March 15: Following the end of the escalation, an IDF soldier was stabbed while she was traveling to her base in Jerusalem. She received first aid at the scene of the attack and was then evacuated to a hospital for further treatment. On that same day, IDF soldiers prevented an infiltration attempt on the Israel-Egypt border.
March 16: The IDF Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, concluded his official visit to Canada.
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz meets with his Canadian counterpart, General Walt Natynczyk
March 26: During an IDF patrol along the Gaza Strip security fence, IDF sappers defused an explosive device.
March 30: Protesters gathered across Judea and Samaria to mark Palestinian Land Day. The demonstrators quickly turned violent, hurling rocks, firebombs, and setting fire to tires.
The events were part of the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ), an effort by Arabs and international activists to reach Jerusalem and “steal it from the hands of the illegal Zionist occupation.” Organizers had hoped that millions of people in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Gaza would march to Israel’s borders, but only a small number turned out.
Ahmadinejad poses with members of the GMJ Asian Caravan at his Presidential palace in Tehran. Credit: CIF Watch
