Israeli naval vessels fire on a Palestinian fishing boat off the n. Gaza shore, moderately wounding 1 Palestinian. Late in the evening, IDF troops on the c. Gaza border direct heavy fire on open areas e. of al-Bureij r.c., killing a Palestinian guard manning the al-Bureij sewage facility. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in 1 village nr. Jenin late in the evening; conducts late-night patrols in and around Tulkarm. Palestinians (sometimes accompanied by Israeli and international activists) hold weekly nonviolent demonstrations against the separation wall, land confiscations, and settlement expansion in Bil’in, Kafr Qaddum, Ni’lin, and Nabi Salih. IDF soldiers beat and fire rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at the protesters; in Kafr Qaddum, 1 Palestinian is injured by a tear gas canister and another is arrested. In Silwan, East Jerusalem, the IDF arrests 2 Palestinian teenagers for arguing with a group of Jewish settlers who took over a Palestinian swimming hole. (PCHR 12/22; OCHA 12/23)
Friday, December 16, 2011