Israel shells Palestinian residential areas in Gaza, Silwad, Bethlehem and Jericho, Israeli tanks invade Gaza again and leave. Palestinian police positions were hit, homes, cars, businesses are being destroyed and people killed and injured.
The destruction in Biet Hanoun brings back the memories of 1967 when Israel invaded the West Bank and Gaza.
In a letter to President Bush, President Arafat calls on Washington to pressure Israel to stop its aggression on the Palestinian people.
Peres justifies the aggression and says the solution to the Palestinian Israeli conflict can only be political.
The PNA welcomes the recent American position. Head of the Palestinian Legislative Council says: The United States proved that it can be effective in its role in the peace process.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says: Sharon is trying to destroy the PNA . Proxies for Sharon and ministers in his government openly call for 'doing away' with President Arafat and the dismantling of the PNA. Sharon is slowly doing just that.
Assistant Secretary of State Ned Walker says: The US will have a more visible role to bring quite back in preparation for the resumption of peace talks between the Palestinian leadership and Israel.
President Bush extends the Law for the PLO to have diplomatic offices in Washington.
The Foreign Minister of France says: The situation in the Middle East is the worse since 15 years.
Official sources in Sharon's office say: Sharon rejects the Jordanian Egyptian initiative to return to peace talks.
The Israeli ambassador to France confesses his government crossed redlines. M. Moratinus, special EU peace envoy to the Middle East condemns Israel's show of brutal strength.
Israel is said to be fearful of the Mitchell report investigating reasons behind the eruption of violence in the Middle East.
Russia works towards improving its relations with Iraq and to end international sanctions imposed on it.
The Security Council is worried by the Israeli aggression on the occupied Palestinian territories. European and international criticism is voiced against the continuing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.
The Pope voices his concern on the violence in the Holy Land and urges all to consider deploying voice of reason to replace the sound of battle to solve and find a just solution in the Holy Land.
Sharon received criticism from his ministers for not informing them of his plans to reoccupy Gaza last Monday. It is expected that differences between Sharon and his occupation army will increase as each blames the other for the 'mismanagement' of the operation to reoccupy parts of Gaza.
The Israeli army confirms mortars have fallen in the Negev desert.
It is now clear to all, the Americans included, that Sharon is not just refuses to arrive at a just and lasting solution based on UN resolutions with the Palestinian people, but he is effectively acting to cause a regional conflict that will engulf the whole area. In his most recent interviews, Sharon said time and time again that he did not change, that he is against Oslo, that he is going to keep and expand Jewish settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories, that Jerusalem will remain the "eternal united capital of Israel', that he will not allow a sovereign Palestinian state to exist and never to allow Palestinian refugees to return home. Not just that, Sharon announced that the rule of the game has changed and immediately went into action against Syrian troops in Lebanon. While his planes were shelling Syrian and Lebanese positions Monday night, his tanks were deep in Palestinian territories wreaking havoc and destruction in Gaza. Sharon also refused the Jordanian Egyptian initiative for a resumption of peace talks.
As the Independent of London said:" It is high time for the Bush Administration to make clear to Mr. Sharon that Israel's behavior is self-defeating, that violence will beget only more violence."