Saturday, January 22, 2011

In Gaza, 1 Palestinian is killed and 2 are injured when they accidentally trigger IDF UXO while scavenging for construction materials in Gaza City. Unidentified Palestinians fire a rocket fr. Gaza toward Israel, but it lands inside the Strip, killing 1 Palestinian civilian and wounding 2. IDF troops on Gaza border e. of Gaza City shoot and seriously wound a Palestinian farmer tending cows some 2,000 m fr. the border fence, well away fr. the no-go zone. Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the Bayt Lahiya coast, forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in 2 villages nr. Tulkarm during the day and in 2 villages nr. Jenin at night; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches, and extended patrols in Nabi Salih. (PCHR 1/27; OCHA 1/28)