In the West Bank, IDF troops arrest 3 Palestinians teenagers at Hawara checkpoint nr. Nablus, claiming they are in possession of a knife and metal tools; raid a fuel station in Hebron and check the Palestinian workers’ ID cards, arresting 1. The IDF also raids and searches a number of houses nr. Hebron, arresting 1 Palestinian; conducts late-night raids, house searches nr. Ramallah, arresting 1 Palestinian; enters the Zif area of Hebron, where troops open fire and conduct raids, house-searches, transform the roofs of a number of houses into military outposts. As the Palestinian olive harvest officially begins, the IDF bars Jewish settler access and deploys additional border police to certain areas of the West Bank to prevent clashes. A 17- yr.-old Palestinian shot in the head by IDF troops in Bayt Umar nr. Hebron on 3/4 dies fr. his wounds. (OCHA, PCHR 10/15; OCHA Humanitarian Monitor 10/09)
Sunday, October 11, 2009