a new Israeli outpost. Israeli sources spoke of a ‘violent riot' taking place 'with more than 500 rioters lighting tires and throwing rocks at Israeli forces’. 2 Palestinian fishermen, Rajab Abu Mayala and Khader al-Saadi, from Gaza, detained the day before while sailing 3 nautical miles offshore, were reportedly injured the day after while under detention. Both were being treated in Israeli hospitals. Their fishing boats and equipment were confiscated. 25 March A Palestinian in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina quarter was compelled to tear down the roof of his house because it lacked an Israeli permit. He did so to avoid paying the costs, deemed exorbitant, of an Israeli demolition. The house was built 7 years ago, the roof being added 3 years ago. 27 March 2 Palestinians suffered minor wounds from rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes at Israel's Atara military checkpoint outside 'Atara, near Ramallah. Malik Bassam Ismail Saada (19) from the West Bank village of Halhul moderately wounded an Israeli woman in a knife assault at Lod. The attack was initially regarded as a criminal incident, arising from an attempt to steal a car. On April 1, the indictment was changed to a "nationalistically motivated crime' when Saada reportedly confessed that he had planned to attack a Jewish woman because he was 'fed up with his life', and thought of ending it by provoking a suicide by cop action. 29 March Siham Nimr (49) of Shuafat refugee camp was killed by Israeli forces after she reportedly tried to stab them with a pair of scissors at Damascus Gate. 30 March 50 Palestinians were reportedly injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces on a march from Madama, near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar. The protest aimed to plant trees on village land said to be confiscated for the nearby settlement. The deputy governor of Nablus, Anan al-Atiri, was among those injured. Israeli sources say they were putting down a riot. 31 March 4 Palestinians were slightly injured by rubber-coated bullets when Israeli forces intervened against the weekly protest march at Kafr Qaddum. The village water supply service was also interrupted when a bulldozer accompanying the soldiers broke the main network pipes. An Israeli soldier was lightly injured by a stone thrown at Ni'lin. April 1 April Utayba Jiyad Hussein Amireh. (15) was shot with live ammunition near the village of Ni'lin by Israeli forces. Israeli sources allege