Thursday, July 7, 2016

The IDF maintains the closure on Bani Na‘im village and the restrictions on Palestinian movement in Hebron and the surrounding district that have been in place since the settler shooting on 7/1. Meanwhile, IDF troops arrest a Palestinian in c. Hebron when she is found to have a knife. Meanwhile, the IDF patrols in 7 villages nr. Hebron and 2 nr. Ramallah. In Gaza, Hamas announces that 1 of its fighters has succumbed to injuries sustained in a confrontation with Israeli forces along the border on 5/8/2015. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 1 Palestinian during a raid in Sur al-Bahir. (MNA, TOI 7/7; MNA 7/8; PCHR 7/14)

The Israeli press reports that the Israeli Finance Ministry submitted a request to the Knesset Finance Comm. to add NIS 40 m. (approx. $10 m.) to the budget allocated for security for Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem this year. The request brings the total expenses for security in East Jerusalem to NIS 94.5 m (over $20 m.) this year, equaling the amount spent in all of 2015. (HA 7/7)