Saturday, July 23, 2022

In the West Bank, Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Kafr Qaddum, injuring 5 with baton rounds and others with tear gas. Israeli forces also violently dispersed Palestinians during a sit-in protest in al-Dahariya, causing tear-gas related injuries. Off the coast of Gaza, Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen within 6 nautical miles west of the coast; no injuries were reported. In Israel, 1 Palestinian man from the West Bank was stabbed 6 times by an Israeli man after leaving work in Jaffa. (WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 7/23; PCHR 7/28; UNOCHA 8/5)

Iran said it had arrested several agents connected to Israel who had entered Iran from the Iraqi Kurdish region with advanced equipment and strong explosives. (AP, HA 7/23; AJ, JP 7/24)