Thursday, August 20, 2009

Daily Situation Report: August 18, 2009


Israeli Merkav Tank, File Photo

PMG
Israeli occupation forces on Palestinian land
  • conducted 22 raids into Palestinian territory
  • detained/kidnapped 27 Palestinians
  • leveled Palestinian agricultural land
  • closed Palestinian towns, villages, and roads
  • continued to construct an imprisoning wall on Palestinian land
  • tanks, armored vehicles and 4 bulldozers, covered by reconnaissance aircraft, raided deep into Gaza, firing intensively at agricultural land and houses, injuring a womand and her baby girl
  • Israeli helicopter gunship patrolled the skies above Gaza
Israeli naval ships
  • opened fire on Gazan fishing boats off Gaza City beach
Palestinians on Palestinian land
  • held a demonstration
  • detonated an explosive near an Israeli army patrol
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