August 27, 2019

In the West Bank, Israeli forces delivered demolition notices for Hebron-area houses belonging to 3 Palestinian families who have family members suspected of killing an Israeli settler earlier in August. Israeli forces also arrested 6 Palestinians during late-night raids in and around Jenin, Qalqilya, and Ramallah. During a raid south of Ramallah, soldiers seized equipment from a blacksmith workshop. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrested 2 Palestinians in Issawiyya. In Gaza, unidentified perpetrators in the evening killed 3 Hamas policemen and wounded several others in 2 apparent suicide bombings at 2 checkpoints. (WAFA, WAFA 8/27; AJ, HA, WAFA 8/28; PCHR 8/29)