January 12, 2007

Egyptian troops demolish a smugglers’ tunnel on the Rafah border. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Tamun; conducts arrest raids, house searches in Bayt Kahil. PA security forces, ESF mbrs. exchange fire in Jabaliya r.c., wounding 1 Palestinian. Later, PA security forces, ESF mbrs. in Jabaliya clash again after the PA forces discover a tunnel under their base; no on is injured. (OCHA 1/17; PCHR 1/18)