Friday, May 24, 2019

In the West Bank a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was pepper-sprayed and assaulted by Israeli forces at a flying checkpoint near Jenin. In East Jerusalem, thousands of Muslim worshippers attended prayers on the Haram al-Sharif compound for the 3d Ramadan Friday prayers. Males between the age of 13 and 40 were not allowed to enter East Jerusalem from the West Bank. Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at a group of Palestinians seeking to reach East Jerusalem, causing tear-gas suffocation. (QUDS, WAFA, WAFA 5/24)