Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza coast, forcing them to return to shore. IDF troops on the n. Gaza border fire warning shots at Palestinians scavenging for construction materials in the fmr. settlement sites, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF sets up a temporary checkpoint inside Tulkarm, stopping Palestinians to check their IDs, withdrawing without incident; makes a daytime raid on a carpentry shop nr. Salfit, arresting 1 Palestinian; enters Madama village nr. Nablus in the evening, imposing a curfew, ordering shops to close, searching several homes, but making no arrests; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron. Jewish settlers fr. Karme Tzur nr. Hebron, escorted by IDF troops, level Palestinian agricultural land (grape vines, almond trees); 70 d. have been leveled in the past 3 wks. (PCHR 11/4; OCHA 11/5)
Monday, November 1, 2010