August 12, 2017

Israeli settlers set up 29 mobile homes in and around settlements nr. Nablus and Tulkarm. Elsewhere in the West Bank, IDF troops arrest 2 Palestinians during late-night raids nr. Ramallah and Bethlehem, and patrol nr. Hebron and Qalqilya during the day. Israeli forces violently disperse Palestinians at protests against the occupation in Kafr Qaddum nr. Qalqilya; 2 Palestinians are injured. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian woman outside the Old City after she allegedly stabs and injures an Israeli security guard. (HA, MNA, WAFA, YA 8/12; MNA 8/13; PCHR 8/17)