/25; Gulf Times
7/24, AFP, JT, MA, al-Quds, SA, XIN 7/25 in WNC 7/26; HA, MM NYT, WJW,
WP, WT 7/25; MEI 7/26; JT, al-Nahar 7/26 in WNC 7/29; MM 7/29, 7/30; JPI,
MM 8/2; MA, SA 8/2 in WNC 8/5; MEI 8/16)
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The AMB,
tanzim, Hamas, Islamic Jihad agrees to declare a
unilateral cease-fire after wks. of intra-Palestinian talks. Few hours later IDF bombs a
building in Gaza killing 15, including 9 children, 4 women and Izzeddine
al-Qassam Brigades founder and head, Shaykh Salah Shihada. |
23 JULY
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A Palestinian farmer dies of injuries received on
7/19. The IDF shells residential areas of Khan Yunis, Rafah; conducts
arrest raids in Hebron, Ramallah. (LAW, PCHR 7/24)
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In Gaza, 100,000 Palestinians attend
the funeral for those killed in the 7/22 air strike targeting Shihada. |
24 JULY
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The IDF shells residential areas of Jenin r.c.
An Israeli dies of injuries received in the 7/17 bombing, bringing the
death toll of the attack to 4. An Israeli military court extends the
detention without charge of a Palestinian photographer for Agence
France-Press, who was taken into custody by the IDF at a West Bank checkpoint on
4/24; a Palestinian photographer for Reuters detained by the IDF
on 4/30 is also still in custody. (JTA, PCHR 7/24; MM, NYT 7/25; WT 7/26; Le
Monde 7/26 in WNC 7/29)
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Palestinians fire 2 Qassam 2 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel and several
mortars fr. Gaza at settlements inside the Strip, causing no damage or injuries. |
25 JULY
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The IDF sends tanks, APCs into Gaza
City, demolishing a PSF post and 2 buildings, firing tank shells and
heavy machine guns at residential areas; raids the home of, detains Arafat
refugee affairs adviser `Abd al-Fattah Ghanem; raids homes in Khan Yunis,
destroying property, bulldozing 6 dunams of land, vandalizing a children's
summer camp; conducts arrest raids in Aida r.c., Bethlehem, Qalqilya (arresting
local Fatah secy. Ahmad Shuraym), Tal. Israeli police arrest
another Jewish settler on charges of selling ammunition to the
Palestinians (see 7/16). (MM, NYT, WT 7/25; MM, NYT, WP, WT 7/26; LAW, PCHR
7/31; WJW 8/1)
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Palestinian gunmen open fire on a Jewish settler vehicle
nr. Aley Zahav nr. Qalqilya, killing 1 Jewish settler rabbi, wounding 1;
then open fire on ambulance workers who arrive on the scene, causing no
additional injuries; AMB, Popular Army Front+nReturn Battalions
take responsibility, with the latter reportedly issuing a "hit list" of Israeli
officials, including Sharon. |
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2 Palestinians die of injuries received on 7/22, bringing the
toll of the Shihada assassination to 17. The IDF conducts house-to-house
searches in Qalqilya, firing on residential areas, killing 1
Palestinian-American standing nr. a window in his kitchen; bulldozes 3 auto
repair shops in Gaza City suspected of manufacturing Qassam rockets, injuring 5
Palestinians; shells residential areas of Khan Yunis. Jewish settlers
take over a Palestinian home in Hebron, set a room on fire, destroy water
tanks. (NYT, WP, WT 7/27; XIN 7/29 in WNC 7/30; LAW, PCHR 7/31)
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AMB gunmen fire on 2 Jewish settler vehicles s. of
Hebron, killing 4 Jewish settlers, wounding 3. Palestinians fire
an antitank missile at a settler bus nr. Gaza City, causing damage but no
injuries. |
27 JULY
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The IDF enters Khan Yunis, fires on residential areas,
bulldozes land; raids Wadi Burkin, demolishing a Palestinian home,
arresting 2 Palestinians; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jenin;
bulldozes land in Beitunia; directs heavy machine gun fire at residential areas
of Bayt Lahia. Jewish settlers attack Palestinian home in Hebron,
setting 2 rooms on fire. (LAW, PCHR 7/31)
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Following a funeral for settlers killed on 7/26, some 100
Jewish settlers rampage through Palestinian neighborhoods of Hebron,
attacking Palestinian homes and cars, firing on homes, killing a 14-yr.-old
Palestinian girl, injuring 15; 1 group of settlers breaks into a Palestinian
home, destroys furniture, stabs and seriously injures an 8-yr.-old
Palestinian boy; some settlers beat, destroy the cameras of 2
photographers (an American free-lancer and a Yedi'ot Aharonot rep.),
a journalist (Yedi'ot Aharonot). The IDF raids an area nr.
Ramallah, capturing 4 Hamas mbrs., including senior mbrs. Furayj
Rumayna and Hussein Abu Kuwayk (whom the IDF attempted to assassinate on
3/4/02), fatally shooting 1 Palestinian as he watches the incursion;
shells residential areas of, bulldozes 6 dunams of land in Khan Yunis. The
mayor Nablus, where the IDF's 24-hr. curfew has been temporarily lifted only
5 times in the past 40 days, calls on residents to ignore the curfew in an act
of civil disobedience; 10s of Nablus residents open shops, banks,
markets, go about their day-to-day duties; the IDF does not interfere.
(XIN 7/28 in WNC 7/29; MM, NYT, UPMRC, WP, WT 7/29; NYT, WT 7/30; LAW, PCHR
7/31; WJW 8/1; HA 8/3)
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29 JULY
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The IDF directs shells, heavy machine gun fire at
residential areas of Bayt Lahia (injuring a 14-yr.-old boy), Khan Yunis
(injuring 2 9-yr.-old boys), Rafah (injuring a 4-yr.-old girl). (NYT, WT 7/30; LAW, PCHR, WP 7/31)
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100s of
Nablus residents defy the IDF curfew for a 2d day; the IDF does not
intervene. Late this evening, a Palestinian infiltrates Itamar
settlement, stabs and lightly wounds 2 Jewish settlers before being shot
dead by IDF troops. A Palestinian run over by a Jewish settler
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30 JULY
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The IDF removes the curfew on Qalqilya;
bulldozes 3 Palestinian apartment buildings in Jenin allegedly housing
bomb-making labs; directs heavy machine gun fire at residential areas of Khan
Yunis, injuring 2 women, 2 children sleeping in their homes. In the Israeli town
of Ashkelon, an Israeli Jew (recently emigrated from Morocco) walking the
beach nr. the home of a senior Israeli security official is stopped,
searched, shot, seriously wounded by guards who thought he was a Palestinian
attacker. An Israeli prosecutor charges 2 Palestinian detainees
with masterminding attacks that killed 17 Israelis, marking the 1st indictments
handed down in an civilian court against Palestinians detained during the
al-Aqsa intifada. (AP, MM 7/30; JTA, MM, NYT, PCHR, WP, WT 7/31; NYT 8/1)
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A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a device in a
Jerusalem restaurant, lightly wounding 5 Israelis. AMB gunmen lure
2 Jewish settlers (diesel fuel salesmen) to Jamayn village, fatally shoot
them; 1 of the assailants is later arrested. 1,000s of Nablus residents defy the
24-hr. curfew for a 3d day. |
31 JULY
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The IDF temporarily lifts the curfew in
Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, Tulkarm; directs heavy machine gun fire at
residential areas of Khan Yunis, Nablus; blows up the home of relatives of a
suicide bomber in Bayt Jala; bulldozes a Palestinian home in Jenin, arrests the
owner; partially demolishes 6 Palestinian homes in Rafah; conducts arrest
raids in Qalqilya, Tulkarm. (AP, HA, LAW, MM, PCHR 7/31; MM, NYT, WP, WT 8/1;
ATL, JT, al-Quds 8/1 in WNC 8/2; WP 8/2; PCHR 8/7; JPI 8/9)
Israel's inner cabinet orders the expulsion to Gaza of a
relative of Palestinian involved in the 7/16 Emmanuel bus ambush, giving
him 12 hrs. to appeal. Regarding whether the man was directly involved in
supporting the attack (per Atty. Gen. Rubinstein's conditions; see 7/21),
Internal Security M Uzi Landau says, "it's enough for a relative of a
relative of a suicide bomber to set up a mourning tent or visit a mourning tent"
to qualify for expulsion. The inner cabinet also formalizes a policy of
demolishing the homes of Palestinian attackers. (HA 7/31; WP, WT 8/1; MA 8/4 in
WNC 8/5; PCHR 8/7)
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A package bomb explodes in a crowded Hebrew University
cafeteria in Jerusalem, killing 4 Americans (including 1 U.S.-French dual
national), 1 U.S.-Israeli dual national, 2 Israelis, injuring
around 80; Hamas claims responsibility. Residents of Nablus continue to
defy the IDF curfew. |
Abbreviations
IDF
Israeli Defense Forces
PA Palestinian Authority
Chronology Source Abbreviations
ADM (Addameer--Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association, Ramallah)
AFP (Agence France-Presse, Paris)
AIC (Alternative Information Center, Jerusalem)
AP (Associated Press, Internet)
ATL (Anatolia, Ankara)
AYM (al-Ayyam, Ramallah)
BDL (BADIL Resource Center, Bethlehem)
DUS (al-Dustur, Amman)
FAV (Free Arab Voice, Internet)
HA (Ha'Aretz, Tel Aviv)
HJ (al-Hayat al-Jadida, Ramallah)
HP (Hear Palestine, Washington)
HUR (Hurriyet, Istanbul)
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency, Tehran)
IsRN (Israel Radio News, Internet)
JP (Jerusalem Post International Edition, Jerusalem)
JT (Jordan Times, Amman)
LAW (Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Jerusalem)
MA (Ma'ariv, Tel Aviv)
MEI (Middle East International, London)
MENA (Middle East News Agency, Cairo)
MENL (Middle East Newsline, Internet)
MEZ (al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Jabaliyya)
MM (Mideast Mirror, London)
NYT (New York Times, New York)
PCHR (Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Gaza)
PR (Palestine Report, Jerusalem)
QA (al-Quds al-Arabi, London)
REU (Reuters, Internet)
RL (Radio Lebanon, Beirut)
RMC (Radio Monte Carlo, Paris)
SA (al-Sharq al-Awsat, London)
UPI (United Press International, Internet)
WJW (Washington Jewish Week, Rockville, MD)
WNC (World News Connection [Internet], Washington)
WP (Washington Post, Washington)
WT (Washington Times, Washington)
XIN (Xinhua+nNew China News Agency, Beijing)
YA (Yedi'ot Aharonot, Tel Aviv)
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