August 30, 2007

IDF troops on the n. Gaza border fire a surface-to-surface missile into Gaza for unclear reasons, causing no damage or injuries. The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Bayt Lahiya, forcing them to return to shore. Palestinians fire a rocket fr. Gaza into Israel, lightly injuring 3 Israelis. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Jericho (very rare), nr. Tulkarm; patrols in the Old City of Nablus, clashing with Palestinian gunmen, leaving 1 AMB mbr. wounded. (OCHA 9/5; PCHR 9/6)