July 1, 2009

In the West Bank, IDF troops set up an ambush along a bypass road skirting the Zatara checkpoint s. of Nablus, firing on 4 Palestinian teenagers (ages 15–18) who attempt to evade the checkpoint by way of the road; all 4 are wounded, 2 are evacuated to an Israeli hospital with serious injuries. The IDF also conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in and around Jenin town and r.c., and in Hebron. (PCHR 7/2; OCHA, PCHR 7/9