September 12, 2012

Unidentified Palestinians fire 2 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in 1 village nr. Tulkarm in the morning and in 2 villages nr. Hebron at night; conducts house searches and arrest raids in 1 village nr. Nablus and 1 village nr. Hebron. Suspected Jewish settlers vandalize a mosque in a village nr. Hebron and try to set cars on fire. (MNA, ToI 9/12; PCHR 9/13, 9/20)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders the transfer of $60 million in VAT taxes collected on behalf of the PA, citing the PA’s current economic crisis and protests in the West Bank. (ToI 9/12)