IDF troops on the c. Gaza border fire on Palestinian, international activists taking part in a nonviolent march to the border fence e. of al-Maghazi r.c. to protest Israel’s imposition of a no-go zone, wounding 2 Palestinians, 1 international (from Malta) with live ammunition. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts synchronized late-night house searches in 5 villages south of Jenin, making no arrests; conducts other late-night house searches nr. Bethlehem, ordering 1 Palestinian to surrender for interrogation. Palestinians in Hebron stage a nonviolent march and sit-in outside Beit Romano settlement to protest settlement activity in the city; Jewish settlers move in to break up the demonstration but the IDF blocks them and disperses the Palestinians, arresting 3. (OCHA, PCHR, Times of Malta 4/29)
Saturday, April 24, 2010