June 9, 2011

The IDF raids ‘Azun twice during the day, searching several shops in the morning, then sending in undercover units late at night to raid another business, arresting 1 Palestinian; conducts daytime patrols in 4 villages nr. Qalqilya, 2 nr. Salfit, and 1 nr. each Ramallah and Tulkarm; conducts late-night patrols in Jericho and nr. Jenin and Salfit; and makes a late-night incursion into Jenin to arrest local Hamas leader Wasfi Qabaha, telling his family that they detained him because “he did not listen to their advice to stop his activities.” In Jerusalem, the IDF escorts a group of Jews into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound to pray. (PCHR 6/16; OCHA 6/24)