Tuesday, December 29, 2015

In the West Bank, armed Palestinians open fire on an Israeli military post in Bayt Duqqu n. of Jerusalem late at night, causing no injuries. The IDF then sets up mobile checkpoints around the village, sparking clashes with stonethrowers and injuring 3 Palestinians. During the day, Israeli forces raze a small swath of land outside a village nr. Bethlehem; deliver stopwork orders to 15 homes under construction in another village nr. Bethlehem. Israeli authorities issue an order declaring their intention to confiscate a swath of 500 dunams (around 123 acres) of land nr. Nablus. The IDF conducts raids in 1 village each nr. Jenin and Hebron, and in Tulkarm, arresting 7 Palestinians; returns the bodies of 3 Palestinians killed by the IDF on 11/30, 12/3, and 12/24. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces demolish a home under construction in Sur al-Bahir. After a funeral in Abu Dis, Israeli forces violently disperse stone-throwers in the area, injuring 24 Palestinians. Along Gaza’s border, IDF troops shoot and moderately injure a Palestinian e. of Khan Yunis. (MNA, TOI, WAFA 12/29; MNA, WAFA 12/30; PCHR 12/31)