Sunday, August 26, 2012

PA pres. Mahmud Abbas says that the plans for Palestine to request nonmember observer status in the UN at the General Assembly (UNGA) session in 9/2012 aim to preserve the two-state solution. (WAFA 8/26)

Unidentified Palestinians fire 2 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, causing some damage but no injuries. Israeli naval vessels open fire on Palestinian fishermen nr. Bayt Lahiya and also on a group of fishermen 2.5 nautical miles (naut. mi.) offshore, causing no injuries in either incident. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Qalqilya and 1 nearby village in the afternoon. (PCHR 8/30)