July 19, 2009

For unclear reasons, IDF troops make a brief incursion into the outskirts of Gaza City in the afternoon, shooting and arresting a Palestinian man, Ahmad Zuhayr al-Samari (described by Palestinians as mentally unstable), taking him to an Israeli hospital where he is pronounced dead. Jewish settlers fr. Bet Ayn vandalize and open fire on Palestinian homes in nearby Khirbat Safa, causing no injuries; IDF troops observe but do not intervene. (OCHA, PCHR 7/23)