In Gaza, the IDF withdraws troops fr. al-Fakhari, ending an arrest campaign that began on 9/15, temporarily detaining 4 Palestinians, arresting 3 others. An IDF tank operating inside Gaza nr. the Sufa crossing triggers a roadside bomb, causing damage but no injuries. Palestinians fire 2 rockets fr. Gaza into Israel, causing no damage or injuries; the IDF dispatches helicopters to fire on the Bayt Hanun launch site, causing no reported injuries. In the West Bank, the IDF sends troops into Jabal Juhan nr. Hebron to break up an armed clash between 2 Palestinian clans and impose a curfew, later firing on mbrs. of 1 clan who violate the curfew, killing 1 Palestinian, wounding 4; sends troops into Ramallah, firing on stonethrowing youths who confront them, mortally wounding a 16-yr.-old Palestinian, denying access to an ambulance (he subsequently bleeds to death); denies an ailing Palestinian with a valid permit for medical treatment permission to cross a checkpoint to reach a Jerusalem hospital, allowing him to die; conducts arrest raids, house searches in al-Arub r.c. nr. Hebron, Bethlehem, Jenin town and r.c. In Rafah, unidentified assailants detonate a bomb outside the home of a prominent local Fatah mbr., causing damage but no injuries. (OCHA 9/19; PCHR 9/20)
Sunday, September 16, 2007