A female Border Guard soldier was lightly wounded today when an Arab car ran her down at an IDF checkpoint. The car refused to stop at the checkpoint, and in fact was able to get away without being caught.
Two terrorists planning a suicide attack were arrested during the night near Jenin... Arabs opened fire at an IDF post in southern Gush Katif; no one was hurt... IDF forces discovered a ten-kilogram (22-lb.) bomb during the night north of Shechem, and blew it up in a controlled explosion... A cache of arms was found nearby in the Shechem market...
IDF sources say there is "no grain of truth" to PA claims that Israeli forces entered Gaza last night. There were, however, exchanges of fire between armed Arabs and a police force in the Jebalya slums neighborhood.
Three Egyptian nationals were arrested last night after they crossed illegally into Israel near Nitzana - carrying 327 kilograms of marijuana.