10 Palestinians killed.
Anticipating protests following Friday prayers, Israel
seals the West Bank and Gaza, allows plain clothes PA police to deploy in
the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount to form a cordon to prevent Palestinians fr.
throwing stones. The PA police, Waqf officials largely succeed in
restraining the crowd, but when a handful of the 8,000 Palestinian worshipers do
throw rocks, Israeli forces open fire, killing 2 Palestinians, wounding
60. At sundown IDF troops raid the Haram al-Sharif to chase off
Palestinians, lower a Palestinian flag. In total, 9 Palestinians are
killed, 450 injured during the day; a 10th dies of wounds received earlier. (AP,
JP [Internet], LAW, MM 10/6; MENA 10/6, IRNA, TT 10/7 in WNC 10/10; NYT, WP, WT
10/7; AYM 10/7 in WNC 10/12)
The largest rally in support of the Palestinians is held in
Amman, where 30,000 Jordanians, Palestinians attempt to march on the
Israeli emb. but are dispersed by Jordanian police firing tear gas.
In Baqa` camp, Jordanian police fire on 2,000 Palestinian demonstrators,
killing 1, injuring at least 50. The incidents prompt the government to ban
public protests. In Damascus, Syrian police use tear gas to disperse
protesters attempting to march to the U.S. emb. In Tunis, Arafat,
Pres. Zine Abidine Ben Ali participate in a rally attended by 10,000
Tunisians. Crowds also demonstrate in Egypt, Indonesia,
Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Oman,
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Yemen, as well as in
Berlin, Canberra, Geneva, the Hague, London,
Prague, Reykjavik, and Vienna. In Canada, rallies
are held in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo, and Windsor. In the
U.S., protests are staged in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Cleveland,
Columbus, Dearborn, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, New York,
Oklahoma City, Orlando, Ottawa, Phoenix, Raleigh, Sacramento, San Diego, San
Francisco, San Jose, Tampa, Washington. (BBC, MM, REU, UPI 10/6; AFP, CTK
[Prague], EFE [Madrid] 10/6, JT 10/8 in WNC 10/10; Toronto Star, WP, WT
10/7; al-Quds 10/7, AFP 10/11 in WNC 10/12; REU 10/8; WP 10/10; MM 10/11;
Daily Star 10/12 in WNC 10/13; MEI 10/13; SA 10/16 in WNC 10/18; Le
Monde 11/7 in WNC 11/8)
2 Palestinians killed.
The IDF continues to direct shells, heavy machine gun fire at
Palestinian residential areas of Hebron, killing 2 Palestinians.
The IDF also directs heavy machine gun fire at residential areas of
al-Bureij, Khan Yunis; bulldozes Palestinian agricultural land in Bayt Lahia,
Khan Yunis, al-Qarara; sets up a new observation post outside Nablus. (HP, WT 10/7; al-Quds 10/7 in WNC 10/9; LAW
10/13)
The PSF
arrests at least 1 senior Hamas mbr., Abbas Sayid, and 1 senior
Islamic Jihad mbr., Anans Shrata, in compliance with Israeli-U.S. demands
for preventive arrests.
3 Palestinians killed.
In Jenin r.c., Islamic Jihad mbr. Samir Nursi is fatally shot in an
exchange of gunfire with an IDF soldier. Jewish settlers fire on
Palestinians harvesting olive groves in Aqraba village, killing 1 Palestinian,
wounding another. A Palestinian taxi driver dies of injuries received on
10/5. IDF soldiers fire on a heard of cows on a Palestinian farm nr.
Jabaliya r.c., killing 3 cows, wounding several others. (NYT, WP, WT 10/7; PCHR,
Radio Tariq al-Mahabbeh [Ramallah] 10/9)
The IDF shoots, wounds 4 Palestinians attempting to bypass the new
checkpoint separating Rafah, Khan Yunis (see 10/5); continues bulldozing land
nr. Morag settlement (Palestinians say some 400 dunams have been leveled since
10/5); demolishes 3 Palestinian homes in Rafah; searches buildings in
Jenin (including a medical relief building, Charity Fund Comm. offices),
confiscating files, computers; conducts arrest raids in Jenin, detaining 31
alleged Islamic Jihad mbrs. The PA reports
that the IDF, Israeli police have rounded up some 2,350
Palestinian laborers inside the Green Line in the past 24 hrs. for return to
the territories. (HA, MM 10/6; HA, MM, NYT, WP, WT 10/7; PCHR 10/9; MEI 10/10)
An IDF soldier nr. the Israeli-Lebanese border is fatally shot by an
unidentified gunman apparently shooting fr. Lebanon. (HA, MM 10/6;
HA, MM, NYT, WP, WT 10/7; MEI 10/10)
Hamas fires 16 mortars at a
Jewish settlement in Gaza, causing no damage or injuries.
7 Palestinians killed.
In n. Gaza, the IDF fatally shoots 3 Palestinian bystanders
during the day; Palestinian observers estimate that the IDF has demolished 60
Palestinian homes, bulldozed 100 d. of agricultural land in n. Gaza since
Operation Days of Penitence began on 9/28. In s. Gaza, the IDF fatally
shoots 3 Hamas mbrs. attempting to infiltrate Kefar Darom settlement; the
gunfire sets off explosives the Hamas mbrs. are carrying, killing a Thai
laborer at the settlement. The IDF also bulldozes 25 d. in Dayr
al-Balah. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids in Saida nr.
Tulkarm, fires on stone-throwing youths who confront troops, killing a
16-yr.-old Palestinian. (NYT, PCHR, WP 10/7; WP 10/8; PR 10/13; PCHR 10/14)
The IDF raids al-Quds Open University campus in Hebron, holds 52
students and staff for interrogation for 3 hrs. until the Temporary
International Presence in Hebron intervenes; raids, searches Palestinian
homes nr. Nablus, Ramallah; conducts late night arrest raids, house searches in
and around Ramallah, nr. Bethlehem. (HA, IMEMC, JAZ 10/6;
Irish Examiner 10/7; AFP, NYT 10/8; MEI 10/12; PCHR 10/13)
In Gaza, 1 Italian, 1 French
journalist are kidnapped, quickly released by unidentified gunmen who
say they wanted to pressure the PA to address employment issues in the Strip. In
Bayt Lahiya, suspected militant Fatah mbrs. shoot, wound PA military
intelligence official Bassam Azzam (who was close to assassinated military
intelligence cmdr. Musa Arafat). Later, suspected Hamas mbrs. kidnap,
shoot, then dump seriously wounded senior Fatah official Samir al-Juz in
Bayt Lahiya. Soon after, a previously unknown group calling itself the Omar
Bin al-Khattab Brigades (OBKB; suspected to be made up of disaffected PA
General Intelligence officers angry over the 10/2 clashes) kidnaps
senior Hamas mbrs. (Bassam Obeido, Hassan Safi, Ra’id Raz) in Bethlehem,
Hebron, and Tulkarm, stating that "this is a response to Hamas's violations and
disregard for law and order and their attacks on security institutions and
Palestinian leaders. . . . This is our first response"; Hamas blames elements of
Fatah; the AMB says it is not involved.
Overnight, the IDF sends troops into Khan Yunis, searching and occupying
several homes, rounding up 53 Palestinians for 18 hrs. of interrogation,
bulldozing 3 d. of olive trees; closes the Rafah crossing. A Palestinian is
killed when a smugglers tunnel on the Rafah border collapses. The IDF also seals
the West Bank until 10/10 for the Sukkoth holidays; sends troops into Bil‘in nr.
Ramallah, raiding and searching homes, firing on stone-throwing youths who
confront them (wounding 1), arresting a Palestinian journalist; conducts arrest
raids, house searches in Askar r.c., villages nr. Jenin (firing on residential
areas of Tubas). (OCHA 10/11; PCHR 10/12)
In Gaza, the IDF sends bulldozers
into the Qarni industrial zone to erect sand berms; Palestinians fire anti-tank
missiles at the troops, who respond with heavy machine gun fire; no injuries
are reported. The IDF also sends troops into al-Qarara nr. Khan Yunis, where they exchange fire with local Palestinians, causing no reported injuries. The IDF, armed Palestinians trade machine gun and mortar fire across the border e. of al-Maghazi, causing no damage or injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF ambushes, arrests 3
Palestinians driving in Birzeit nr. Ramallah (their political affiliation is
not reported); conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron and in Qalqilya, Qabatya nr. Jenin. (OCHA 10/10; PCHR 10/11)
Israeli forces arrested nine Palestinians in Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus, Palestinian security sources said. A senior Islamic Jihad commander was captured after a fire fight, said a spokesman for the faction's military wing. He was arrested in Qabatiya, where PA security forces operate. By agreement with the Palestinian leadership, the Israeli military was supposed to stay out of the area. (Ma'an News Agency, Xinhua)
Israeli forces have killed 5,526 Palestinians over the past eight years including 1,010 children under 18 and 340 women and girls, said a PLO report. Israeli forces detained more than 65,000 Palestinians, of whom 11,000 are still in Israeli jails. (Ma'an News Agency)
Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group, filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Palestinians against the Israeli Government seeking NIS 1.5 million ($430,000) in damages for letting Israeli settlers illegally seize their land to build the unauthorized "Migron" outpost. . (AP, Haaretz)