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05JERUSALEM3317
2005-07-29 05:58:00
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Consulate Jerusalem
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WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JERUSALEM 003317 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEA FOR FO; NEA/SA/EX FOR AUSTIN-FERGUSON; DEPT FOR
DS/IP/ITA; DEPT FOR DS/IP/NEA; NSC FOR ABRAMS/MUSTAFA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
SUBJECT: WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
PALESTINIAN BOY KILLED DURING IDF INCURSION IN JENIN,
SENIOR PIJ OFFICIAL ARRESTED; PALESTINIAN GIRL WOUNDED IN
GAZA.


This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable.

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JERUSALEM 003317

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

NEA FOR FO; NEA/SA/EX FOR AUSTIN-FERGUSON; DEPT FOR
DS/IP/ITA; DEPT FOR DS/IP/NEA; NSC FOR ABRAMS/MUSTAFA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
SUBJECT: WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
PALESTINIAN BOY KILLED DURING IDF INCURSION IN JENIN,
SENIOR PIJ OFFICIAL ARRESTED; PALESTINIAN GIRL WOUNDED IN
GAZA.


This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable.


1. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian
security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and
killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July

27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a
five-year-old Palestinian girl was critically injured by IDF
tank fire overnight July 27-28 in the Jeneh area of Rafah.
One Palestinian was lightly wounded in an exchange of fire
near an IDF outpost north of Rafah on July 27. End Summary.

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West Bank
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2. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY:

-- Deaths/Injuries: According to Palestinian sources, a
15-year old Palestinian, Yusif Hasis, died of wounds incurred
from IDF fire when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27 and
clashed with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Al Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades gunmen. About 13 other Palestinians,
mostly militants, were injured during the exchange of fire.
Two IDF soldiers were also lightly injured. (See
&Arrests.8)

-- Arrests: According to Palestinian media, the IDF arrested
a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the
IDF operation in Jenin July 27 (see &Deaths/Injuries8).

-- Arrests: Palestinian newspapers reported that the IDF
detained a 13-year old Palestinian boy at an IDF outpost near
the Neguhot settlement in the Hebron area July 27. The boy
was allegedly carrying a knife and threatened one of the IDF
soldiers.

-- Security Incidents: According to Israeli radio, IDF
forces thwarted an attack in the Nablus area on Ebal mountain
July 27, after finding a 15-kilogram device carried by three
Palestinians who managed to flee the scene. An army bomb
squad diffused the device, and embarked on a search for the
militants.


3. (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS:

-- According to Palestinian media, there were scuffles and

clashes July 27 between PA security forces elements in
Qalqiliya, Tubas, and Bethlehem. Confrontations erupted
after National Security Forces (NSF) officers attempted to
take over facilities occupied by the "Special Forces." The
Special Forces are, by Ministry of Interior order, supposed
to be consolidated into the NSF, but they thus far are
resisting real integration.

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Gaza
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4. (SBU) ATTACKS:

-- Deaths: Nil.

-- Injuries/Shooting: According to UNRWA, a five-year-old
Palestinian girl was critically wounded by IDF tank fire
overnight July 27-28 in the Jeneh area of Rafah.

-- Injuries/Shooting: (Follow-up to a report in the
&Shootings8 section of the July 27 sitrep.) According to
an UNRWA, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman sustained shrapnel
wounds in her back during the previously reported exchange of
fire between gunmen and IDF soldiers near Rafah Yam on July
26 at 2035.

-- Injuries/Shooting: The IDF reported that one Palestinian
suspect was lightly wounded in an exchange of fire near an
IDF outpost north of Rafah on July 27 at 0900.

-- Rockets: Israeli media and the IDF reported that three
Qassam rockets were fired at Sderot during the early morning
of July 28. UNRWA put the figure at six rockets directed at
Sderot and two more against the northern Gaza settlement
bloc. No injuries or damage were reported.

-- Rockets: UNRWA reported that three Qassams were fired at
Neve Dekalim overnight July 27-28.

-- Missiles: UNRWA reported that an anti-tank missile was
fired at an IDF bulldozer opposite Block J in Rafah overnight
July 27-28. According to the UNRWA report, PA National
Security Forces pursued the attackers, but then came under
IDF tank fire along with the attackers. The attackers
escaped. No injuries were reported.

-- Mortars: The IDF reported four instances of mortar
shelling between 2320 on July 27 and 0435 on July 28. No
injuries were reported. Three of the shells, fired around
0200, targeted the Nativ Ha,asara and Meffalsim kibbutzim in
Israel. Individual shells were fired at an IDF APC about six
kilometers south of Kissufim junction at 2320; at Elei Sinai
at 0200; and at an IDF outpost near Morag at 0435. UNRWA
reported a mortar fired at Ganei Tal overnight.

-- Shootings: The IDF reported five incidents of gunfire
directed at IDF soldiers on July 27 (in addition to the
incident reported in &Injuries/Shooting8 above). Gunmen
fired at soldiers in an IDF outpost west of Khan Yunis at
1230; in an IDF outpost north of Rafah at 1350; in an IDF
vehicle near an outpost north of Rafah at 1400; in an APC
approximately 4 kms NE of Nahal Oz crossing at 1530; and in
an IDF outpost west of Khan Yunis at 1545. No injuries were
reported from any of these five incidents.

-- Explosions: Nil.

(SBU) ARRESTS: UNRWA reported that IDF soldiers arrested
four members of the Shanalakh family north of Netzarim at
1930 on July 27.


5. (SBU) INCURSIONS/DEMOLITIONS: Nil.


6. (SBU) BORDER CROSSINGS:

-- No Palestinians except those holding Jerusalem ID cards
are currently allowed to use the Erez crossing. The crossing
is open for international travelers.

-- The Abu Houli internal crossing was reopened on July 27
but closed overnight from 1930 to 0800.

-- The Erez Industrial Zone was closed.

-- The Karni terminal was partially open.

-- Rafah Terminal was open in both directions, but closed to
Palestinian males between the ages of 16 and 35 traveling to
Egypt.

-- Sufa Crossing was closed for Palestinian laborers but open
for construction materials.

-- Netzarim Junction at Salahadeen Road was closed.

-- The Netzarim Coastal Road was open.
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