June 29, 2008

Israel allows imports of humanitarian goods to Gaza, suspended on 6/24, to resume at a rate about 30% higher than before the truce was agreed, noting Hamas's positive reaction to the 6/26 rocket fire by the AMB; imports include diesel fuel, animal feed, frozen meat, fresh produce. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around Jenin and Ramallah, nr. Bethlehem. (AYM, MM, NYT 6/30; OCHA 7/2; PCHR 7/3)