Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The IDF conducts 3 air strikes on tunnels along the Rafah border and makes an air strike on a workshop in Shuka. During the day, Palestinians fire a rocket into Israel for the 1st time since Gaza factions declared their own cease-fire on 1/18, causing no damage or injuries. Israel allows 146 truckloads of goods (much of it seed and fodder) and 65 tons of medicine into Gaza. In the West Bank, the IDF demolishes 2 Palestinian homes in Bayt Hanina and Silwan, both suburbs of East Jerusalem; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in Qabatya, nr. Hebron. (FT, IDF Radio, MM, NYT, REU, WT 1/28; PCHR 1/29)