--- Car Bomb s are detonated in Qaim and Mosul , Iraq , killing three U.S. soldiers and a Civilian in Qaim, and one U.S. soldier in Mosul. A Mortar attack in Qaim kills four Iraqis and wounds 30. (Reuters)
--- Israel i Forces withdraw from the northern Gaza Strip , ending Operation Days Of Penitence . Three men, allegedly militants, and a 70-year-old Palestinian woman are killed on the final day. Over 100 Palestinians have died in the course of the 16-day operation; BBC sources say about one third were civilians.
--- Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Ala says that 140 Palestinians were killed during the operation. Israeli Defence Forces sources, however, place the number killed at about 130, with only a few civilian deaths. (BBC)(News First Class)(Haaretz)