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A 21-year-old Lebanese man was shot by Israeli forces at Lebanon’s southern border on Friday, and several demonstrators were injured during further demonstrations at the border later in the weekend. Mohammad Tahhan was killed by Israeli shelling after a number of young protesters tried to breach the border while protesting Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, convoys of protesters from around Lebanon made their way to the southern town of Adaisseh to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba — Arabic for “catastrophe” — when some three quarters of a million Palestinians were forced from their homes to make way for the state of Israel. During the demonstrations, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas at protesters who tried to scale the wall demarcating the border. Speaking on Sunday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai warned against exposing Lebanon to new wars by using Lebanese territory as a platform for launching attacks against Israel. He called on Israel to “seriously and explicitly recognize the existence of the rights of the Palestinian people,” noting that peace is unattainable without a viable Palestinian state.

Lebanon faces increased electricity outages after Turkey’s Karpowership on Friday shut down its two floating power barges. The two ships, which provide Lebanon with 370 megawatts — about a quarter of the country’s current power supply — stopped operating on Friday over payment arrears and in the face of a legal threat against Karpowership. The stoppage has reduced Lebanon’s electricity production capacity by about 240 megawatts, the state utility, Électricité du Liban, said in a statement, adding that it can offset some 130 megawatts by increasing production at local facilities. However, the head of Parliament’s energy committee, Nazih Najem, warned earlier this month that the Zouk power plant would stop operating from May 18, while the Jiyyeh and Zahrani power plants would follow suit on June 6 and 8, respectively, if EDL fails to secure funds to purchase fuel to keep them operational.

After a five-day search, the body of 15-year-old Noura Hatoum was found near Chouwan Lake. The Lebanese Army and the Civil Defense found the teenager’s body on Thursday. Hatoum had fallen into the Jannah River in the Nahr Ibrahim Valley during a hiking trip days earlier and was swept away by the current. Her body was transported to her hometown of Rashaya, where she was buried.

The Lebanese public sector employees’ union has called for a two-day strike on Tuesday and Wednesday to demand a pay increase. According to the union, civil servants’ average salary “no longer allows them to meet their basic needs” amid the ongoing economic crisis. In a statement, the union called for either a salary increase for all civil servants or a supply ration card currently being touted by some Lebanese officials as a temporary economic stopgap measure. The union has threatened to embark on an open-ended strike if its demands are not heard.