April 14, 2009

Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the Bayt Lahiya coast, forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF makes a late-night incursion into Rumana village nr. Jenin, patrolling streets and firing on residential areas, causing no injuries and making no arrests. After the Israeli High Court upholds a judgment that 2 East Jerusalem homes (including the one seized on 4/3) belong to Jewish settler groups, Israeli security forces evict the 2 Palestinian families who have lived in the homes for years. PA security forces in the West Bank report uncovering an explosives lab in a mosque, implying it was run by Hamas; the exact location is not reported. (WT 4/15; PCHR 4/16)