February 15, 2007

In the West Bank, the IDF demolishes 12 Palestinian homes, several sheep pens nr. Hebron; patrols in Marda nr. Salfit, firing on stone-throwing Palestinians who confront the soldiers, causing no casualties; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Hebron, Marda nr. Salfit, Tulkarm and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Qalqilya. Jewish settlers fr. Maskiyot settlement in the n. Jordan Valley steal 6 sheep fr. a Palestinian shepherd. (OCHA 2/21; PCHR 2/22)