Saturday, May 21, 2022

In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and killed 1 Palestinian minor and seriously injured 1 other during a late-night raid in Jenin. PA prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh condemned the killing. Israeli forces also violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Yatta, injuring 2 with live ammunition and others with tear gas. Elsewhere, Israeli forces delivered stop-work orders for 6 homes under construction in Kafr ad-Dik. In East Jerusalem, 1 Israeli settler shot and injured 1 Palestinian in Sheikh Jarrah. Off the coast of Gaza, Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen; no injuries were reported. In Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian shepherds east of al-Qarara; no injuries were reported. (AJ, AP, CNN, HA, MEE, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 5/21; JP 5/22; MDW 5/23; PCHR 5/26; UNOCHA 6/4)