August 18, 2007

IDF troops on the central Gaza border fire on 3 unarmed Palestinians attempting to sneak into Israel to find work, killing 1 Palestinian, arresting 2. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem; patrols in Nablus and neighboring ‘Ayn Bayt al-Ma’a refugee camp (r.c.). A 13-yr.-old Palestinian boy is injured by unexploded IDF ordnance (UXO) nr. Tubas. (OCHA 8/22; PCHR 8/23)