Thursday, April 12, 2007

In 2 incidents, IDF troops on the Gaza border nr. Bayt Lahiya and Khuza’a fire on Palestinian farmers working their fields who stray nr. the border fence, causing no injuries. The IDF sends an undercover unit to Ramallah to arrest a wanted Palestinian; surrounds an apartment building in al-Bireh, ordering 50 residents to gather for ID checks, searching and damaging the apartment and car of PA police Col. Mujahid Ahmad, arresting him; raids, seals an Islamic charity in Tulkarm, confiscating computers, files; conducts other arrest raids, house searches in Hebron. (OCHA 4/18; PCHR 4/19)