The PRCs claim responsibility for firing a mortar fr. Gaza into Israel, causing damage but no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols without incident in Dayr Istya in the afternoon; prevents Palestinians fr. accessing their land nr. Qalqilya to harvest olives; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Qalqilya; fires rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists conducting a nonviolent march from Bayt Umar village to Karme Tzur settlement outside Hebron to protest land confiscations and settlement expansion; 10s suffer tear gas inhalation and 4 internationals and 3 Palestinians are arrested (the internationals are released the same day). (PCHR 10/14; OCHA 10/15)
Saturday, October 9, 2010