January 16, 2011

Unidentified Palestinians fire 3 mortars fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. IDF troops on the n. Gaza border fire warning shots at Palestinians scavenging for construction materials in the former settlement sites, wounding 1. In the West Bank, the IDF for a 4th day steps up patrols in villages nr. Qalqilya, also patrolling in 2 villages nr. Ramallah and 1 nr. Jericho; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in ‘Ayn al-Sultan r.c. nr. Jericho. (JP 1/16; PCHR 1/20; OCHA 1/21)