December 8, 2009

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts latenight arrest raids, house searches in and around Nablus and neighboring ‘Ayn Bayt al-Ma’ r.c. The PA declares a boycott against Israeli goods made in Jewish settlements, with National Economy M Hassan AbuLibdeh saying the government has already confiscated $1 m. worth of settlement-made products. The UN reports that since 11/25, 1 Palestinian has been killed in a smuggling tunnel collapse on the Rafah border and 1 Palestinian has been killed and 4 injured (including a 14-yr.-old boy) mishandling explosives. (OCHA, WT 12/9; PCHR 12/10)