Monday, September 25, 2006

Overnight in Gaza, the IDF sends troops into Bayt Lahiya, reoccupies the fmr. Dugit settlement site, raids and searches homes, interrogates Palestinians regarding rocket fire fr. the area, withdraws late in the evening without making arrests. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in Nablus, clashing with Palestinian gunmen, leaving 1 Palestinian gunman wounded; conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Hebron, Jenin. An Israeli military court reverses a 9/12 ruling to free 21 Hamas legislators arrested on 6/28–29, saying they must remain in jail pending trial. (NYT 9/26; WP 9/27; PCHR 9/28)