The Palestine Chronology

In Gaza, IDF soldiers in the Erez industrial zone fire on Palestinians collecting scrap metal nr. the site, wounding 1. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids nr. Jenin, Qalqilya and in Aida r.c., Balata r.c., Nablus (detaining a PA General Intelligence officer). AFP photographer Razuri is released unharmed in Gaza City. Fatah gunmen release a video of Nablus dep. mayor Hambali, kidnapped on 1/6, threatening to expand attacks on Hamas if the ESF is not disbanded. (NYT, WP, WT 1/8; OCHA, WT 1/10; PCHR 1/11)

The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the Rafah coast, causing no damage or injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Jenin and in Aida r.c., Bayt Fajjar. In Jabaliya r.c., a Hamas mbr. shoots, wounds the brother of a senior Fatah mbr., violating a deal for a general truce btwn. the factions and prompting Fatah mbrs. to seize 10 Hamas mbrs., sparking an exchange of gunfire (leaving 3 wounded, including at least 1 bystander) and the retaliatory kidnapping of 7 Fatah mbrs.; Fatah releases 7 of the Hamas mbrs. later in the day. In Gaza City, unidentified gunmen kidnap Peruvian AFP photographer Jaime Razuri; the Daghmash clan, reportedly behind the 8/27 kidnapping of 2 Fox News journalists in a bid to gain control of the local PRC faction, is reportedly behind the kidnapping, demanding that Hamas handover several mbrs. responsible for killing clan mbrs. in exchange for Razuri’s release. (MM, NYT, WP, WT 1/2; OCHA 1/3; NYT 1/7; PCHR 1/11)