IDF troops on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing fire warning shots at Palestinians scavenging for construction materials inside the industrial zone, wounding 1 Palestinian teenager. In a similar incident on the n. Gaza border nr. the fmr. Israeli settlement sites, the IDF wounds 2 Palestinians (including a 14-yr.-old boy) scavenging for construction materials. In the West Bank, Palestinians and international activists hold nonviolent demonstrations against land confiscation and settlement expansion nr. Karme Tzur settlement nr. Hebron and in the Hebron market area; the IDF fires rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at the protesters (2 Palestinian are injured, 10s suffer tear gas inhalation). The IDF also conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron. (PCHR 7/15; OCHA 7/16)
Saturday, July 10, 2010