The IDF fatally shoots a Palestinian motorist who fails to stop at a flying checkpoint btwn. Nablus and Tulkarm; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem and Hebron, in Nablus, in and around Tulkarm. Some 50 armed PA military intelligence officers block main roads in Gaza City, raid the PC offices in Rafah to protest the PA's decision to meld military intelligence into the regular PA security forces. (PCHR 6/2; JP 6/2 in WNC 6/3; OCHA 6/8; PCHR 6/9)

Israel releases the last 398 Palestinian prisoners of 900 that Sharon promised to free in his 2/8 mtg. with PA Pres. Mahmud Abbas in Sharm al-Shaykh; 2 prisoners refuse release (1 to stay in prison with his brother, 1 to take the Palestinian high school matriculation exams [tawjihi] slated to be given to prisoners shortly). The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarm and in Azariyya, Balata r.c., Nablus; searches, temporarily occupies a flour mill in Gaza's al-Qarara for use as an observation tower to protect Jewish settlers traveling btwn. Gush Katif and Israel; begins work on a new segment of the separation wall s. of Nablus. Palestinian residents of Dayr al-Hatab nr. Nablus report that the IDF has for 3 wks. been bulldozing Palestinian land around Elon Moreh to create a buffer around the settlement. Israel issues tenders for the construction of 22 new housing units in Ma'ale Adumim settlement, despite U.S President George W. Bush's calls to stop all settlement expansion. A Jewish settler injures a Palestinian girl in a hit-and-run incident n. of Ramallah. In Gaza City, (IMEMC, JP, JTA, WAFA 6/2; VOI 6/2 in WNC 6/3; WP, WT 6/3; IMEMC 6/4; OCHA, PR 6/8; PCHR 6/9)

100s of armed Palestinians (mbrs. of PA military intelligence, the AMB, Fatah) protest the PA's decision to dismantle the military intelligence service, merge it with the PA security forces, and retire a number of officers; some demonstrators fire in the air.

The IDF confirms that today for the 1st time it used (against 400 Palestinians protesting nonviolently against the separation wall in Bil`in ) a new crowd-dispersal device that emits painful bursts of sound at a specific frequency. The IDF conducts patrols in Dura, fires on stone-throwing youths who confront the troops, wounding 2; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem; razes 300 d. of agricultural land southwest of Hebron for construction of the separation wall. (AP, BBC 6/3; XIN 6/4; AP 6/5; PCHR 6/9; JP 6/26 in WNC 6/27)

Ma'ariv 6/3 runs a feature interviewing IDF soldiers who confirm that the IDF carried out "eye for an eye" reprisal attacks on PA police officers in 2002 in retaliation for the 2/19/02 killing of 6 IDF soldiers at a checkpoint outside Ramallah by a lone AMB gunman who escaped. The IDF says that the reprisal killings were never investigated because they were "part of a series of operations against terrorism in line with Israeli army orders and procedures." (MA, Newsday 6/3; NYT 6/4)

5 Palestinian gunmen fatally shoot Fatah regional head Ali Farraj and his brother, charging that Farraj ordered the killing of their father, an alleged collaborator, in 1991.

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches around Bethlehem and in al-`Azza r.c., Bayt Surik nr. Jerusalem, Yatta; halts a taxi nr. Ramallah, detains 1 passenger—Samir Burnat, a leading organizer of nonviolent protests against the separation wall in Bil`in. (HA 6/4; AP, IMEMC, NYT 6/5; PCHR 6/9; al-Ahram 6/10; PR 6//15; BBC 6/16)

Some 40 mbrs. of PA military intelligence loyal to Musa Arafat (forced to retire in 4/05) attack the PC building in Gaza City and block the main road to Rafah checkpoint, temporarily detain PA Amb. to North Korea Shakir Abu Aida in protest against Abbas's recent age limits for PA security officers, release him unharmed. Palestinian attorneys stage a 1-day strike to protest the PA's failure to protect judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers fr. increasing vigilantism.

The IDF fires on a group of Palestinian teenagers who stray close to the fence around Gaza's Neve Dekalim settlement, injuring 1; demolishes a Palestinian home, several farm buildings in Yatta; raids a dental clinic in Hebron, arrests the director, questions the staff, summons local Palestinians for questioning; conducts arrest raids in Tulkarm, exchanging fire with wanted Palestinians, detaining 3, wounding 1. (AP 6/5; PR 6/8; PCHR 6/9; al-Ahram 6/10)

Armed AMB mbrs. occupy the PA Interior Min. offices in Nablus to protest the ministry's failure to provide them protection, salaries; 1 AMB mbr., 1 PA security officer are injured in scuffles outside the complex; the stand-off ends when the PA reportedly agrees to their demands.

A group of Israelis celebrating Jerusalem Day, marking the 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem, visit the al-Aqsa Mosque compound under Israeli police escort; outraged Palestinians at the site throw stones at Israeli police, Jewish worshipers at the Wailing Wall; the some 3,000 police, deployed to prevent violence on the anniversary, respond with stun grenades; no injuries are reported. The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Bayt Hanina nr. Jerusalem, Jenin; bulldozes at least 8 d. of agricultural land n. of Qalqilya for construction of the separation wall. (JAZ 6/6; HA 6/7; NYT, WP 6/8; PCHR 6/9)

In response to the al-Aqsa incident, Hamas fires 4 Qassam rockets at the Negev, causing light damage or injuries.

The IDF raids Qabatya nr. Jenin to arrest wanted Islamic Jihad cmdr. Marawa Khalil (also reported as Murwa Kamil), exchanges gunfire with him, attracting a mob of stone-throwing Palestinians; in the ensuing 90-min. clashes, Khalil and an unarmed Palestinian bystander are fatally shot, 9 Palestinians (including at least 3 bystanders) and 1 IDF soldier are wounded, Khalil's house is demolished; 100s of Palestinians later march in Jenin, protesting the IDF operation and calling for revenge. The IDF also fatally shoots an Arab (identity unknown, carrying Egyptian bank notes) who tries to scale the Rafah border fence; fires a missile at Palestinian resistance mbrs. in Bayt Hanun, causing no damage or injuries; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron. (PRCS 6/7; MENA, VOP, XIN 6/7 in WNC 6/8; NYT, OCHA, PR, WP, WT 6/8; VOP, XIN 6/8 in WNC 6/9; PCHR 6/9; al-Ahram 6/10; PR 6/15)

In retaliation for the Jenin raid, Islamic Jihad fires mortars at Gaza's Ganei Tal settlement, hitting a greenhouse and killing 2 Palestinian and 1 Chinese laborer, wounding 5 Palestinians. In further response to 6/6 events in Jerusalem, Hamas fires 3 Qassam rockets at Sederot and several mortars at Gaza settlements, causing light damage, no injuries; Israeli FM Silvan Shalom blames Hamas for "trying very hard to undermine our efforts to move toward peace with the Palestinian Authority."

In disputed circumstances, the IDF fires 2 missiles at Hamas mbrs. reportedly driving a car transporting a rocket launcher in Khan Yunis, but the Hamas mbrs. escape unharmed; around the same time Hamas mbrs. fire 9 mortars, 1 Qassam rocket at nearby IDF targets and settlements, damaging a bus, lightly wounding 2 IDF soldiers; The IDF says it retaliated against the Hamas mbrs., who attacked 1st; Hamas says the IDF targeted its mbrs. 1st, and they responded. The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Gaza's al-Mawasi area and nr. Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm. Jewish settlers set fire to a Palestinian store in Hebron. A Palestinian dies of injuries received on 6/7 in Khan Yunis. (PRCS 6/8; AFP, VOI, VOP, XIN 6/8 in WNC 6/9; NYT, PCHR, WT 6/9; OCHA, PR 6/15; PCHR 6/16)

A Palestinian teenager stabs, wounds an Israeli policeman in West Jerusalem, is arrested.

The IDF temporarily detains, roughs up 9 PA security officers in Hebron; sends troops into Tulkarm, fires on residential areas, wounding 1 in response to gunfire at a Palestinian wedding. 15 militant Jewish settler families take over a vacant Gaza hotel in Neve Dekalim settlement, threaten to use it as a base to resist disengagement implementation. (WT 6 /10; VOP 6/10 in WNC 6/11; NYT 6/12; PCHR 6/16)

PA security forces cracking down on the carrying of weapons in public stop 2 Palestinian Resistance Comm. (PRC) mbrs. driving in Gaza, fire on their car when they refuse to get out and permit a search, and instead drive away; 1 PRC mbr. is wounded.

The IDF patrols Ithna nr. Hebron, fires on residential areas; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Tulkarm. (NYT 6/12; PR 6/15; PCHR 6/16)

Some 40 armed PRC mbrs. angry over a shooting incident in Gaza on 6/9 fire on the Gaza home of PA police cmdr. Rashid Abu Shibak, causing damage but no injuries, sparking a 5-hr. clash with PA security forces (during which the PRC mbrs. also fire rocket-propelled grenades); at least 3 Palestinians are wounded.

The IDF bars an ambulance transporting a Palestinian heart attack victim fr. crossing a checkpoint to reach a hospital in Tulkarm, allowing him to die; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Hebron, Yatta. (PR 6/15; PCHR 6/16)

Masked Palestinian gunmen fire on the PA preventive security forces headquarters outside Gaza City, causing no injuries.

At its annual conference, the New England United Methodist Church passes a resolution calling for divestment and economic action against Israeli occupation. The resolution denounces Israel’s construction of the separation wall, settlement expansion, confiscation of Palestinian property, as well as the "unemployment, malnutrition, restrictions on movement, denial of medical cared, denial of access to their agricultural lands, humiliation at checkpoints, and extended lockdowns called curfews" caused by the IDF. (United Methodist Church press release 6/20)

Israel seals the West Bank and Gaza through 6/14 for the Shavut holidays. The IDF patrols in villages nr. Tulkarm, firing live ammunition at Palestinian stone-throwers who confront them in Saida, seriously injuring 1 bystander; patrols in, fires on residential area of Nablus. An ailing Palestinian dies at a checkpoint nr. Tulkarm when the IDF bars passage to a private car taking him to a hospital. Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba attack Palestinian homes s. of Hebron, causing damage but no injuries. (IMEMC 6/12; BBC, NYT, WT 6/13; HA 6/14; OCHA, PR 6/15; PCHR 6/16; PR 6/22)

The PA executes 4 Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder (3 by hanging, 1 by firing squad), marking the 1st time in 3 yrs. that the PA has carried out the death penalty. Rival factions of the AMB exchange gunfire in central Ramallah, leaving 2 AMB mbrs. wounded.

The IDF imposes a curfew on, patrols in al-Khadir; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, in Issawiyya in East Jerusalem; raids, searches a school in Bayt Jala late in the evening. (VOP 6/13 in WNC 6/14; PCHR 6/16)

Palestinians fire 4 mortars at Gush Katif, causing no damage or injuries.

The IDF patrols in Dura, fires on residential areas, then fires on stone-throwing Palestinians who confront the troops. 12 Jewish settler families fr. other West Bank settlements move into Sanur (previous pop. 31 families, 105 individuals), which is slated to be evacuated under disengagement. Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba poison a horse belonging to Palestinians living nearby; the same settlers poisoned another horse a wk. earlier. (AFP, IMEMC 6/14; PCHR 6/16)

The IDF demolishes a 3-story building, a 2-story building in Jerusalem; temporarily occupies a flour mill in al-Qarara as an observation tower to protect Jewish settlers traveling btwn. Gush Katif and Israel (it had occupied the same mill on 6/2); conducts arrest raids, house searches in Mughraqa and nr. Hebron, Khan Yunis, Ramallah. IDF undercover units arrest 3 wanted Islamic Jihad mbrs. in an operation nr. Ramallah. Jewish settlers fr. Keddumim set fire to 100 Palestinian olive trees. (REU 6/15; JAZ. PCHR 6/16; OCHA, PR 6/22; PCHR 6/23)

Some 40 armed Palestinians open fire in Jenin's city center, stage a sit-in in front of PA PM Ahmad Qurai`'s Jericho home to protest the PA's failure to honor commitments to integrate them into the PA.

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, in Bethlehem; undercover units arrest 3 wanted Islamic Jihad mbrs. in an operation nr. Jenin (see 6/15). Israeli police arrest 6 Jewish settler women fr. Kiryat Arba for writing graffiti calling for the expulsion of Palestinians on the walls of adjacent Palestinian homes. (IMEMC, JAZ 6/16; HA 6/17; PCHR 6/23)

In response to Bethlehem arrests, Islamic Jihad fires 2 rockets at Sederot, causing damage but no injuries. Palestinian lawyers demonstrate in Ramallah to draw attention to calls by the Palestinian Bar Association on the PA to halt chaos in the territories.

The IDF seals the Gaza Strip; shoots, wounds a mentally handicapped Palestinian who strays into a closed military zone nr. the Rafah terminal to Egypt; conducts arrest raids nr. Jenin; patrols in Nablus; bulldozes around 170 d. of agricultural land e. of Yatta for construction of a road along the separation wall. An ailing 70-yr.-old Palestinian woman trying to reach a hospital in Jerusalem dies of a heart attack at an IDF checkpoint nr. Bethlehem after being delayed passage. (IMEMC 6/17; XIN 6/18; OCHA 6/22; PCHR 6/23)

The IDF clashes with 4 mbrs. of the AMB, Islamic Jihad at an IDF outpost outside Gaza's Kefar Darom settlement, killing 1 Islamic Jihad mbr., wounding an AMB mbr., while the 2 other gunmen flee. The IDF also opens the Rafah crossing, with severe restrictions on who may cross, but otherwise continues to seal the Gaza Strip; raids a suspected Islamic Jihad weapons factory in Jenin, arrests 1 Islamic Jihad mbr.; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Hebron, in Mughraqa, nr. Tulkarm; bulldozes 1 d. of Palestinian agricultural land bordering Kefar Darom. Around 30 armed Jewish settlers (young disengagement protesters who moved to Neve Dekalim in recent days) attack a group of Palestinians in al-Mawasi, beating 3, shooting and wounding 1; Israeli soldiers observe but do not intervene, delay the checkpoint crossing of an ambulance transporting the wounded man to the hospital. Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba occupy 3 Palestinian stores in the Palestinian section of Hebron for use as a synagogue, uproot 33 olive trees, destroy a harvest of plums. (HA, XIN 6/18; VOI, VOP 6/18 in WNC 6/19; WP 6/20; OCHA, PR 6/22; PCHR 6/23; IMEMC 6/24)

Soon after Neve Dekalim beatings, Palestinians fire 4 mortars at Neve Dekalim, 1 rocket at Sederot, causing no damage or injuries.

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem and in Jenin, Tubas. (WP 6/20; OCHA, PR 6/22; PCHR 6/23)

Claiming retaliation for recent arrest raids and attacks on its mbrs., Islamic Jihad, the Abu Rish Brigades (a Fatah offshoot) take responsibility for 2 Palestinians firing an antitank round at an IDF post on the Rafah border, killing 1 IDF soldier, wounding 2; firing a rocket-propelled grenade at IDF soldiers and civilian laborers working nearby, causing no injuries; the IDF fires back, killing 1 Palestinian militant, while the 2d escapes; Israel vows to launch a crackdown on Islamic Jihad.

The IDF fatally shoots an unarmed Palestinian teenager, wounds a 2d who were nr. a closed military zone outside Bureij r.c.; fires on Palestinians conducting a nonviolent protest against the separation wall nr. Yatta, wounding 8; imposes a curfew on, patrols in Baqa` al-Sharqiyya nr. Tulkarm; for no apparent reason fires on a Palestinian car driving in central Hebron, wounding the driver; later conducts arrest raids, house searches in Hebron as well as in Bethlehem and Sawahara al-Sharqiyya nr. Jerusalem, nr. Tulkarm. (IDF Radio, VOI, XIN, YA 6/20 in WNC 6/21; HA, WP, WT 6/21; OCHA, PR 6/22; PCHR 6/23)

An Islamic Jihad gunman fatally shoots a Jewish settler driving nr. Tulkarm, wounds his passenger. Palestinians fire mortars at Gush Katif, causing no damage or injuries.

Overnight, the IDF arrests 52 Islamic Jihad mbrs. in the largest raids against the group in the West Bank since 3/05; half of the mbrs. are arrested in Hebron, others in Jenin, Qalqilya, Ramallah. Minutes before Sharon and Abbas hold their 1st mtg. since the 2/8 Sharm al-Shaykh summit to coordinate disengagement, IDF aircraft fires 2 missiles at a group of Islamic Jihad mbrs. in Bayt Lahiya in what Israeli officials say is a failed attempt to assassinate a wanted Islamic Jihad mbr. The Israel FMin. says that "the message was very clear—that Israel cannot accept the fact that Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and the al-Aqsa Brigades have weapons." The PA urges Islamic Jihad, the AMB to abide by the cease-fire. The IDF also conducts arrest raids, house searches in Nablus, Qalqilya and around Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarm. (AFP, HA, JAZ 6/21; VOP 6/21 in WNC 6/21; Daily Star, HA, NYT, PR, WP, WT 6/22; PCHR, WP, WT 6/23; VOI 6/23 in WNC 6/24; QA 6/27 in WNC 6/28; Jordan Times 7/1)

The Knesset Interior Comm. discusses the civilian aspects of the Or Commission's 9/1/03 report into the 10/00 riots during which 13 Israeli Palestinians were killed by police. Fmr. High Court Justice Theodore Or says that the government has done nothing to implement his comm.'s recommendations (particularly for achieving equal rights for Israeli Palestinians), address the issues raised in the report. (YA 6/21)

Palestinians fire a mortar at a Jewish settlement in s. Gaza, causing no damage or injuries.

Israel announces that the IDF will resume targeting Islamic Jihad mbrs. for assassination. The PA warns that the move could rupture the unofficial cease-fire, but Israel argues that the targeting would still be in line with truce provisions, which it claims allow Israel to defend itself against imminent attack if the PA security forces fail to do so; the PA rejects this. Later, the IDF fires missiles at a group of Islamic Jihad mbrs. in Bayt Lahiya in an apparent assassination attempt. The IDF also conducts major arrest raids, house searches in Balata r.c. and Nablus, clashing with local gunmen, leaving no reported casualties; conducts other arrest raids, house searches in Hebron, nr. Jenin; demolishes 10 Palestinian homes in Jiftlik nr. Jericho; bulldozes 5 d. of land in, fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis; conducts patrols in Kafr Dik nr. Nablus, Tamun nr. Jenin. (AFP, HA, WP, WT, XIN 6/22; PCHR 6/23; VOP 6/23 in WNC 6/24; OCHA, PR 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

A Palestinian grabs the gun of an Israeli security guard at the Barkan industrial zone nr. Ariel settlement, shoots and wounds the guard, flees. Palestinian gunmen fire on an IDF outpost nr. Gush Katif, causing damage but no injuries. Palestinian gunmen fire on a building in Balata r.c. where Qurai` is giving a speech, detonate a roadside bomb as he and his convoy leave the area; no injuries are reported in either incident, no group claims responsibility.

The IDF fires on residential areas of, conducts arrest raids and house searches in, Qalqilya; raids, searches houses in al-Til nr. Bethlehem and Saida nr. Tulkarm, occupying 6 houses as observation posts. (NYT, WP 6/23; YA 6/24; BBC, HA 6/25; OCHA, PR 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

Palestinians fire a mortar at Neve Dekalim, injuring 1 Jewish settler; fire on a Jewish settler vehicle nr. Salfit, wounding 1 Jewish settler. After the PA police in Jenin arrest a Palestinian militant for firing on the home and setting fire to the car of PC mbr. Jamal Shati al-Hindi, Palestinian gunmen stage a drive-by shooting of the police station in Jenin, killing the PA police officer who made the arrest; the AMB stresses that its mbrs. were not involved.

The IDF imposes a closure on Palestinian sections of Hebron and surrounding areas (still in place as of 7/6), conducts arrest raids, house searches targeting Islamic Jihad; also conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Ramallah. (AFP, IMEMC, JTA 6/24; NYT, WP 6/25; HA, XIN 6/26; PRCS 6/27; JP 6/27 in WNC 6/28; OCHA, PR 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

Palestinian gunmen fire on a group of Jewish settlers at a hitchhiking post outside Beit Haggai settlement nr. Hebron, killing 1 Jewish settler, wounding 3. Despite the PA's attempt to ban the gatherings, 100s of Islamic Jihad mbrs. rally in Ramallah and nearly 1,000 rally in n. Gaza, protesting the IDF's recent crackdown on its mbrs. and stating that it has no intention of abandoning the unofficial cease-fire. In Gaza, Islamic Jihad fires mortars at several Jewish settlements, causing damage but no injuries.

In Nottingham, England, the Anglican Consultative Council, the global policy-making arm of the 77 million–mbr. Anglican Church, unanimously approves a statement urging the church's 38 "provinces" to consider divestment fr. companies that bolster the Israeli occupation, as well as "investment strategies that support the infrastructure of a future Palestinian state." (Religion News Service 6/24; NYT, WT 6/25; JP 6/26 in WNC 6/27; PR 6/29)

The IDF conducts arrest raids in Dahaysha r.c., nr. Bethlehem and Hebron, targeting Islamic Jihad mbrs., detaining at least 14; Islamic Jihad leaders reiterate the group's commitment to maintain calm despite Israeli attempts to provoke it. The IDF also withdraws fr. 3 Palestinian schools in Hebron that it has occupied as observation posts for 4 yrs. Jewish settlers fr. Beit Haggai nr. Hebron put caravans on a new unauthorized outpost nearby, throw a grenade at a Palestinian home in Hebron, injuring a 13-yr.-old Palestinian girl. (BBC, HA, JAZ, REU 6/25; VOI, VOP 6/25 in WNC 6/26; VOP 6/26 in WNC 6/27; QA 6/27 in WNC 6/28; OCHA 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

PA police cordon off areas of Jenin searching for, exchanging gunfire with, ultimately arresting 10 Palestinians wanted in connection with the attack on PC mbr. Hindi's car on 6/23; no injuries are reported.

The IDF demolishes 11 long-abandoned bungalows along the s. Gaza shore outside Shirat Hayam settlement being used by some 100 West Bank Jewish settlers who recently came to Gaza to block disengagement; the settlers scuffle with soldiers, break into a nearby Palestinian clinic, damage 12 d. of Palestinian crops and an irrigation network nearby; 1 IDF soldier is arrested, ordered jailed for 56 days for refusing to follow orders to carry out the demolition. The IDF also conducts arrest raids in, fires on residential areas of `Azun nr. Qalqilya; fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis; imposes a curfew on Saffa nr. Ramallah; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarm; begins construction of a new separation wall segment northeast of Jerusalem nr. `Anata. In Rafah, 4 Palestinian children are injured when they trigger either a roadside bomb or unexploded IDF ordnance. A Jewish settler beats, injures a Palestinian man in Hebron; the IDF intervenes, arrests the settler. Another group of Jewish settlers fr. Beit Haggai beat 2 Palestinian employees of the Hebron Reconstruction Comm. doing work on local Palestinian homes. Jewish settlers fr. Avraham Avino in Hebron burn down a Palestinian shop, vandalize several others. A Jewish settler wounded in the 6/24 shooting outside Hebron dies. (HA, IMEMC, XIN 6/26; VOI 6/26 in WNC 6/27; NYT, WP, WT 6/27; PCHR 6/28; OCHA, PR, WP, WT, XIN 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

A Palestinian stabs, wounds an IDF soldier in East Jerusalem, is arrested.

The IDF uncovers, demolishes a tunnel leading fr. Khan Yunis to Neve Dekalim settlement, passing under an IDF checkpoint; fires on residential areas of Aida r.c.; raids, occupies 5 houses outside Hebron, 4 outside Tulkarm as observation posts. Jewish settlers occupy a 3-story Palestinian building nr. the site of beachfront buildings demolished by the IDF on 6/26, declare establishment of a new unauthorized settlement outpost, Tal Yam. Jewish settlers fr. Efrat occupy a Palestinian home nr. the s. entrance to Bethlehem, are evicted by the IDF. Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba throw stones, Molotov cocktails at a house and farm, causing damage, burning several trees. As many as 40,000 Israeli motorists protesting the government's disengagement plans pull over to the side of the road and pause for 15 mins. during rush hour, creating traffic tie-ups. (HA, REU, XIN 6/27; PCHR, WT 6/28; OCHA 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

Islamic Jihad fires 4 mortars at Gaza's Morag settlement, causing no damage or injuries. Hamas fires 3 Qassam rockets at Sederot; 2 hit inside Gaza, causing no damage or injuries; the 3d does not fire.

The IDF fatally shoots a Palestinian allegedly attempting to plant a roadside bomb outside Morag; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Hebron and nr. Bethlehem, Tulkarm. In al-Mawasi, Jewish settlers attack several Palestinian homes, seize 1, clash with Palestinians, leaving 1 Jewish settler injured; the IDF intervenes, removes the settlers; later the settlers return, throw stones at Palestinians, attempt to run them down, causing no injuries. Also in Gaza, Jewish settlers attack a car carrying 3 Palestinian journalists, lightly injuring them. (IMEMC, JAZ, REU 6/28; HA, IMEMC, XIN 6/29; PHRC 6/30)

Islamic Jihad fires 2 rockets at Sederot, causing no damage or injuries. PA Atty. Gen. Hussein Abu Assi says that he has instructed police to detain more than 5 fmr. PA officials on charges of misuse of public funds. Some fmr. officials may have to be extradited fr. Arab countries.

An IDF aircraft fires 2 missiles at a well in Bayt Hanun, destroying it. Around 40 Jewish settlers fr. Tal Yam outpost in Gaza (see 6/27) chanting "Death to Arabs" occupy 2 Palestinian homes in al-Mawasi, throw stones at Palestinians and IDF soldiers nearby, severely beat 1 Palestinian in what observers describe as a near lynching (the incident, caught on video by an Israeli cameraman, is described by Sharon on 6/30 as "a barbaric, wild, and heartless act"); an Israeli reporter pulls the critically injured Palestinian to safety; the IDF arrests the settlers, evicts them fr. the area. The IDF fires on residential areas of Khan Yunis, wounding 2 Palestinians; raids, occupies 2 Palestinian homes in al-Til as observation posts; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Aida r.c. and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Tulkarm. Israeli police arrest around 150 Israeli disengagement protesters who attempt to block roads across Israel during rush hour, causing limited tie-ups. (AFP, XIN 6/29; VOI 6/29 in WNC 6/30; BBC, PCHR, Palestine News Network, WP, XIN 6/30; HA 7/2; JP 7/2 in WNC 7/3; UPI, YA 7/3; NYT 7/5; OCHA, PR 7/6; PCHR 7/7; NYT 7/15)

The AMB, Islamic Jihad, the PRCs take joint responsibility for firing 2 mortars at Netzarim, causing no damage or injuries. During the day, Palestinians fire 10s of rockets, at least 1 mortar at Gaza settlements, lightly injuring 1 foreign worker in Gush Katif.

The IDF declares Gaza settlements closed military zones so that they may bar and remove from them any nonresident Israelis protesting disengagement, then evicts 150 right-wing Israeli disengagement protesters (mostly West Bank settlers, many aligned with the outlawed Kach movement) fr. an abandoned hotel in s. Gaza that they have been occupying for 1 mo.; detains, handcuffs for several hrs. 2 Israeli journalists covering the evictions. The IDF sends troops into Balata r.c., Nablus after Palestinians stating they are mbrs. of the AMB–Ayman Juda Brigade falsely claim to have captured 2 IDF undercover soldiers who entered the city; troops clash with stone-throwing Palestinians who confront them (leaving 7 Palestinians, 1 IDF soldier injured), detain and beat 2 Palestinian journalists covering the incursion; the AMB, Islamic Jihad deny involvement. The IDF fires on residential areas of Dura; demolishes 3 Palestinian homes in Hebron, 3 in Yatta, all bordering Jewish settlements; occupies 2 Palestinian homes nr. Tulkarm, 1 in Jenin as observation posts; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Aida r.c., Bayt Fajjar, Hebron. An Israeli naval vessel fires on a Palestinian fishing boat off Gaza, wounding 1 fisherman. Jewish settlers fr. Gush Katif attack Palestinian traders, farmers waiting nr. the Tuffah checkpoint n. of Gaza City; the IDF intervenes, disperses the settlers. Nr. Nablus, 5 Jewish settlers fr. Yitzhar throw stones at a Palestinian taxi. (BBC, WAFA, XIN 6/30; VOI, VOP 6 /30 in WNC 7/2; IMEMC, NYT, WP, WT 7/1; HA 7/3; OCHA, PR 7/6; PCHR 7/7)

Hamas fires a Qassam rocket at Neve Dekalim, causing no damage or injuries.