January 18, 2017: Erez Levy, 37, was killed by a Palestinian driver who reportedly deliberately struck him during clashes that erupted after the Israeli army and police began demolishing homes and structures in Umm al-Hiran village in the Negev. Eyewitnesses said the Palestinian driver, Yacoub Abu al-Qee’an, 47, a local mathematics teacher, lost control of his car after the police fired at it, eventually rolling down a hill, hitting two officers who were walking up the hill, and coming to a halt after crashing into another car, killing Levy and wounding another officer. Ayman Odeh, Arab Member of Knesset of Hadash Party and the head of the Knesset’s Joint List, was among many injured by Israeli police fire. Source: IMEMC
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Nidal Mahdawi
January 17, 2017: Nidal Daoud Mahdawi, 44, was killed by Israeli soldiers at a military roadblock near Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, after the soldiers claimed he attempted to stab them. A video of the incident shows the Nidal standing near an electricity pole, and when a soldier fired a round near him he started walking towards the soldiers who fired several other rounds, and then he started running towards them before they fired the fatal shots. Nidal was from Tulkarem. Source: IMEMC
Qussai al-Amour
January 16, 2017: Qussai Hasan al-‘Amour, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank, and clashed with local youths before shooting the teen with six live rounds, including three in the chest. One of them hit his heart directly.
Video taken by Hisham Abu Shaqra, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, shows the soldiers dragging Qussai’s body in a rough manner back to their military jeeps. Palestinian medics were prevented from approaching him. Israeli soldiers also shot and wounded four Palestinians, including a woman, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. Qussai was from Teqoua. Source: IMEMC
Mohammad Salhi
January 10, 2017: Mohammad Salhi, 33, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded his home and shot him with several live rounds, including in the head. He was killed in front of his family after he rushed to his mother’s aid when he heard the soldiers shouting at her and beating her. Mohammad was from al-Far’a refugee camp, north of Tubas in the West Bank. Source: PCHR
Erez Orbach
January 8, 2017: Erez Orbach, 20, was killed by a Palestinian driver who rammed him, and other soldiers with his car in Jerusalem. Four soldiers were killed in the incident, and several others were wounded. Erez, who was also an American citizen, was from Alon Shvut settlement, southwest of Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
Shira Tzur
January 8, 2017: Shira Tzur, 20, was killed by a Palestinian driver who rammed her, and other soldiers with his car in Jerusalem. Four soldiers were killed in the incident, and several others were wounded. Shira, who was also an American citizen, was from Haifa. Source: IMEMC
Shir Hajaj
January 8, 2017: Shir Hajaj, 22, was killed by a Palestinian driver who rammed her, and other soldiers with his car in Jerusalem. Four soldiers were killed in the incident, and several others were wounded. Shir was from Ma’ale Adumim settlement, in the West Bank. Source: IMEMC
Yael Yekutiel
January 8, 2017: Yael Yekutiel, 20, was killed by a Palestinian driver who rammed her, and other soldiers, with his car in Jerusalem. Four soldiers were killed in the incident, and several others were wounded. Yael was from Givataiym east of Tel Aviv. Source: IMEMC
Fadi Qunbar
January 8, 2017: Fadi Qunbar, 20, was killed after ramming his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four soldiers before he was shot dead. Fadi, a former political prisoner, was from Jabal al-Mokabber, in Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
Hagai Ben-Ari
January 3, 2017: Maj. Hagai Ben-Ari, 31, died from serious wounds he suffered in Gaza during Israel’s “Defensive Shield” offensive against the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. The paratrooper’s serious wounds put him in a coma until his death. Hagai was from the Golan Heights. Source: IMEMC