Late at night, Israeli warplanes and drones carry out 11 air strikes on Gaza (5 in Nussayrat r.c., 3 nr. Bayt Lahiya, 2 in Dayr al-Balah, and 1 nr. Wadi al-Silqa). Four of the strikes in Nussayrat target a Palestinian home and damage 4 others nearby, lightly injuring 10 civilians (including 7 children). The other strikes, which injure no one, target a farm (killing 1,000s of animals, damaging a Bayt Lahiya municipal water network, and destroying an electricity generator), a workshop, and 2 open areas. Meanwhile, Israeli naval vessels fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the n. Gaza coast, forcing them to return to shore. In the West Bank, the IDF patrols in 2 villages nr. Ramallah in the morning; patrols in 1 village each nr. Ramallah and Tulkarm late at night; and conducts synchronized late-night arrest raids and house searches in 2 villages nr. Hebron. Jewish settlers fr. the Hebron area uproot 65 olive trees in the Palestinian village of Yatta. (PCHR 6/7; OCHA 6/8)
Saturday, June 2, 2012