soldier was injured when an explosive device was set off during a night raid on the Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus. Two Palestinians were also injured as protests involving stone throwing and Molotov cocktails erupted when 1,200 Jewish worshipper were escorted to Joseph's Tomb. 24 February A 16 year old Palestinian youth from Gaza was shot by Israeli border guards with live fire in the leg, sustaining moderate injuries east of Maghazi refugee camp. Muhammad Salim Kaain (13) of Hebron was injured when leftover Israeli military ordnance exploded. 27 February A Palestinian woman was shot and lightly wounded by Israeli forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint after they determined that she was approaching them carrying a bag in a suspicious manner, and not stopping as requested. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an empty area in the Sha’ar HaNegev zone of southern Israel. Israel launched multiple strikes across the Gaza Strip in retaliation. At least 2 missiles struck Hamas's Shuhada post, near Nusseirat refugee camp. Further missile strikes were made respectively at a monitoring post near Rafah city, and at the Hitteen post in Beit Lahiya. A fourth strike in Rafah's Nahda neighbourhood left 4 wounded, three moderately 28 February An elderly Palestinian Hussein Hassan Qawariq (72) was shot in the foot and pelvis when he failed to respond to calls to stop while approaching the Huwwara checkpoint. March 1 March Saadi Mahmoud Ali Qaisiya (25) a Palestinian from the village of ad-Dhahiriya was shot dead by an Israeli settler inside his home at Teneh Omarim. According to the IDF the Palestinian slightly wounded the 33-year-old Israeli who responded by shooting the alleged assailant. It was later claimed that the man had penetrated an Israeli outpost called Mor Farm. The family head heard noises outside and on emerging from his home, saw the man holding two knives. The man ran inside to get a gun and chased by the Palestinian who managed to stab him in front of his family before he was shot dead by the victim. The 33-year-old Israeli suffered slight wounds. 3 March 2 Palestinians of Gaza were shot by Israeli forces near the border east of Beit Lahiya. One was wounded in the foot the other in the stomach. Ahmad Shawer, a Palestinian TV reporter was shot by a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head at Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya, while another was shot