June 23, 2008

IDF troops on the n. Gaza border fire on a group of Palestinian children that stray nr. the border fence, wounding a 68-yr.-old Palestinian farmer working his land nearby. Palestinians fire 2 mortars fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in Dahaysha r.c. and nr. Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin. (OCHA 6/25; PCHR 6/26)