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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
06JERUSALEM3870	2006-08-28 14:37	2011-08-24 01:00	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Consulate Jerusalem

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DE RUEHJM #3870 2401437
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 281437Z AUG 06
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4571
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY

UNCLAS JERUSALEM 003870 
 
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 28 SITREP 
 
 
¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY:  Nine Palestinians were killed and several 
others wounded in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 
25-28.  An Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane bombed and destroyed 
the home of a Hamas military wing member overnight August 
25-26.  Two journalists were wounded by an IAF airstrike in 
Gaza on August 27.  Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in 
separate incidents in the West Bank between August 25 and 
August 27.  Two Qassam rockets were launched from Gaza into 
the western Negev, but there were no reports of damage or 
injuries.  Rafah and the Karni/al-Mintar crossings and the 
Nahal Oz fuel transfer crossing were closed on August 28. 
END SUMMARY. 
 
 
Military Developments 
--------------------- 
 
¶2.  (SBU) An Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane bombed and 
destroyed the home of a Hamas military wing member in Gaza 
overnight August 25-26.  On August 26, IDF troops entered 
Gaza City, killing one Palestinian and wounding seven others. 
 On August 27, the IDF killed one Hamas gunman, and one 
gunman injured the day before succumbed to his wounds.  In a 
separate incident on August 27, the IDF killed a Palestinian 
in Gaza City.  In eastern Gaza on August 27, two journalists 
working for Reuters and Dubai TV were injured in an IAF 
airstrike.  In the early morning hours of August 28, members 
of the PA Ministry of Interior's (MOI) "executive force" 
killed a Palestinian east of Khan Younis.  The Palestinian 
reportedly failed to stop at an "executive force" ad hoc 
checkpoint.  In Gaza City, four members of the MOI executive 
force were killed by an IAF air strike.  Two Qassam rockets 
were launched from Gaza into the western Negev over the 
weekend of August 25-27.  There were no reports of damage or 
injuries. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) In the West Bank, one Palestinian was killed and 22 
others were injured in clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus 
on August 26.  On August 27, the IDF killed a Palestinian in 
a village near the West Bank city of Jenin.  The IDF arrested 
11 Palestinians, including a Hamas Palestinian Legislative 
Council (PLC) member, over the period August 25-27. 
 
Humanitarian Update 
------------------- 
 
¶4.  (SBU)  Rafah is closed on August 28, as it was August 27, 
according to USAID Gaza-based staff.  Rafah was open on 
August 25 and 26.  According to EU Border Assistance Mission 
(EU-BAM), 3,104 people crossed from Gaza into Egypt, and 
3,204 crossed from Egypt into Gaza on August 25.  Statistics 
for August 26 are not yet available. 
 
¶5.  (SBU) The Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing is closed 
on August 28, as it was August 27, according to USAID 
Gaza-based staff.  The crossing was last open on August 15. 
As a result, the Sufa and Erez crossings are open on August 
28, as they were on August 27.  (Note: Sufa and Erez 
crossings are each handling approximately 70 truckloads per 
day, as compared to 200 trucks per day through Karni when it 
is open.  End note.)  The Nahal Oz fuel transfer crossing is 
closed on August 28, as it was August 27, according to USAID 
Gaza-based staff, due to ongoing military operations in the 
area. 
 
¶6.  (SBU) Nine of ten electricity feeder lines from Israel 
into Gaza are operational on August 28, according to USAID 
Gaza-based staff.  One of the four feeder lines into Gaza 
City was damaged last night during an IDF incursion. 
 
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