Saturday, November 7, 2009

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night raids, house searches in villages nr. Bethlehem and Jenin but makes no arrests. For unknown reasons, IDF troops at a checkpoint in Hebron fire at a Palestinian family in a car, seriously wounding the driver with shrapnel. Jewish settlers fr. Brakha attempt to raid Burin village but are repelled at the entrance by stone-throwing Palestinians; the IDF intervenes, firing bullets and tear gas, beating a number of Palestinians (including several journalists), and removing the settlers fr. the area. In Hebron, Jewish settlers fr. the unauthorized settlement outpost of Beit Hadasah, escorted by IDF troops, march toward Kiryat Arba settlement, stoning Palestinian homes along the way. (OCHA, PCHR 11/12)