August 11, 2007

In Gaza, the IDF deploys a helicopter to fire nr. Palestinian farmers working their fields outside Khuza’a, forcing them to leave the area. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Balata r.c., Nablus and nr. Hebron, Jenin. In Bayt Hanun, 150 Fatah mbrs. demonstrating against the ESF’s arrest of 15 supporters on 8/10 and another 17 detained across Gaza overnight, exchange gunfire with ESF mbrs. who attempt to disperse them, leaving 20 Palestinians wounded. Gaza City and Khan Yunis municipal employees go on strike to protest nonpayment of their salaries. (NYT, WT 8/12; OCHA 8/15; PCHR 8/16)