February 3, 2019: Ahmad Ghazi Abu Jabal, 30, succumbed to critical wounds he sustained last week when Israeli forces attacked the “Great Return March” protests along Gaza’s borders
Ahmad died of critical wounds he sustained last week, after being shot by Israeli forces offshore the town of Beit Lahia, north of Gaza.
He was shot and seriously injured, on January 29 2019, during a naval procession along Beit Lahia Sea and shore, in northern Gaza.
The soldiers who shot him with live fire were stationed at the Zikim military base, near Gaza’s northern border.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) issued a statement mourning his death, and declaring that he was one of its members.
Ahmad was from the Sheja’eyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Source: IMEMC