January 23, 2005

The IDF conducts arrest raids, house searches nr. Nablus and in Bethlehem, Jenin, Ramallah. Palestinians detonate a roadside bomb nr. an IDF patrol in Balata r.c., causing no damage or injuries. A Jewish settler on a tractor chases 2 Palestinian shepherds off their land nr. Nablus, runs over and kills 2 sheep. (VOI 1/23 in WNC 1/24; PRCS 1/24; OCHA 1/26; PCHR 1/27)