A Palestinian man dies of wounds sustained when IDF forces shot him in the head with a rubber-coated metal bullet on 2/22 in Abud village during protests in solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails. IDF forces violently disperse Palestinians holding a sit-in outside Ofer prison nr. Ramallah to demand the release of hunger-striking Palestinian administrative detainees being held by Israel without charge. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in 1 village nr. Salfit in the morning; 1 al-Fawar r.c. and 1 village nr. Hebron, 2 villages nr. Jenin, and 1 village nr. Salfit in the afternoon; and in 2 villages nr. Jenin at night. IDF soldiers also conduct house searches and arrest raids in 1 village nr. Salfit in the afternoon and in 1 village nr. Bethlehem at night. Meanwhile, IDF forces hand out 26 demolition orders, including for 10 homes, in Khallet Athaba, a village nr. Yatta in the southern West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, the IDF conducts an incursion nr. Dayr al-Balah, levelling land along the border fence. (MNA 3/7; PCHR 3/14)
Thursday, March 7, 2013