May 4, 2009

IDF troops on the central Gaza border e. of Gaza Valley village fire incendiary shells at agricultural areas nr. the border, burning 200 d. of crop land. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in ‘Ayn Bayt al-Ma’a r.c. and Tulkarm town and r.c., and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, and Jenin. (OCHA 5/6; PCHR 5/7)