In response to reported stone-throwing incidents in the area, the IDF reopens a checkpoint nr. Nablus that they had closed on 7/9. Elsewhere in the West Bank, IDF troops shoot and injure 3 Palestinians and arrest 4 others during clashes sparked by a raid in Dahaysha r.c. nr. Bethlehem. They conduct further raids and house searches nr. Nablus, arresting 2 Palestinians, and patrol nr. Hebron throughout the day. In Israel, the Israeli police announce that they have arrested 10 Palestinians working in Israel without proper permits and demolished their camp nr. Tamra. It is unclear when the raid took place. (MNA, WAFA 7/28; MNA 7/29; PCHR 8/4)
The PA Foreign Ministry releases a statement, in Arabic only, “relieving” the international community from “issuing useless condemnations against Israeli settlement” activities. The statement follows a week of Israeli settlement growth announcements and rote condemnations from the U.S., EU, and UN. (MO, PAMFA 7/29)