Tuesday, May 31, 2011

IDF troops make a brief incursion into c. Gaza to level land along the border fence e. of al-Bureij r.c., clearing lines sight. IDF troops manning the Israeli side of the Erez crossing fire warning shots at Palestinians and international activists staging a nonviolent march to the border fence to protest Israel’s imposition of a no-go zone, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Jericho and 1 village nr. Ramallah; conducts a midday arrest raid, house search in Hebron. A Gaza military court sentences a Palestinian man to death for collaborating with Israel. (PCHR 6/2; OCHA 6/3)