Saturday, June 17, 2017

In the West Bank, IDF troops conduct raids in Dayr Abu Mash‘al for the 2d day in a row, confiscating 40 cars, threatening punitive demolitions, and sparking clashes; 3 Palestinians are injured. They also arrest a Palestinian outside the Gush Etzion settlement bloc after he allegedly stabs and injures an Israeli settler, arrest 1 Palestinian during a raid in Bethlehem, and patrol nr. Ramallah and Hebron. Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinian cars driving nr. Ramallah, causing minor damage and no injuries. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest at least 350 Palestinians in the city for Ramadan, putting them on buses and sending them back to the West Bank. The campaign follows Israeli PM Netanyahu’s 6/16 order rescinding Ramadan permits. Meanwhile, Israeli forces arrest 8 Palestinians during raids in Abu Dis and the Old City. Off Gaza’s coast, Israeli naval forces open fire on Palestinian fishing boats nr. Bayt Lahiya, causing no damage or injuries. (HA, MNA, TOI, WAFA 6/17; MNA, WAFA 6/18; PCHR 6/22)