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- 12 members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades escape from a jail in the West Bank, claiming they were beaten by the security forces at the jail. BBC News
- A member of Hamas, Majed Barghouti, died in the custody of the Palestinian Authority. Official reports indicate he died of a heart attack, but Mr Barghouti was said to have complaint of stomach pains and torture marks were reported to have been found on his body. BBC News
- An Arab resident of East Jerusalem kills eight students by gunfire in a Jewish seminary.BBC News
- A coalition of UK-based human rights groups reports that Gaza's humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967.BBC News
- Israeli forces kill over 120 Palestinians in Jabalia, in response to an Israeli killed in Sderot by Qassam rocket attacks from Palestinian militant groups. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspends any talks with Israel, calling its actions "more than a holocaust", while the European Union criticized it as a disproportionate use of force.BBC
- A major leader of the Palestinians and the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, George Habash dies of a heart attack in Amman, Jordan. President Mahmoud Abbas declares a three-day national mourning.(BBC News)
- Thousands of Palestinians flee into Egypt, as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is blown up by militants. (BBC News) (AP via Google News)
