Saturday, January 21, 2017
Along Gaza’s border, IDF troops open fire on Palestinian land nr. Khan Yunis for the 2d day in a row. In the West Bank, IDF troops violently disperse Palestinians protesting Israeli settlement growth in Kafr Qaddum nr. Qalqilya; 2 Palestinians are injured. They also patrol nr. Hebron and Qalqilya. In Israel, thousands of Palestinians and solidarity activists gather in Wadi ‘Ara to protest the recent demolitions in Qalanswa (1/10) and Umm al-Hiran (1/18). In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians during late-night raids in al-Tur. (HA, MNA, TOI, WAFA 1/21; PCHR 1/26)