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Viewing cable 06JERUSALEM3965, MGGZ01- JERUSALEM SEPTEMBER 1 SITREP

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06JERUSALEM3965 2006-09-01 13:59 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem
VZCZCXYZ0003
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHJM #3965 2441359
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 011359Z SEP 06
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4697
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 003965 
 
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 SEPTEMBER 1 SITREP 
 
1.  (SBU)  SUMMARY:  IDF troops withdrew from the Gaza City 
neighborhood of Shajayah on August 31, after a four-day 
incursion.  Unknown gunmen kidnapped and later released a 
relative of HAMAS' Executive Force commander in Khan Younis 
on August 31.  In a separate incident, Palestinian gunmen 
killed the head of the Popular Resistance Committee's 
military wing in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza.  Rafah and 
Karni/al-Mintar crossings were closed, while Nahal Oz fuel 
transfer crossing was open on August 31-September 1. END 
SUMMARY 
 
Military Developments 
--------------------- 
 
2.  (SBU)  The IDF withdrew from the Shajayah neighborhood of 
Gaza City on August 31 after a four-day operation, in which 8 
Palestinians were killed, including two civilians. 
 
3.  (SBU)  Unknown gunmen kidnapped Osama Shahwan, who is a 
relative of the commander of HAMAS' Executive Force in Khan 
Younis, on the morning of August 31.  An official from HAMAS' 
Executive Force told media that the kidnappers came from the 
al-Masri family, who were retaliating for the killing of one 
its relatives by the Executive Force.  Shahwan was released 
the evening of August 31. 
 
4.  (SBU)  In a separate incident on August 31, unknown 
gunmen killed Raed Nahal, the head of the Popular Resistance 
Committee (PRC) military wing in the al-Shati refugee camp in 
Gaza. 
 
5.  (SBU)  Ten Qassam rockets were launched from Gaza towards 
Sderot and the western Negev during August 31-September 1, 
but there were no reports of damage or injuries.  The PIJ 
al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for launching eight 
of the rockets.  According to UNRWA, Palestinian gunmen 
opened a hole in the border fence east of Rafah terminal at 
0300L on September 1.  The PA National Security Force (NSF) 
later closed the hole. 
 
6.  (SBU)  On August 31 in Nablus, the IDF killed the head of 
the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Nablus and wounded seven 
others. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested 16 Palestinians on 
August 30-September 1, including two PIJ and two PFLP members 
in Nablus, one al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member in Tulkarem 
refugee camp and a Fatah Tanzim member at Hizma checkpoint. 
 
Humanitarian Update 
------------------- 
 
7.  (SBU)  Rafah was closed on August 31-September 1.  Rafah 
was last open on August 26. 
 
8.  (SBU) The Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing was closed 
on August 31-September 1, according to USAID Gaza-based 
staff.  The crossing was last open on August 15.  The IDF 
discovered a deep tunnel running near the border at 
Karni/al-Mintar and destroyed the tunnel.  Sufa, Erez and 
Kerem Shalom crossings were open on August 31-September 1 for 
imports into Gaza.  The Nahal Oz fuel transfer crossing was 
open August 31-September 1. 
 
9.  (SBU) All ten electricity feeder lines from Israel into 
Gaza are operational on September 1, according to USAID 
Gaza-based staff. 
 
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