A unit of the Israeli army (IDF) shot warning strokes during a diplomatic visit to Jenin, the West Bank, creating panic among diplomats.
The delegation consisted of 25 European ambassadors and diplomats, Arabs, Chinese, Japanese, Indians and other parts of the world. Present Even the Italian deputyons In Jerusalem, Alessandro Tutino. Tajani summons the ambassador of Israel in Rome “to have official clarifications on what happened”. France also convened its ambassador After the IDF shot in the air “in an unacceptable way” against diplomats.
The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, according to what is learned, heard the deputy premiere and foreign minister on the phone to agree on the call to the Farnesina of the Israeli ambassador to Italy. A move is explained, assessed not only in the light of today’s episode near the Jenin refugee camp which involved foreign diplomats, including the Italian vice console in Jerusalem, but also in the wider context of the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip.
The Foreign Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority has posted some videos that show dozens of people, including photographers, near a blocking place of the Army in Jenin. You can see the soldiers shoot in the air from inside the Jenin refugee camp and the group that runs out towards their cars.
No injuries have been reported. According to the Palestinian press agency Wafa, the delegation included diplomats from the European Union, from France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Russia, European Union, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Portugal, China, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lithuania, Poland, Turkey, Japan, Romania, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Canada, India.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani He spoke with the Deputy Council involved in the episode in Jenin, with the shots in the air of the Idf. The diplomat has not suffered damage and returned to the consulate. Tajani gave instructions to ask for immediate explanations and protest for the incident with the government of Israel: “Threats against diplomats are unacceptable,” said Tajani, according to what Farnesina sources reported.
“I just talked to Alessandro Tutino, vice -assole of Italy in Jerusalem, who is fine and who was among the diplomats that would have been attacked with a firearm near the refugee camp of Jenin. We ask the government of Israel to immediately clarify the incident. The threats against diplomats are unacceptable”, writes the foreign minister on X.
A spokesman for the IDF said that “from a first investigation it appears that the delegation moved from the planned path and came to an area where he was not authorized to find himself. A force of the Operating Idf on the spot carried out shots of Warning “https://gazzettadodelSud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/05/21/sercito- Israeli-spara-in-durante-una-visita-diploma tici-cera-even-the-viceconsole-Italian-mente-tajani-convempocate-emphasit-27125ef3-7d52-4e8b-9771-7dad74fb015e/. “They will be The representatives of the countries involved immediately contacted, and in the next few days he will conduct personal interviews with diplomats to update them on the preliminary results of the investigation “, adds the IDF.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry clarifies on his account x that the international diplomatic delegation “was carrying out An official mission to observe and evaluate the humanitarian situation and document the violations perpetrated by the Israeli army against the people Palestinian “https://gazzettadodelSud.it/articoli/mondo/2025/05/21/sercito- Israeli-spara-in-durante-una-visita-diploma tici-cera-even-the-viceconsole-Italian-Meloni-Sente-tajani-Concocococa-Lambasciator-27125ef3-7d52-4e8b-9771-7dad74fb015e/. “This Deliberate and illegal act constitutes a clear and serious violation of international law “, adds the Palestinian Ministry, asking for international protection for the people and the diplomatic staff who work in Palestine.
Average of Gaza: ‘The IDF hit the Al-Awda hospital in the North’
The Palestinian media also report that the IDF hit the Al-Awda hospital with artillery, in the north of the Gaza Strip. At the moment they are not reported
Details, while Hamas says that at least 82 Palestinians killed, and 262 were injured, in the attacks of the Israeli army in Gaza in the last 24 hours. From the beginning of hostilities on 7 October 2023, the total balance has 53,655 victims and 121,950 injured, adds the note.
The activists of the right-wing organizations Tzav 9 and Israeli Revervists-Generation of Victory have attempted to prevent humanitarian aid trucks from reaching Gaza, obstructing the road that leads to the goods pass of Kerem Shalom, at the southern end of the Strip. The Times of Israel reports it. Tzav 9, which opposes the supply of aid to Gaza until Hamas continue to keep the Israelis hostage, spreads videos of activists who slowly walk in front of the trucks to prevent their advance and at least an activist who is arrested. The police say that a protester was arrested for trying to block the road and another for not listening to the police instructions and hindered the agents in carrying out their duty.