Saturday, July 11, 2015

In the West Bank, the IDF shuts down a major checkpoint nr. Nablus for “security reasons.” IDF troops violently disperse Palestinian activists demonstrating nr. al-‘Arub r.c. and in Kafr Qaddum nr. Qalqilya; several Palestinians are lightly injured. The IDF conducts late-night raids and house searches in Nablus and 1 village nr. Hebron, arresting 4 Palestinians; patrols during the day in 4 villages nr. Ramallah. Israeli forces confiscate 2 construction vehicles Palestinians are using to build a road nr. Salfit. (MNA, WAFA 7/11; PCHR 7/15)

PA pres. Abbas meets with PM Hamdallah to discuss the proposed new consensus govt., and specifically to weigh candidates for various portfolios. They make no final decisions and delay the formation of a govt. until at least after the end of Ramadan on 7/17. (MNA 7/11)

The Lebanese military says that an Israeli drone crashed in the sea nr. the port of Tripoli. (AFP, HA, YA 7/11)