The Rafah crossing remained open until February 3, when Hamas and Egyptian officials rebuilt the barrier, and resumed their regulation of movement across the border.
In Gaza, the IDF killed 4 Palestinians - all of whom were militants - and injured 12 others. 21 were injured by the IDF in the West Bank, of whom there were six were children and one woman. Israeli settlers assaulted two boys in Hebron.
Two Palestinian men, both aged 20 and from Hebron, carried out a suicide bombing in Dimona, which killed one Israeli woman and injured six others.
Israeli settlers from Havat Gilad uprooted roughly 200 olive trees belonging to a Palestinian farmer outside Qalqiliya. The IDF issued demolition orders on six homes and a shop.
A 2-hour curfew was imposed in Kfar Thulth, Qalqiliya, on January 30th during a search and arrest operation. 78 flying checkpoints, 92 searches, and 63 arrests were made - all in the West Bank.
On February 5, a suicide bombing in the town of Dimona killed one Israeli woman.
Source: OCHA oPt, Haaretz
Weekly Reports - 2008
Negotiations
