February 26, 2017

IDF troops raid a secondary school in Tuqu‘ village nr. Bethlehem. They remove allegedly inciting posters and shoot pepper spray at some of the teachers, lightly injuring 3. Elsewhere in the West Bank, IDF troops arrest 14 Palestinians during late-night raids nr. Hebron, Salfit, Qalqilya, Nablus, Jericho, and Ramallah; and patrol nr. Hebron during the day. Off Gaza’s coast, Israeli naval forces open fire on Palestinian fishing boats nr. Bayt Lahiya, causing no damage or injuries. In Israel, Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian-owned home in Kafr Kassim. (MNA 2/26; PCHR 3/1)