A Palestinian man with special needs was wounded on Saturday after being shot at the entrance of Duma, a town in the West Bank's Nablus Governorate, Palestinian reports said.
An Israeli defense source said the man was shot by the owner of an adjacent Israeli settlement farm and another man, who had fired "warning shots" at the Palestinian man after he had approached their settlement. When the man did not turn back following the warning shots, the two opened fire at him, at which point he was hit and later evacuated to a hospital by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the source said.
Other Palestinian reports attributed the shooting to "Israeli forces."
Medics said the disabled man, 29, was shot in the abdomen and leg, and was taken to a hospital for medical treatment, according to the reports.
■ U.S. forces downed several Iranian drones that targeted commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with "traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded," the U.S. Central Command said.
■ Iran has collapsed tunnels and placed mines in an effort to thwart a potential U.S. military operation to seize the country's enriched uranium stockpiles, CNN reported, citing sources familiar with U.S. intelligence.
■ Israel launched artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting the Nuns' Quarter in the city of Nabatieh and the town of Srifa in the Tyre District, Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen reported.
■ The IDF said it intercepted a suspected drone that crossed from Lebanon into Israel's airspace after sirens had sounded in the northern border communities of Metula and Misgav Am.
■ The IDF issued an evacuation warning to 20 communities in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh and Jezzine districts, citing "Hezbollah's repeated violations of the cease-fire" and saying it will "act against it."
■ Police are working to neutralize an unexploded interceptor that was found in the area of the Yokne'am Illit, a city in northern Israel, after it was launched earlier this week during an exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran, the city municipality and local council said.
An unexploded interceptor was found in the area of Yokne'am Illit, a city in northern Israel, with police working to neutralize it, the city municipality and Megiddo Regional Council said.
A fragment of the interceptor found in the Yokne'am area on Saturday.Credit: Megiddo Regional CouncilA fragment of the interceptor found in the Yokne'am area on Saturday.Credit: Megiddo Regional Council
The interceptor was launched at the start of the week, during an exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran, according to the municipality's and the council's statements.
The IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson issued an evacuation warning on Saturday to a range of southern Lebanon communities, citing "Hezbollah's repeated violations of the cease-fire" and saying it will "act against it."
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل الى سكان لبنان المتواجدين في البلدات والقرى التالية: دير الزهراني, النميرية, الشرقية, الدوير, حاروف, حبوش, کفر جوز, زبدين (النبطية), النبطية التحتا, النبطية الفوقا, کفر رمان, المحمودية, سجد (جزين), ریحان, عرمتى, كفرحونة, مليخ, اللويزة (جزين), جرجوع, عربصاليم
The spokesman called on residents of 14 communities in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh District and six other communities in the Jezzine District, just north of Nabatieh, to "move immediately to areas north of the Zahrani River."
The warnings came after Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen reported Israeli forces shelled areas of southern Lebanon, including the Nuns' Quarter in the city of Nabatieh and the town of Srifa in the Tyre District.
Earlier on Saturday morning, the IDF said it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" that crossed from Lebanon into Israel's airspace after sirens sounded in the northern Israeli communities of Metula and Misgav Am, near the Lebanese border.
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, Saturday.Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSSmoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, Saturday.Credit: Stringer/ REUTERS
Israeli forces have launched artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting the Nuns' Quarter in the city of Nabatieh and the town of Srifa in the Tyre District, Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday morning.
The reported shelling came after sirens sounded in the northern border communities of Metula and Misgav Am due to what the IDF said was a suspected drone infiltration from Lebanon.
Iran has in recent weeks collapsed tunnels and placed mines in an effort to thwart a potential U.S. military operation to seize the country's enriched uranium stockpiles, CNN reported on Saturday, citing five sources with knowledge of U.S. intelligence.
Centrifuge machines at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran, 2021.Credit: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN BROADCASTING via APCentrifuge machines at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran, 2021.Credit: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN BROADCASTING via AP
In late March, The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. President Donald Trump was mulling a military operation to extract the nearly 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds) of nuclear material from Iran, citing U.S. officials.
According to the sources who spoke with CNN, the fortifications installed by Iran have now made such an operation far more difficult, dangerous and lengthy than it would have been a month ago.
Under the proposed terms of the emerging U.S.-Iran deal to end the war, the International Atomic Energy Agency would partner with the United States to "downblend" Iran's existing stockpile of enriched uranium, The New York Times has reported, citing two U.S. officials.
According to the report, while the United States sees itself as having an active role in the dilution of the nuclear material, Iranian officials said the U.S. would only serve as an observer. Tehran has not publicly discussed whether it would allow the entire stockpile to be removed from Iran, the newspaper said, but downblending the enriched uranium could allow the Iranian's to retain ownership of the material.
A drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, earlier this month.Credit: ReutersA drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, earlier this month.Credit: Reuters
Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded, according to U.S. Central Command.
The international trade corridor remains open for transit, CENTCOM said.
■ London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined calls to bana real estate sales event in the British capital featuring properties in Israel and listings in West Bank settlements, saying the settlements are "unjustifiable and illegal under international law" and condemning attempts to market such properties in London.
■ Police arrested an Arab Israeli woman in her 50s on suspicion ofincitement for terrorism on social media, adding that she will remain in custody until Sunday and that her interrogation continues.
■ A London judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison for acting as terrorists when they raided an Israeli defense factory in the United Kingdom and smashed equipment with the intent of disrupting production of weapons they feared would kill people in Gaza.
■ The Israeli military was instructed to remain alert for possible strikes on Iran even after Washington and Tehran reach a deal, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, adding that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the directive.
■ UAE is set to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say, though the UAE has denied reports that it has transferred any funds to Tehran.
■ Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saidIran and the United States reached a final agreement, adding that Islamabad is working with the sides to finalize the deal.
■ Qatar held clandestine talks with Iran during the war, offering to help it rock global energy markets in exchange for Tehran sparing its critical Ras Laffan gas field, The Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials. According to the report, Iran didn't promise not to strike the plant, which provides a fifth of the world's natural gas, but Qatar believed it could secure a tacit understanding.
