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Viewing cable 06JERUSALEM3652, MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 17 SITREP

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06JERUSALEM3652 2006-08-17 13:44 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem 
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHJM #3652 2291344
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 171344Z AUG 06
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4290
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 003652 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/WATERS, USAID 
FOR KUNDER/MCCLOUD/BORODIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
SUBJECT: MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 17 SITREP 
 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY:  A 14-year old Palestinian was killed and 
four others were injured as a result of fighting between 
Fatah and Hamas militants in Gaza on August 16.  A Hamas 
activist was killed in Gaza City when a bomb he was building 
exploded prematurely.  Palestinian militants fired three 
rockets from Gaza into the Western Negev, but there were no 
reported injuries or property damage.  In the West Bank, IDF 
units overnight arrested 11 Palestinians.  The Rafah and the 
Karni/al-Mintar crossings are closed August 17, but the Nahal 
Oz fuel transfer crossing is open.  END SUMMARY. 
 
Military Developments 
--------------------- 
 
2.  (SBU) Inter-factional violence flared up in Gaza on 
August 16, when Fatah gunmen and the Hamas-led Ministry of 
Interior's "Executive Force" clashed in Khan Younis.  A 14 
year-old Palestinian was killed and four others were injured. 
 According to sources in the President's office, one of the 
injured was senior Hamas-military wing member Ahmad Ajouri. 
In Gaza City, Israeli Air Force (IAF) planes fired rockets 
into a blacksmith shop, reportedly causing damage, but no 
injuries.  Elsewhere in Gaza, a Hamas activist was killed and 
five others were injured in a blast that was reportedly the 
premature explosion of a bomb the activist was making. 
Palestinian militants fired three home-made rockets from Gaza 
into the Western Negev on August 16.  There was no reported 
damage or injuries.  The military-wing of Fatah and the Abu 
Ali Mustafa Brigades of the Popular Front for the Liberation 
of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for two of the 
rockets. 
 
3.  (SBU) In the West Bank, Palestinians threw stones at an 
Israeli car traveling near the northern West Bank city of 
Qalqiliya on August 16.  No one was injured and there was no 
damage.  IDF units arrested 11 Palestinians in overnight 
arrest operations throughout the West Bank. 
 
Humanitarian Update 
------------------- 
 
4.  (SBU)  The Rafah crossing is closed August 17, according 
to USAID Gaza-based staff.  Rafah was last open August 11. 
 
5.  (SBU)  The Karni/al-Mintar crossing remains closed August 
17.  Karni/al-Mintar was closed August 16 for maintenance and 
electrical work on the Israeli side, according to USAID 
Gaza-based staff.  The Nahal Oz fuel transfer crossing is 
open August 17, as it was August 16. 
 
6.  (SBU)  All ten electricity feeder lines from Israel into 
Gaza are operational August 17, according to USAID Gaza-based 
staff. 
 
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