March 18, 2007

The IDF fires on stone-throwing Palestinian youths at the entrance to ‘Ayn al-Far‘a r.c. nr. Jenin, wounding 1; fires percussion grenades at Palestinians protesting the closure of the main Bayt Iba checkpoint out of Nablus, injuring 3 Palestinians; conducts arrest raids, house searches in and around Qalqilya, in Balata r.c. (Palestinian militants throw an explosive device at troops during the raid, injuring 1 IDF soldier.) Egyptian border guards destroy a smugglers’ tunnel on the Rafah border. (OCHA 3/21; PCHR 3/22)