In the evening, a mortar shell fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip landed near a kibbutz in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. A woman suffered from shock, but no physical injuries or damage were reported. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for mortar attacks that day, saying that it had fired four mortars at two military posts in Israel and adding that it would "cling to the option of resistance and confront the Israeli occupation".[1][2]
Israeli soldiers manning the Bekaot checkpoint east of Nablus shoot and kill Ahmad Maslamani, a Palestinian man in his 20s from the village of Toubas who was carrying a weapon.
According to Palestinian medics, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The IDF said they shot at two people who were attempting to cross a border fence.[7][8]
Israeli troops shot and killed a 67-year-old Palestinian man during an operation into the West Bank, Palestine to arrest members of Hamas who had recently been released from a Palestinian prison.[9][10] The man's wife claims that he was killed while sleeping in his bed, while the Jerusalem Post claims that soldiers shot him after they saw him make a "sudden move" and thought he was reaching for a weapon.[11]
At about 2:20 pm, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired four 181-millimeter mortar shells at Israel, all of which landed in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. One of the shells hit a residential area within an agricultural community in the area. Three Thai foreign agricultural workers were injured, one seriously, one moderately and one lightly, all by shrapnel. A number of other people suffered from shock. The shell also killed a cat nearby. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, saying that it had fired six mortar shells at an Israeli military post near Nahal Oz.[13][14][15][16][17]
Khaldun Samudi, a Palestinian who ran towards a checkpoint is shot dead by Israeli troops. Soldiers later found explosives on Samudi's body.[18][19][20]
Salem Samudi, a Palestinian whose friend, Khaldun Samudi, was killed by Israelis on the 8th, is shot dead during an exchange of fire with Israeli forces.[19]
A Palestinian, Uday Maher Qadous, (other sources give the name as Fadi Kadous) is shot and killed by Israeli settlers while he tended his field.[27][28] One source reports that some Palestinians threw rocks towards the Israeli during the clash.[29]
A Grad rocket landed near a residential neighborhood in the city of Netivot. The explosion disrupted a wedding in the vicinity of the landing site; four people suffered from shock, and damage was caused to a road and a parked car. Another Grad rocket exploded near the city of Ofakim a few minutes later, but no injuries or damage were reported.[31]
Palestinians protesting against the Israeli West Bank barrier are fired upon with tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and live ammunition in multiple towns; Nil'in, Bil'in, Wadi Rahal, al-Ma'sara, and al-Nabi Saleh.[33]
Israeli warplanes bomb a Health Ministry medicine warehouse and a field in the Gaza Strip, injuring eight people. The IDF say that they bombed a tunnel and two "terror activity centres" in response to Palestinian rocket attacks and that there were secondary explosions at two of the targets.[36][37][38]
Israel destroys Palestinian tents and barracks, built without a permit from Israel, near Nablus. A range of "8 families" to "180 Palestinians" has been given as previously living there.[39][40]
Local youths and Israeli forces clash during protests in Silwan. Dozens of Palestinians injured after the Israelis fire gas bombs and rubber-coated bullets.[43][44][45]
Two Palestinians are shot in their legs by Israeli forces while collecting stone aggregates, with Israel stating that the workers violated the buffer zone at the border.[50]
Three Palestinians are shot and killed by Israeli forces. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine has stated that one of those killed was a member of the organisation, killed "during a mission carried out by our military wing." Other sources describe the three men as fishermen.[51][52][53]
Israeli forces fire gas agents, live ammunition, and rubber-coated bullets against Palestinian protesters in Beit Ummar, with the mayor being shot in his leg, and a child injured from a concussive grenade.[55]
Seven projectiles are fired from the Gaza Strip. One is fired at an Israel Defense Forces position, and the other six are fired at civilians. One hits a building in Beersheba. Israeli forces return fire, killing one militant and injuring several other Palestinians, at least six of whom are militants. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad both say that they fired mortars.[60][61][62][63]
The Israeli Air Force targets a squad of militants who launched Grad rockets into a residential area in Beersheba. A "direct hit" was confirmed.[62][65]
In a joint Israel Defense Forces-Shin Bet operation, the Israel Air Force uses an unmanned aerial vehicle to target militants in a pick-up truck along the Gaza-Egypt border. The missile was launched at the vehicle when it was near smuggling tunnels in Rafah, killing one militant and wounding six, in response to rocket fire on Israeli civilians.[66][67][68] Palestinian sources however state that the vehicle occupants escaped and that four nearby civilians were injured in the Israeli attack.[69]
About seventy Palestinians turn violent during a demonstration, attacking IDF soldiers and Israeli Border Police with rocks in Bil'in, West Bank. They also damage the West Bank barrier.[71]
The Israeli Air Force bombs four sites in the Gaza Strip, including a Hamas guard post. One man is injured, as well as a seven-month-old girl, whose injury was "slight".[72]
The Israel Defense Forces thwarts an attempted attack on Israeli soldiers near the Gaza-Israel border. Troops spot several militants attempting to plant explosives and open fire on them, confirming a hit.[73]
An anti-tank missile is launched at an Israeli Merkava tank during a routine patrol in the southern Gaza Strip. The tank's Trophy defense system destroys the missile before it hits the tank. Israeli forces return fire and confirm a hit.[74][75]
In response to a rocket barrage against Israeli towns by Islamic militants, the Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on tunnels and militant training camps in the Gaza Strip. Secondary explosions occurred in the tunnel.[76][77]
Groups of rioters, including at least one anarchist group, attack Israeli troops in Ni'lin and other areas in the West Bank. Two rioters are arrested.[80]
A Qassam rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip into Hof Ashkelon Regional Council in southern Israel. The rocket explodes in an agricultural field. Due to the Red Color early-warning system, civilians were in bunkers when the rocket detonated, and there were no injuries.[81]
The Israeli Air Force fires two missiles a Hamas security compound in the central Gaza Strip, in response to mortars fired at Israeli towns. Three militants are killed, and four are injured.[89][dubious – discuss]
On Sabbath, and the first day of the Jewish holiday of Purim, fifty-four mortars are fired from the Gaza Strip at communities in southern Israel. The mortars, which are the same type as the mortars discovered on a captured Iranian ship, are launched in several barrages. Two Israeli civilians are lightly injured by shrapnel from the mortars. Most civilians make it to protected areas. Hamas claims responsibility for the attacks.[91][92]
In response to attacks on civilians in southern Israel, Israeli Army tanks and Israeli Air Force helicopters attack several areas in the Gaza Strip, including Khan Yunis, Dir al-Balah, and the Sajaiyeh neighbourhood. There were two injuries when a Hamas base in the southern Gaza Strip was hit by an airstrike.[92]
Palestinians stated that a 25-year-old Palestinian man from Hirbet Tuba was stabbed by a masked man, apparently Jewish, who fled the scene. Israel Police were investigating, and suspected the attack was nationalistically motivated.[93][94]
Palestinians stone moving vehicles in the vicinity of Beit Ummar. Palestinians state that one driver, an Israeli, returns fire. Two men are lightly wounded.[95][96]
Palestinian militants operating near the town of Sajaya in the northern Gaza Strip fired mortar shells at Israel Defense Forces troops across the border. The troops returned mortar fire, killing four civilians in the town. Israel said the killings were accidental and opened an investigation, but stressed that responsibility lay on Hamas for choosing to operate in populated areas.[97][98][99]
Four Islamic Jihad militants are killed by a missile fired from an Israeli aircraft. Israel states that the men were on their way to launch a rocket toward Israel.[97][99]
A Palestinian man attacks an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the head with a rock and attempts to snatch his weapon. Israel Police officers shoot the assailant in the leg. Both men are moderately injured and evacuated by Israeli helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.[103]
Three Palestinians are injured during protests in the West Bank with Israeli troops firing rubber-coated steel bullets and using sound-bombs against protesters.[106]
Three Hamas militants of the Al Qassam Brigades, the group's military wing, are killed in an Israeli air strike. A pro-Palestinian website states that two additional "residents" are injured, but a CNN article on the incident does not mention casualties other than the Hamas militants.[109][110]
Hamas fires a Kornet anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus, critically wounding Daniel Viflic, a teenage boy on his way home from school, and lightly injuring the driver of the bus.[112][113][114] The boy died ten days later.[115] Palestinians continue to fire projectiles at Israel throughout the afternoon. One rocket was intercepted over Ashkelon by an Iron Dome battery. Israel responds with airstrikes, hitting two rocket firing cells.[116]
Despite the announcement by Palestinian militants in Gaza of a unilateral ceasefire at 11 pm the previous night, at least 24 mortar shells and 6 rockets are fired into Israel, causing serious damage to a factory and to chicken coops. Israel responds with airstrikes, killing four Hamas militants and one Popular Resistance Committees militant.[117][118][119]
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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fire over 65 missiles, rockets and mortars at Israel, damaging homes. Five people are injured while fleeing to bomb shelters.[120] Israel responds with airstrikes and artillery. According to Palestinian sources, several Hamas militants and one from the Popular Resistance Committees, as well as several civilians are killed.[119][121]
An Israeli man was arrested in Netanya for stabbing a Palestinian construction worker twice in the chest. Shin Bet security service were dispatched to investigate the case.[126]
Palestinian militants infiltrated into Southern Israel and attacked civilian vehicles and Israeli security forces. Eight people, including six civilians, were killed and forty injured. Among the dead was an Israeli soldier killed by friendly fire. Ten attackers were killed, including two by Egyptian soldiers. Five Egyptian security personnel were also killed by Israeli forces as they pursued the attackers into the Sinai.[127]
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Israel launched an airstrike against a building used by the Popular Resistance Committees, which it accused of carrying out the attacks. Five of the organization's high-ranking members and a child were killed.[128] The Israeli government claimed that it was in retaliation to the attacks in southern Israel. This led to Hamas breaking a truce with Israel it had held since 2009.[129]
A Nablus resident stole a taxi cab after stabbing the driver in the arm and rammed a Border Police checkpoint outside a nightclub, then exited the vehicle and managed to stab a few bystanders before being subdued by police. Four civilians and four police officers were injured.[131]
^ abKevin Flower; Michal Zippori (8 April 2011). "Israel targets Hamas in Gaza strikes". CNN. Jerusalem. Retrieved 8 April 2011. Two Hamas militants were killed and one injured in an airstrike east of Khan Younis, security and medical sources said.