Raids and arrests
During the night and day Israeli forces raided Sinjil, Al Khader, Asira al-Qibliya, Hebron, Al Janiya, Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Arraba, Fasa’il, Al Midya, Shu’afat refugee camp, Deir Ballut, Deir Istiya, Azzun, Beit Hanina, Urif. 27 Palestinians were arrested, 2 minors and a woman among them.
Arraba. Woman arrested
Clashes
1. Balata, refugee camp, east of Nablus - night raid with bulldozer. Confrontations including fire exchange and improvised explosive charges.
2. Arraba, south-west of Jenin - night raid, invasion of homes. Heavy shooting. Later, another raid - of shops, their keepers detained and beaten up. Confrontations ensued.
3. Shu’afat refugee camp, north-east of Jerusalem - raid while using teargas.
4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - evening raid, confrontations. 16-year-old wounded by live fire, suffocations.
5. Fasa'il, north of Jericho - raid, house searches. Confiscation of jewelry, cash, cellular phones. One woman inhabitant was beaten up and needed medical care. Palestinians claim this was a looting rampage.
Colonist attacks
1. Ein al-Beida, Masafer Yatta - colonists vandalized 200 trees, took down a barbed wire fence and vandalized farm crops while grazing in a tended field.
2. Urif, south of Nablus - colonists backed up by the Israeli army attack the outskirts of the village, burn a car, attack homes. Villagers began confronting them. Soldiers and colonists fired live shots.
6 persons wounded: 4 by live fire (a 15-year-old among them) and 2 others by shrapnel and stones. The soldiers delayed ambulances carrying wounded persons at Awarta Checkpoint and they were sent to another checkpoint. The father of one of the wounded was arrested.
3. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - colonists backed up by the Israeli army threw burning tires at houses, which started a fire.
Later, a family home was attacked with firebombs and parts of it were ignited. Confrontations ensued and the forces and colonists reacted.
4. Susya, Masafer Yatta - colonists attacked villagers and forced them to leave their grazing grounds. 2 shepherds were wounded.
5. Umm Fagarah, Masafer Yatta - colonists chased shepherds and forced them to leave their grazing grounds.
6. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho - colonists deny Palestinians access to water, raided the encampment.
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