January 13, 2010

In the West Bank, the IDF makes a predawn incursion into al-‘Ubaydiyya village e. of Bethlehem, patrolling in the streets and randomly checking Palestinian IDs, making no arrests; levels 3 d. of Palestinian olive trees n. of Hebron, citing security reasons; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in al-Fara‘a r.c., and nr. Hebron, Tulkarm. The UN reports that since 1/6, 2 Palestinians have been killed in tunnel collapses on the Rafah border. (OCHA 1/13; PCHR 1/14; OCHA 1/20; PCHR 1/21)