Friday, August 3, 2012

The IDF patrols in 2 villages nr. Ramallah and 1 nr. Salfit in the morning; in 2 villages nr. Qalqilya and 1 nr. Ramallah in the evening; and in 2 villages nr. Salfit (synchronized) late at night. Palestinians (accompanied by Israeli and international activists) hold weekly nonviolent demonstrations against the separation wall, land confiscations, and settlement expansion in Bil‘in, Kafr Qaddum, al-Nabi Salih, and Ni‘lin. IDF soldiers fire live ammunition (al-Nabi Salih only), rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at the protesters; 2 Palestinians (including 1 journalist) are moderately injured by tear gas canisters. (PCHR 8/9; OCHA 8/10)