March 10, 2014

In the West Bank, IDF troops shoot and kill a man at the Allenby Bridge crossing on the Jordanian border. The man, a PalestinianJordanian judge who worked in Amman, was on his way to visit family in Nablus. The IDF initially says that he tried to attack the soldiers. However, many eyewitnesses describe a different version of the events. In response, PM Netanyahu’s office promises a joint investigation with Jordanian authorities, and expresses regret and sympathies. Jordanian FM Judeh condemns the killing, and summons the head of Israel’s mission in Amman. A protest also takes place outside the Israeli embassy in Amman, where demonstrators call for the annulment of the 2 countries’ peace treaty. IDF troops also shoot and kill a Palestinian in Baytin village nr. Ramallah, in response to a group of Palestinians throwing stones at vehicles owned by Jewish settlers. The man’s relatives say he was tending goats when he was shot. The IDF conducts house searches and arrest raids in Hebron, and 1 village each nr. Jenin and Qalqilya at night; patrols in 1 village each nr. Hebron and Ramallah in the afternoon, and in 3 villages nr. Hebron, 2 villages nr. Ramallah, and 1 village each nr. Ramallah and Qalqilya at night. Jewish settlers cut down several trees and saplings in an-Nabi Samuil nr. Jerusalem. Off the coast of the Gaza Strip nr. al-Sudaniyya, Israeli naval vessels open fire on Palestinian fishermen, wounding 2 with rubber-coated metal bullets, and causing damage to the boats and nets. Also, 2 fishermen are arrested. (MNA, REU, WAFA 3/10)