Sunday, March 30, 2008

Weekly Report - March 18

Israeli missile strikes in the Gaza Strip killed four Palestinians and injured twelve, including a ten-year-old boy. Five Palestinians, who were all members of Palestinian militant groups, were killed by IDF units in the West Bank on March 13.

Twenty-six other Palestinians were injured in a protest in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in protest of ongoing archaeological excavations and settlement activity the area. Three Israeli demonstrators were injured at the weekly protest in Bil’in and one Israeli security guard was stabbed in Jerusalem.

Two residential structures were demolished in the West Bank, displacing five Palestinians.

OCHA reported 72 flying checkpoints, 129 search operations, and 168 arrests.