Rabi Arafa Rabi

Rabi RabiOctober 22, 2022: Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, a Palestinian worker from Qalqilia, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near a military roadblock of a section of the illegal Annexation Wall southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers shot the workers near a military roadblock, known as 109, close to Nabi Elias village, when the army fired many live rounds at Palestinian workers trying to cross.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot the worker, Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, with a live round in the head. Palestinian medics rushed him to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital in Qalqilia, then to Rafidia hospital in Nablus, where he succumbed to his serious wounds.

The slain man’s father, from Qalqilia, said the soldiers executed his son in cold blood, adding that Rabi was just a construction worker trying to earn a living and was engaged to be married this coming Friday.

Palestine TV said Israeli colonizers closed several streets in the area and attacked dozens of Palestinian and their cars, before the soldiers invaded it and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.

It is worth mentioning that the army frequently attackschasesinjures, and abducts Palestinian workers near the gates of the illegal Annexation Wall near QalqiliaJenin, and other parts of the West Bank.

Palestinian workers from these areas had for decades been able to work in Israel, but since 2003, Israeli forces have constructed a massive Wall and prevented the workforce from reaching their jobs.

Rabi was from Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Othman Ahmad Ladadweh

October 26, 2018: Othman Ahmad Ladadweh, 33, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded his village, al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and began firing live ammunition, killing Othman and wounding seven others. The soldiers also assaulted journalists, and shot one.

Media sources in Ramallah said several army jeeps invaded the village, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who were holding a nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies, leading to confrontations.

The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed a former political prisoner, identified as Othman Ahmad Ladadweh, 33.

The Ministry stated that Ladadweh was shot with a live round in the upper thigh, but the bullet went through his spleen and liver, causing a very serious injury before he was rushed to the Istishari Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The soldiers also shot eight Palestinians with live fire, including one who suffered a serious gunshot wound in the head, and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

Among the wounded is a journalist identified as Ahmad Shreiteh, who was shot with a live round in the thigh and suffered a moderate injury.

In addition, the soldiers fired gas bombs at media crews, and assaulted several journalists while trying to stop them from documenting the unfolding events.

A field documentation into the killing of Ladadweh, conducted by the Al-Haq Center for Applied International Law, has revealed that the soldiers who opened fire at Muhammad and other Palestinian protesters in the area aimed at harming as many Palestinian as possible.

Al-Haq reached this conclusion following its field documentation and follow-up, in addition to the review of eyewitness accounts, affidavits, and further available evidence, which showed that an Israeli soldier opened fire continuously and in a half-circle-shape towards protesting Palestinian youth, from a close distance, leading to the killing of 28-year-old Mohammad Shreiteh, and the injury of eight Palestinians, one of whom was seriously injured.

Othman was from al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Ziad Abu Ein

Ziad Abu Ein

December 11, 2014: Ziad Abu Ein, 55, was killed by an Israeli soldier who struck him in the chest in Turmus Ayya village, near Ramallah in the West Bank. The soldiers assaulted Palestinians and internationals planting trees on Palestinian land Israel wants to illegally confiscate, fired gas bombs and repeatedly targeted Ziad, who was a government minister heading the Palestinian Committee against the Wall and Settlements.  Ziad was from Ramallah. Source: IMEMC