Tuesday, October 21, 2008

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts latenight arrest raids, house searches in al-Fara‘a r.c., firing on stone-throwing youths who confront them, wounding 1; patrols in, fires on residential areas of Ithna nr. Hebron, wounding 1 Palestinian. Jewish settlers in Hebron attack Palestinians harvesting olives nr. Yatta; the IDF declares the area a closed military zone, orders the Palestinians to leave the area. (OCHA 10/22; PCHR 10/23; AIC 11/9)