May 10, 2009

Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the Bayt Lahiya coast for a 2d day, forcing them to return to shore. In the evening, IDF troops on the n. Gaza border fire on Palestinian homes in Bayt Hanun, causing damage but no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Tubas and in and around Hebron, Jenin. (OCHA 5/13; PCHR 5/14)