September 21, 2009

For unknown reasons, IDF troops on the n. Gaza border nr. Qarni crossing fire live ammunition and a sonic bomb at a nearby Palestinian property, causing no casualties. (PCHR 10/1)

In the West Bank, the IDF fatally shoots a Palestinian leaving a gas station nr. Bethlehem, claiming he ignored orders to halt (witnesses dispute this); conducts latenight raids, house searches in and around Hebron and in ‘Aqabat Jabir r.c. nr. Jericho, arresting 2 Palestinians and summoning 4 for questioning. Jewish settlers fr. Ramat Yishai throw stones, bottles at Palestinian homes in Hebron, effectively trapping residents in their homes for several hrs.; the IDF observes but does not intervene. (OCHA Humanitarian Monitor 9/09; PCHR 10/1; OCHA 10/2)