The Palestine Chronology

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron and in Balata r.c. nr. Nablus, Jenin. Jewish settlers fr. Ramat Yishai in Hebron damage, remove parts of a fence surrounding a Palestinian home; IDF troops observe but do not intervene. Jewish settlers fr. Keddumim nr. Qalqilya drive into Kafr Qaddum village, threaten Palestinians with a gun, enter and search a Palestinian home. In Gaza City, unidentified gunmen fatally shoot senior PA intelligence official Brig. Gen. Jad Tayih (the intelligence services’ international coordination chief), his 4 bodyguards yards fr. PM Haniyeh’s home, taking their weapons and a briefcase believed to contain money; no group claims responsibility. (NYT, WT 9/16; PCHR 9/21)