August 1, 2009

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night house searches nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Qalqilya, Ramallah, and Tulkarm, making only 1 arrest. Jewish settlers fr. Beit Hadasah in Hebron, wielding sticks and sharp tools, severely beat a Palestinian man who passes by the settlement. Jewish settlers fr. Avraham Avino settlement in Hebron destroy water tanks on the roof of a Palestinian home. (OCHA, PCHR 8/6)