October 24, 2016

For the 2d time in 3 days, a Hamas fighter is killed in a tunnel collapse e. of Khan Yunis. Hamas later says he was working in the tunnel when it collapsed. Earlier, unknown persons fire a rocket from Gaza into an open area in s. Israel, causing no major damage or injuries. The IAF then launches retaliatory air strikes on a military post e. of Bayt Hanun in Gaza. The shelling causes material damage but no injuries. Also along Gaza’s border, IDF troops open fire on Palestinian farmers working nr. al-Maghazi r.c., causing no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF lifts its closure of Dayr Jarir village nr. Ramallah 1 day after imposing it, while maintaining its general closure of the West Bank and Gaza, as announced on 10/22, until midnight. IDF troops arrest 6 Palestinians during latenight raids in and around Jenin, and nr. Ramallah and Bethlehem; and patrol nr. Nablus and Hebron during the day. In East Jerusalem, 67 right-wing Jewish activists tour Haram al-Sharif. Israeli forces arrest 6 Palestinians during late-night raids in the Old City. (HA, JP, MNA, TOI, WAFA, YA 10/24; PCHR 10/27)