September 14, 2006

The IDF makes an arrest raid into Rafah, fatally shooting a Palestinian bystander outside his home; makes an air strike destroying a Palestinian house in Rafah that allegedly hid the opening of a smugglers tunnel (warning the residents in advance to evacuate), severely damaging 8 nearby homes; bulldozes 3 d. of agricultural land nr. Sufa crossing. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches in Bethlehem, nr. Hebron. Some 20 armed Jewish settlers fr. Kiryat Arba attack a Palestinian house in Hebron, beat 2 Palestinians. (PCHR 9/21)