August 7th, 2021: Emad Ali Dwaikat, 37, was shot and killed by Israeli forces who fired live rounds at unarmed demonstrators in the northern West Bank village of Beita, south of Nablus, during a demonstration in rejection of the continued expropriation of Palestinian land.
Emad was a father of five children, the youngest being only two months old. He was killed with a live round in his chest, causing life threatening wounds.
The critically injured man was rushed to Rafidia hospital in Nablus, where he was pronounced dead by medical staff.
The army also targeted a photo-journalist covering the demonstration, shooting him in the knee with a rubber-coated steel round, he was treated by medics on the scene.
Sources confirmed that at least 20 protesters were injured with rubber-coated steel rounds, two were struck with teargas canisters, five suffered from falls while being pursued by soldiers, and 31 people suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Hundreds of Palestinians participated in the funeral procession for the father of five, which began at Rafidia hospital and headed towards the slain victim’s home, Quds News Network reported.
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- The moment when Palestinian cameraman is shot by Israeli forces with a steel round to the knee:
Photos: PNN
Emad was from Beita, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC
July 29, 2021: Shawkat Khaled Awad, 20, was killed by Israeli soldiers who opened fire at the funeral procession of the slain Palestinian child, identified as Mohammad Moayyad Bahjat al-‘Allami, 11, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in southern occupied West Bank.
July 28, 2021: Mohammad Moayyad al-‘Allami, 11, was killed by Israeli soldiers at the entrance of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Sabarna added that the father then made a U-Turn trying to get to the shop before Israeli soldiers stationed nearby started shouting at the car and ordering him to stop before one of the soldiers opened fire at the car wounding the child in the chest.
The Palestinian Education Ministry issued a statement denouncing his murder and called on all related human rights groups to intervene and end the escalating Israeli crimes against the unarmed Palestinian people, especially the children.
July 27, 2021: Shadi Omar Salim Shorafa, 41, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near Beita Junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The incident led to protests, where Israeli soldiers injured at least 49 Palestinians.
July 26th, 2021: Yousef Nawwaf Mohareb, 17, died of wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him in the neck near Ramallah, in central West Bank, 74 days earlier.
July 23rd, 2021: Mohammad Monir Tamimi, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at a protest in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that the Israeli soldiers shot Tamimi with live fire in the abdomen, causing serious wounds, before Palestinian medics rushed him to Yasser Arafat Hospital in Salfit, where he was immediately admitted to surgery and was then moved to the Intensive Care Unit, but later succumbed to his wounds.
July 21st, 2021: Abdo Yousef Khatib Tamimi, 43, died while in Israeli custody at the al-Maskobiyya detention center and interrogation facility in Jerusalem. His family said he was tortured while under interrogation.
July 3rd, 2021: Mohammad Farid Ali Hasan, 21, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, while another 25 Palestinians were injured, in the southern area of Qusra, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
June 22, 2021: Ala’ Khaled Mohammad Zahran, 37, was killed by Israeli paramilitary settlers in Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Internal Security is not ruling out that his death was carried out by colonialist settlers, but stated it is also pursuing several other leads.
June 17th, 2021: Ahmad Zahi Daoud Bani Shamsa, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in his hometown of Beita village, in the northern West bank.
In addition to Ahmad, three men were killed in the village by the Israeli military in May: Karim Maher Abdel Hamid Hamayel (28 years), Tariq Sanubar (27 years), and Issa Barham (42 years).