The Israel Defense Forces sent units to Jericho Sunday evening to extricate a group of about 60 Jews from the Palestinian Authority-assigned city, according to unconfirmed reports.
Other reports say Director Yoav Mordechai of the Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria told the local head of PA security to stay away from the Na'aran synagogue, where the group was at the time, so as to avoid confrontation.