February 7, 2010

Unidentified Palestinians fire a rocket fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishermen off the n. Gaza coast, halting and seizing 2 boats, holding 4 fishermen for several hrs. of questioning before releasing them. In the West Bank, IDF troops surround and seal Shu‘fat r.c. nr. East Jerusalem in the evening, imposing a curfew. The IDF also makes a rare daytime incursion into Ithna village nr. Hebron, searching the home of a wanted Palestinian, without making any arrests; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Jericho and in al-Bireh (including searching the home of al-Bireh’s mayor, arresting his wife). (YA 2/7; WT 2/8; OCHA, PCHR 2/11)