Tuesday, September 30, 2014

In the West Bank, a Palestinian child is wounded by unexploded Israeli ordnance in a village nr. Bethlehem. The IDF conducts house searches and arrest raids in al-Fara‘a r.c. nr. Tubas, and 1 village nr. Jenin; patrols in 3 villages nr. Ramallah, 2 villages nr. Jericho, and 1 village nr. Hebron. Overnight in East Jerusalem, Israeli police and private security officers accompany a group of Israeli settlers into Silwan, where the settlers move into 25 residences, sparking minor confrontations with Palestinians in 2 separate incidents. The residences were purchased with the support of the right-wing Israeli organization Elad. During the day, hundreds of Jewish activists enter Haram al-Sharif. (HA, JP, MNA 9/30; PCHR 10/2)