Sunday, March 30, 2008

Weekly Report - March 11

Six Palestinians were killed and 5 injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Another was killed and 23 others injured in the West Bank.

One Israeli soldier was killed and three others injured by a roadside bomb on the eastern border on the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack.

Eight Israeli students were killed in an attack at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva by a Palestinian from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabil Mukhaber. The attack injured 9 others.

65 curfew hours were imposed on communities in Nablus, Qalqiliya, Salfit, and Bethlehem. 42 of these were imposed on the community of Azzun (Qalqiliya).

17 Palestinian structures and an additional 12 animal barracks were demolished in the West Bank, displacing a total of 73 people.

OCHA reported 86 flying checkpoints, 128 search operations, and 153 arrests by Israeli forces.