IDF troops on the s. Gaza border fire on Palestinian shepherds who stray close to the border fence e. of al-Maghazi r.c., causing no injuries. The Israeli navy fires on Palestinian fishing boats of the Gaza coast nr. Shatti’ r.c., wounding 1 fisherman, damaging 1 boat. In the West Bank, the IDF sends undercover units into Jenin in 2 vehicles with Palestinian license plates to arrest 2 wanted Palestinians; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem, Hebron. Under IDF escort, Jewish settlers fr. Suissa continue to bulldoze large areas of Palestinian agricultural land in Yatta for construction of a settler bypass road (50 d. are razed by 1/14, with another 100 d. expected to be leveled). In Battir nr. Bethlehem, Fatah, PFLP mbrs. exchange fire, leaving 4 Palestinians wounded. (OCHA 1/17; PCHR 1/18)
Thursday, January 11, 2007