January 14, 2007

IDF troops on the Gaza border fire several tank shells killing 2 PRC mbrs. planting a roadside bomb nr. the border fence n. of Bayt Hanun. 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 IDF also send troops, bulldozers into Abasan to level land nr. the border with Israel. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem and in and around Jenin town and r.c., Nablus. (NYT 1/15; OCHA 1/17; PCHR 1/18)