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24 palestinians killed by israeli action this month
0 israelis killed by palestinian action this month
Israeli incursions and settler violence continues. On a single day IOF kills 8 Palestinians in different actions. That prompts Hamas’s Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades to declare an end to its observance of the November 2006 truce, but PA responds saying the truce will continue. Nonetheless 5 rockets are sent into Israel that same day.
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1 APRIL
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Israel seals West Bank and Gaza border crossings for the week-long Passover
holidays. The IDF patrols Silat al-Harithiyya nr. Jenin; sends undercover units
into Kafr al- Lubbad nr. Tulkarm to arrest a wanted Palestinian; conducts arrest
raids, house searches in al-‘Aza r.c. nr. Bethlehem, Bayt Fajjar, Qabatya,
Rantis nr. Ramallah; issues eviction orders to 70 Palestinian families in
Dahiyat al-Salam in East Jerusalem, claiming the land on which they live is
owned by a Jewish woman who recently inherited the property and wants them to
leave (no documents are provided). (OCHA 4/4; PCHR 4/5)
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2 APRIL
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The IDF sends bulldozers into s. Gaza nr. Wadi Gaza to level land along the
border fence to improve lines of sight. In the West Bank, the IDF sends
undercover units into Balata r.c., exchanging fire with Palestinian gunmen,
leaving 1 Palestinian wounded; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Tubas.
(NYT, WP
4/3; OCHA 4/4; PCHR 4/5)
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Palestinian journalists protesting the 3/12 kidnapping of the BBC’s Johnston
begin a 3-day boycott of coverage on the PA and Abbas’s office, with some 100
journalists also staging a sit-in outside the PM’s office in Gaza City. |
3 APRIL
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Israeli DM Amir Peretz authorizes the IDF to resume “pinpoint operations
against terrorists” in Gaza, raising concerns that Israel has plans for a
serious IDF escalation. IDF troops on the s. Gaza border fire on Palestinian
farmers who stray nr. the border fence at 2 sites nr. Wadi Gaza, nr. ‘Abasan,
seriously wounding 2 Palestinian children. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency 4/3; OCHA
4/4; PCHR 4/5)
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4 APRIL
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IDF soldiers on the Gaza border fatally shoot an Islamic Jihad mbr. planting
a roadside bomb nr. the border fence n. of Bayt Hanun, wounding 2 Palestinian
farmers working a field nearby; troops briefly enter Gaza nr. Bayt Hanun to
examine and dismantle the explosive device, but Israel says it was not meant as
a breech of the cease-fire. The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishermen off
the coast of Rafah, forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF
shoots, wounds a Palestinian attempting to circumvent the Awarta checkpoint nr.
Nablus; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Jenin (exchanging gunfire with
Palestinian gunmen, leaving 1 IDF soldier injured) and in ‘Arub r.c. nr. Hebron,
Nablus, Qalqilya. In addition, the Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem issues
demolition orders for a playground and six houses in the Muslim Quarter of the
Old City of Jerusalem on Palestinian land that has been sought by Jewish
developers in order to build 30 homes, a synagogue, and a religious school for
Jews only. In Rafah, 2 Palestinian children are injured when they accidentally
trigger an unexploded IDF artillery shell. (Playgrounds for Palestine press
release 4/4; PCHR, WP 4/5; OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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The IDF sends bulldozers into Gaza nr. Bayt Hanun, al-Maghazi r.c. to level
land. For a 2d day, the Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the
Rafah coast, forcing them to return to port. In the West Bank, the IDF fires on
3 Palestinians nr. Jericho who fail to heed orders to stop, killing 1
Palestinian; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron, Tulkarm. Jewish
settlers who have been occupying a Palestinian building nr. Kiryat Arba since
3/19 throw bottles and stones at local Palestinians, use trained dogs to scare
Palestinian children; the IDF observes but does not intervene. A 17-yr.old
Palestinian girl shot in the head by IDF forces during a raid on Jabaliya r.c.
on 10/4/04 dies of her injuries. (NYT 4/6; OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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IDF troops on the Gaza border fire on, send a drone to fire missiles at a
group of armed Palestinians attempting to cross into Israel e. of Jabaliya,
killing 1 armed Palestinian, wounding 4. For the 3d day, the IDF sends
bulldozers and tanks into Gaza nr. Bayt Hanun to level land; this time,
Palestinian gunmen fire an RPG at a tank, sparking an exchange of gunfire,
causing no reported injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF sends troops into Jenin
town and r.c. late in the evening, exchanging fire with Palestinian gunmen who
confront the troops, wounding local AMB leader Zacharia Zubeidi; conducts arrest
raids, house searches in al- Bireh, Nablus, Qalqilya; fires rubber-coated steel
bullets on stone-throwing Palestinians nr. the Qalandia checkpoint, injuring 2;
fires rubber-coated steel bullets at 10s of Palestinians and Israeli and
international peace activists protest the separation wall nr. Bil‘in, injuring
14; similarly fires rubber-coated steel bullets on Palestinians, international
peace activists protesting the construction of the separation wall nr. Um
Salamuna nr. Bethlehem, injuring 8. Jewish settlers fr. Ramat Yishai set fire to
a Palestinian car in Hebron; the IDF bars fire engines fr. reaching the scene.
For a 2d day, Jewish settlers occupying a Palestinian building nr. Kiryat Arba
throw bottles and stones at local Palestinians, use trained dogs to scare
Palestinian children; the IDF observes but does not intervene. A Palestinian wounded in an
IDF artillery strike on ‘Abasan on 9/6/06 dies. (OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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In ‘Abasan,
Fatah-Hamas clashes leave 11 Palestinians wounded. |
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In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jenin r.c.
(exchanging gunfire with Palestinians who confront the troops, wounding 1),
Nablus and nr. Bethlehem, Ramallah, Salfit. A Palestinian injured in the IDF
demolition of a Palestinian home in Rafah on 4/22/04 dies. (WP 4/7; NYT, WP, WT 4/8;
NYT, WT 4/9; OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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IDF helicopters fire on Islamic Jihad and Democratic Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (DFLP) mbrs. planting roadside bombs along the Gaza border nr.
Jabaliya r.c., killing 1 DFLP mbr., wound 2 other armed men; the Palestinians
fire RPGs, automatic weapons across the border at IDF tanks approaching (perhaps
crossing) the border, detonate bombs they had planted, causing no injuries but
marking the heaviest exchanges of fire in Gaza since the 11/26/06 truce.
Palestinians fire 2 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, damaging a factory in Sederot.
A Palestinian is injured when a smugglers’ tunnel on the Rafah border collapses.
In Gaza, Fatah-Hamas
clashes leave 3 Palestinians wounded in Bayt Hanun. |
8 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Jenin,
Ramallah. Jewish settler teenagers fr. Tel Rumeida beat, injure a handicapped Palestinian
in Hebron. (NYT 4/9; OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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In Hebron, a Palestinian teenager stabs, wounds 2 IDF soldiers nr. the
Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs before being shot, wounded by soldiers. |
9 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF patrols, fires on residential areas of Nablus,
searching a hospital and detaining an ambulance during the 4-hr. operation;
patrols Qabatya. Palestinians stone a Jewish settler vehicle on Road 55 nr.
Qalqilya, injuring the driver. Outside Gaza City, a Palestinian farmer is
injured when he hits an unexploded IDF mine. (OCHA 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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Clashes btwn. PA security forces
and unidentified Palestinian gunmen in Nablus leave 2 Palestinians wounded. |
10 APRIL
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The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza border,
damaging 3. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in
Dahaysha r.c., Hebron, Nablus, Nahalin nr. Bethlehem. Shin Bet announces that in
late 3/07, it detained 19 Hamas mbrs. fr. Qalqilya whom it says have confessed
under interrogation to planning a massive truck bombing in Tel Aviv during the
Passover holidays, which end this evening; Olmert cites the case as proof that
“terrorism is a cornerstone of the new Palestinian government, a government that
should be shunned”; Hamas officials in Qalqilya deny being part of any plot.
Jewish settler children fr. Ma’on in Hebron chase, attack a group of Palestinian
children (ages 10–12) on their way to school; the IDF observes but does not
intervene. (NYT, OCHA, WP, WT 4/11; PCHR 4/12)
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Palestinian gunmen fire on an IDF observation post on the Gaza
border n. of Bayt Hanun; the IDF returns fire; no injuries are reported on
either side. A Palestinian gunman shoots, grazes a Jewish settler at a bus stop
nr. Qalqilya. In Gaza, unidentified gunmen fatally shoot a PSF officer in Khan
Yunis; unidentified assailants kidnap, shoot, wound, release a PA police
officer; Jabaliya municipal workers stage a sit-in outside municipal offices to
protest the nonpayment of their salaries. |
11 APRIL
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The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Rafah,
forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest
raids, house searches in Jenin town and r.c., in and around Nablus (partially
demolishing a Palestinian home and firing on stone-throwing youths who confront
the troops, wounding 3), and nr. Hebron; raids, searches Change and Reform
offices in Hebron, confiscating computers; raids an Islamic Jihad charity in
Hebron, sealing the offices, confiscating computers and office equipment;
searches another Islamic charity and kindergarten in Hebron, confiscating a
computer, files. (PCHR 4/12; OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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12 APRIL
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In 2 incidents, IDF troops on the Gaza border nr. Bayt Lahiya and Khuza’a
fire on Palestinian farmers working their fields who stray nr. the border fence,
causing no injuries. The IDF sends an undercover unit to Ramallah to arrest a
wanted Palestinian; surrounds an apartment building in al-Bireh, ordering 50
residents to gather for ID checks, searching and damaging the apartment and car
of PA police Col. Mujahid Ahmad, arresting him; raids, seals an Islamic charity
in Tulkarm, confiscating computers, files; conducts other arrest raids, house
searches in Hebron. (OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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13 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around
Qalqilya (firing on residential areas, wounding 2 Palestinian women inside their
homes; blowing up 1 Palestinian home) and in Azun, Nablus (also searching the
Graduate Cultural Center, confiscating computers, documents); fires
rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas at Palestinians and Israeli and
international peace activists protesting the separation wall nr. Bil‘in
(injuring 11), Um Salamuna (injuring 6). The IDF suspends its Nablus cmdr. after
the Israeli daily Yedi’ot Aharonot releases video showing him using 2
Palestinian boys as human shields to guard military vehicles. Jewish settlers
fr. Eli settlement nr. Nablus fire on Palestinian shepherds nearby to prevent
them fr. grazing nr. the settlement, causing no injuries. (NYT, WT 4/14; OCHA
4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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14 APRIL
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The IDF sends 3 tanks, 2 bulldozers into Gaza nr. Bureij r.c. to level land.
In the West Bank, the IDF patrols, fires on residential areas of Nablus;
conducts arrest raids, house searches in Hebron and nr. Jenin (firing on
residential areas, partially demolishing a Palestinian home); fires on
stone-throwing Palestinians nr. Hebron and Tubas, injuring 6. Jewish settlers
fr. Ma’on beat a Palestinian farmer, occupy a 16 d. plot of Palestinian land nr.
the settlement and set up tents to enlarge the unauthorized settlement outpost,
Havat Maon; Palestinian owners of the land complain to the IDF and Israeli
police, which refuse to intervene. (OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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In Hebron, AMB mbrs. temporarily occupy the
local Education Min. offices to protest the PA’s choice of a new director (the
previous director was arrested by the IDF a week ago). |
15 APRIL
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The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Rafah,
damaging 2 boats but causing no injuries. Egyptian border police demolish 2
smugglers’ tunnels on the Rafah border. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols Sa‘ir
nr. Nablus, firing on stone-throwing Palestinian youths who confront the troops,
wounding 1; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jenin town and r.c.,
Tulkarm town and r.c. Jewish settlers fr. Eli temporarily occupy a Palestinian
house under construction nearby, leave voluntarily. (NYT, WP, WT 4/16; OCHA
4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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16 APRIL
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IDF troops on the Gaza border shoot, wound a mentally handicapped Palestinian
who strays nr. the border fence n. of Bayt Hanun. The Israeli navy fires on
Palestinian fishing boats off the Rafah coast, forcing them to return to shore.
In Nussayrat r.c., 2 Palestinians are injured when they accidentally trigger an
unexploded IDF antitank shell. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids,
house searches in ‘Askar r.c., Balata r.c., Nablus, Qalqilya, and nr. Hebron,
Jenin. Jewish settlers fr. Karme Tzur prevent Palestinian farmers fr. reaching
their land nr. the settlement, sparking fist fights btwn. settler and local
Palestinian teenagers; the IDF fires rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas at
the Palestinians, seriously injuring 2. (OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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In Gaza City, Gaza municipal employees
stage a sit-in to protest nonpayment of their salaries. |
17 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF sends undercover units into Jenin, where they
ambush a car driven by AMB mbr. Ashraf Hanaysha, assassinating him, arresting 3
Palestinians traveling with him. In apparent retaliation, AMB gunmen injure 4
Jewish settlers fr. Mod’in Ilit nr. Ramallah in a drive-by shooting. The IDF
also conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Jenin, Ramallah, and in ‘Aida
r.c., ‘Arub r.c., ‘Askar r.c., Balata r.c., Nablus. Jewish settlers fr. Eli fire
on Palestinian shepherds nearby to prevent them fr. grazing nr. the settlement.
A Jewish settler fr. the Bethlehem area fires on a group of Palestinian children
working in an almond grove, seriously injuring a 13-yr.-old boy with a gunshot
to the head. Jewish settlers occupying a Palestinian building in Hebron since
3/19 harass local Palestinians. (MM 4/17; NYT, OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)
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18 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF patrols, fires on residential areas of Yasuf nr.
Nablus, then fires on stone-throwing Palestinians who confront the troops,
wounding 2; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around
Nablus and Qalqilya, nr. Bethlehem and Hebron, and in Tulkarm town and r.c. For
the 2d day, Jewish settlers occupying a Palestinian building in Hebron harass
local Palestinians. Jewish settlers fr. Gil’ad nr. Qalqilya attack, beat 2
Palestinian women working their land nearby. (PCHR 4/19; OCHA 4/25;
PCHR 4/26)
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Gaza municipal workers begin a
2-day sit-in to protest nonpayment of their salaries. |
19 APRIL
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IDF troops on the n. Gaza border nr. Bayt Lahiya fire on 2 Palestinian
teenagers who stray nr. the border fence, wounding 1. The
Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Nussayrat r.c. and
Rafah, causing no damage or injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF
exchanges fire with Palestinian gunmen nr. Ramallah, leaving 2 IDF soldiers
wounded; fires on stone-throwing Palestinians at Qalandia checkpoint, causing no
reported injuries; demolishes 6 Palestinian homes (48 residents) nr. Susia
settlement, 1 home (16 residents) nr. another Hebron settlement; bulldozes 5 d.
of Palestinian olive groves nr. Avigail settlement nr. Hebron; raids the Change
and Reform offices in Hebron, confiscating computers and files; conducts
late-night arrest raids in Jenin town and r.c., Qabatya and nr. Hebron. For the
3d day, Jewish settlers occupying a Palestinian home in Hebron vandalize nearby
Palestinian homes, attack Palestinian residents, and try to break into several
Palestinian homes. (NYT 4/20; OCHA 4/25; PCHR 4/26)
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Palestinians fire an
antitank missile at an IDF post along the Gaza border nr. Bayt Hanun; the IDF
responds with heavy gunfire; no injuries are reported on either side. In Rafah, a Hamas mbr. is injured when an
explosive device he is handling explodes prematurely. Unidentified Palestinian gunmen shoot, wound a PA
intelligence officer in Qalqilya. |
20 APRIL
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The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Bayt Furik nr. Nablus
(firing on stone-throwing Palestinians who confront them, wounding 9), Tubas;
fires rubber- coated steel bullets, percussion grenades, tear gas at
Palestinians and Israeli and international peace activists protesting the
separation wall nr. Bil‘in, injuring 17 (including Irish Nobel Peace Prize
winner Mairead McWayer and 4 journalists). For a 4th day, Jewish settlers
occupying a Palestinian home in Hebron attempt to break into several nearby
Palestinian homes, vandalize Palestinian property, beat Palestinian residents.
(OCHA 4/25; PCHR 4/26)
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In Gaza, a Palestinian is injured when explosives he is handling detonate
prematurely. |
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The IDF makes an air strike on a rocket-launching site in n. Gaza, killing 1
Palestinian. In the West Bank, the IDF sends undercover units into Jenin, where
they ambush, fatally shoot AMB mbrs. Muhammad al-Dumaj and Ahmad al-Issa,
Islamic Jihad mbr. Mahmud Ghalail in an apparent assassination; sends undercover
units into Nablus, fatally shooting 2 wanted AMB mbrs. in an exchange of
gunfire, also heavily damaging a Palestinian home; conducts arrest raids, house
searches in and around Bethlehem, in Jenin r.c. (firing on residential areas,
fatally shooting a 17-yr.-old Palestinian girl inside her home), nr. Jenin
(fatally shooting a Palestinian bystander who steps out on his roof to observe
operations). (WP 4/22; MM 4/24;
OCHA 4/25; PCHR 4/26; NYT 5/10)
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In Gaza, the Army of Islam claims responsibility for a bombing at
the American International School in n. Gaza; no injuries are reported.
Unidentified gunmen shoot, wound an ESF mbr. nr. Nussayrat r.c. Unidentified
assailants throw a hand grenade at a PA General Intelligence vehicle in Gaza
City, missing the vehicle and causing no damage or injuries. |
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The IDF makes an air strike on a car nr. Jabaliya r.c. carrying Islamic Jihad
mbrs. who had fired rockets toward Israel (causing no damage), missing the
vehicle and causing no damage; within the hr., the IDF makes a 2d air strike on
a car in the same area, killing 1 Palestinian with no known resistance
connections. In the West Bank, the IDF fires on stone-throwing Palestinians in Ramallah,
killing a 15-yr.-old Palestinian boy; evicts some 80 Palestinians fr. Hadidiyya
in the n. Jordan Valley (the Israeli High Court ruled on 1/3 that they posed a
security threat to Jewish settlers in nearby Ro’i settlement; confiscates 169 d. of Palestinian land nr. Tulkarm for
construction of the separation wall; imposes a curfew on Hawara nr. Nablus;
conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in Balata r.c., Nablus. (WP 4/23; BBC, MM, WT 4/24; OCHA 4/25; PCHR 4/26)
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Citing 9 killings in 2 days, Hamas’s Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades
declares an end to its observance of the 11/26/06 cease-fire, though PM Haniyeh
says that the PA still has every intention of making it work. During the day,
Palestinians fire 5 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. A
Palestinian gunman fires on a Jewish settler vehicle nr. Hizma checkpoint into
Jerusalem, injuring a settler and a Palestinian bystander. In Jabaliya r.c., PRC
mbrs. abduct 5 Palestinians, including 2 ESF mbrs., exchanging fire with the ESF
that leaves 1 of the abductees dead and sparks local demonstrations. In Gaza
City, armed mbrs. of a local clan attack an ESF base, injuring 1 ESF mbr.,
kidnapping another (who is released later in the day after the PA intervenes).
In Khan Yunis, a PA security officer is carjacked, wounded by unidentified
assailants. |
23 APRIL
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In the West Bank, the IDF patrols, fires on
residential areas of Nablus; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches
nr. Hebron and in Qabatya, al-Til. (NYT, WP 4/24; OCHA 4/25; PCHR
4/26)
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Palestinians fire a rocket fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or
injuries. In Shati’ r.c., 2 Hamas mbrs. are injured when explosives they are
handling detonate prematurely. The PRCs release 4 Palestinians abducted in
Jabaliya r.c. on 4/22, saying the incident, especially the death of a 5th
abductee on 4/22, was a “regrettable mistake.” |
24 APRIL
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In Gaza, a Palestinian is injured in Jabaliya r.c. while trying to
dismantle an unexploded IDF shell. In the West Bank, the IDF
occupies a Palestinian home in Saffa nr. Ramallah as an observation post;
patrols, fires on residential areas of Nablus; conducts late- night arrest
raids, house searches in Hebron. Nr. Jenin, 2 Palestinian children (ages 4, 7)
are injured when they accidentally trigger unexploded IDF ordnance. Thousands of
Jewish settlers march to the evacuated Homesh settlement site to protest the
2005 disengagement despite the IDF’s declaration of the area as a closed
military zone; 2 IDF soldiers are injured trying to keep settlers from the site.
Jewish settlers escorted by IDF troops bar Palestinians fr. using a road s. of
Jenin for several hrs. (BBC, MM 4/24; IFM, MM, NYT, OCHA, WP 4/25; PCHR 4/26)
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On the day Israel marks independence day and Palestinians commemorate the
Nakba, Hamas’s Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades fires 6 rockets and 8 mortars into
Israel, causing no injuries, reiterating that it will no longer abide by the
11/26/06 cease-fire; the IDF responds with helicopter air strikes on n. Gaza and
fires on an open area e. of Rafah; no damage or injuries are reported on either
side. Meanwhile, moderates in Hamas’s political
wing say they are working to preserve the cease-fire. |
25 APRIL
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IDF troops on the Gaza border shoot, wound a Palestinian farmer working his
field nr. Jabaliya r.c.; fire on a group of Palestinians who stray nr. the
border fence e. of al-Maghazi r.c., causing no injuries; send bulldozers, tanks
into Gaza to level land along the border fence nr. Rafah. In Jabaliya r.c., 2
Palestinian children are injured when they accidentally trigger an unexploded
IDF tank shell. In the West Bank, the IDF demolishes 2 Palestinian homes
in East Jerusalem; occupies a Palestinian home nr. the Hawara checkpoint into
Nablus as an observation post; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jalazun
r.c. nr. Ramallah, Nablus (Palestinians detonate a roadside bomb nr. an IDF
vehicle during the raid, injuring 2 IDF soldiers). Nr. Jenin, 2 Palestinian boys
are injured when they accidentally trigger unexploded IDF ordnance. The Foreign
Press Association bureau in Jerusalem organizes a demonstration by foreign
reporters outside the Erez crossing into Gaza in support of kidnapped BBC
reporter Johnston. (REU, WT 4/25; PCHR 4/26; OCHA 5/2; PCHR 5/3)
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In Gaza City, a Hamas mbr. dies when explosives he is handling
detonate prematurely. |
26 APRIL
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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)
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Israel allows the Rafah crossing to open for the 1st time since 4/19. Gunfire
breaks out among the 5,000 Palestinians waiting to enter Egypt, leaving a PA
presidential guardsman dead; UN monitors overseeing the passage say Israel’s
closures have left the crossing too crowded to operate. IDF troops on the s.
Gaza border fire tank shells, heavy machine guns at DFLP mbrs. planning a
roadside bomb nr. the border fence, killing 1 DFLP mbr. The IDF also sends
tanks, bulldozers into Gaza to level land along the border fence e. of
al-Maghazi r.c. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids,
house searches in Hebron; fires rubber- coated steel bullets, percussion
grenades, tear gas at Palestinians and international and Israeli peace activists
holding a nonviolent demonstration against the separation wall in Bil‘in,
wounding 6 Palestinians, 1 French activist. Some 200 Palestinians fr. villages
nr. Bethlehem hold a nonviolent protest in the area against the separation
wall. A Jewish settler fr. Kiryat Arba beats a Palestinian child working in his
family’s garden; when his father and brother come to his aid, the settler fires
at them, causing no injuries; the IDF intervenes, beating and arresting the
father and older brother for “threatening” the settler. Jewish settlers fr.
Hebron beat 3 Palestinian shepherds grazing their sheep nearby and 3 peace
activists (including an Israeli rabbi) accompanying them for protection. A Palestinian dies of injuries received during an IDF raid on
Gaza City on 10/16/06. (HA 4/27; NYT 4/28; OCHA 5/2; PCHR 5/3)
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In Bayt Hanun, a PRC mbr. is killed when explosives he is
handling detonate prematurely.
In
Israel, 100s of Palestinian Israeli residents of Jaffa protest actions by the
Israel Land Administration (ILA) in the past yr. to evict some 500 Arab families
from the al-Ajami and Givat Aliya neighborhoods so as to develop the seafront
properties; the ILA calls the Palestinian families “invaders” who built on the
sites illegally. |
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IDF troops on the Gaza border fatally shoot 3 Hamas mbrs. who approach the
border fence e. of Gaza City. The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishermen
off the Rafah coast, forcing them back to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF
raids, searches an Islamic charity and a prisoners’ support group in Ramallah,
confiscating documents, damaging computers; patrols, fires on residential areas
of Tulkarm, damaging several shops; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr.
Jericho and in Qalqilya, Tubas. Jewish settlers stone Palestinian vehicles,
attack Palestinians nr. the evacuated Homesh settlement site. (HA 4/28; OCHA 5/2; PCHR 5/3)
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In Gaza,
unidentified assailants detonate a small bomb outside a club frequented by PA
traffic police in Sudaniyya, causing no injuries. |
29 APRIL
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For a 2d day,the Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the Rafah
coast, forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts
arrest raids, house searches in ‘Askar r.c., Nablus, Tulkarm r.c. (OCHA 5/2; PCHR 5/3)
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In Hebron, AMB
mbrs. force the closure of a club for fmr. prisoners and an office of the PA
Prisoners Affairs Min. to protest the PA’s failure to pay pensions to the
prisoners and their families. |
30 APRIL
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The IDF sends troops into Gaza nr. the Sufa crossing to level land in search
of tunnels. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols, fires on residential areas of Bita nr. Nablus,
detaining 3 Palestinian teenagers who threw stones at the troops; conducts
arrest raids, house searches in and around Bethlehem, nr. Tulkarm, and in Balata
r.c., Nablus. (NYT 5/1; OCHA 5/2;
PCHR 5/3)
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In Gaza, angry Palestinians storm the Egyptian legation in Gaza
City, demanding that Egypt release 5 Palestinians it has jailed without charge
for 3 yrs. after they illegally entered Egypt seeking medical treatment (Egypt
claims they are Hamas mbrs.); PA police force demonstrators out of the building,
firing in the air, causing no injuries; Egypt denounces the incident.
In Hebron, unidentified gunmen fire on the home of the local PSF
head, causing damage but no injuries. Palestinian schoolteachers hold a 1-day
strike to protest the PA’s failure to pay their salaries. |
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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