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Yahya Yorsi Taha

November 26, 2015December 4, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 26, 2015: Yahya Yosri Taha, 21, was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier during protests that took place between the soldiers and local youths after the army invaded their town, Qotna, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

Media sources said dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the town and shot Yahya with one live round in the head, during the protests.

Medics who rushed to the scene said the soldiers kept Taha bleeding on the ground for more than 90 minutes and prevented Palestinian medics from even approaching him.

Protests took place in various parts of Qotna, after dozens of soldiers surrounded the village, and invaded it. The troops stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped scores of residents.

The town’s youngsters hurled stones and empty bottles at the soldiers, who fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.

The soldiers also assaulted and clubbed many residents after forcing them out of their homes. In each of the homes they invaded, the soldiers forced the families into one room and forced them to remain there while the troops ransacked and searched their property.

It is worth mentioning that four Palestinians from Qotna have been killed by Israeli army fire in the last two months, and dozens have been injured and kidnapped in repeated military invasions.

Yahya was a close friend and relative of Anas Taha, who was shot dead by the army in August of this year.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed since October 1, has reached one hundred, including twenty-two children and four women; one of the slain women, 30 years of age, was killed along with her two-year-old child, in their own home, in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Eighteen of the slain Palestinians were killed in Gaza, one in the Negev, and the rest in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.

The Ministry said the more than 12.000 Palestinians have been injured since October 1, adding that 1578 of them with live Israeli rounds, 1085 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and were all moved to hospitals, in addition to 1528 who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and received treatment by Palestinian medics.

Yahya was from Qotna town northwest of Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC

Samer Seriesi

November 26, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 26, 2015: Samer Hasan Seriesi, 51, was shot by Israeli soldiers who left him to bleed to death. The army claimed he attempted to stab soldiers at the Za’tara military roadblock. Eyewitnesses denied the Israeli military claim. Samer was from Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Khaled Jawabra

November 26, 2015January 7, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 26, 2015: Khaled Mahmoud Jawabra, 19, was shot by Israeli soldiers after the army invaded al-Arroub refugee camp .

The teenager was shot during after the army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, at Palestinians, protesting the invasion.

He was shot twice in the stomach and later died from his injuries in the al-Ahli hospital. He was the third Palestinian to be killed that day.

Khaled was from al-Arroub refugee camp. Source: IMEMC

Omar Za’aqeeq

November 26, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 26, 2015: Omar Arafat Za’aqeeq, 18, was shot by Israeli soldiers after the army said he rammed his car into some of them, wounding five. Omar was from Beit Ummar town north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Source: IMEMC

Ibrahim Daoud

November 25, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 25, 2015: Ibrahim Abdul-Halim Daoud, 16, was shot in the heart by an Israeli soldier after the army invaded his village. The teenager underwent several surgeries but died of his wounds two weeks after being shot. Ibrahim was from Deir Ghassana village, north of Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Ziv Mizrahi

November 23, 2015October 22, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 23, 2015: Ziv Mizraci, 18, was killed by a Palestinain in a stabbing attack at a gas station near Modi’in settlement near Ramallah in the West Bank. Ziv was an Israeli soldier. Two Israeli women, one of them also a soldier, were mildly injured. The Israeli army killed the Palestinian stabber, identified as Ahmad Jamal Taha. Ziv was from Givat Ze’ev in Jerusalem. Source: Haaretz

Hadeel ‘Awwad

November 23, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 23, 2015: Hadeel Wajeeh ‘Awwad, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers after attempting to stab Israelis. Her 14-year-old friend was seriously injured by the soldiers. A surveillance video showed an Israeli guard firing the fatal shot after Hadeel was already shot and wounded. She was from Qalandia, north of Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Taha

November 23, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 23, 2015: Ahmad Jamal Taha, 16, was shot by Israeli soldiers after allegedly stabbing and killing an Israeli settler on Route 443 west of Ramallah. Ahmad was from Qunta village near Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Alaa Khalil Hashah

November 23, 2015January 5, 2022 contact@ifamericansknew.org

November 23, 2015: Alaa Khalil Sabah Hashash, 16, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army claimed that Alaa approached Huwwara roadblock while carrying a knife and allegedly attempted to stab a soldier.

A Palestinian woman identified as Samah Abd al-Mumen Ahmad from Ammuriya village was shot in the head in the crossfire, witnesses said.

A bus driver, Adham al-Sharfa, stated: “I saw what happened with my own eyes as Israeli soldiers opened fire at a youth for attempting to stab an Israeli soldier and then several Israeli soldiers arrived and shot the youth more than 10 times and he fell to the ground.”

Palestinian security sources said Samah was shot in the head while sitting inside her car near where the incident occurred. Her injuries were reported as critical. No Israelis were reported injured during the incident.

Alaa was from the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. Source: IMEMC

Hadar Buchris

November 22, 2015December 12, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

Nov 22, 2015: Hadar Buchris, 21, was killed in a stabbing attack, near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Maan News Agency that, after the Palestinian stabbed the woman at the Gush Etzion junction, ‘the soldiers on site responded to the imminent threat and shot the attacker, resulting in his death.’

Hadar was evacuated to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem where she was pronounced dead. A spokesperson for the hospital said: ‘She was brought to the hospital almost dead.’

The Palestinian who stabbed the woman, was identified as 34-year-old Issam Ahmad Thawabta from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem district, was fatally shot by the soldiers.

A Maan reporter who was in the area during the attack said that he witnessed dozens of Israeli soldiers rushing to the hitchhiking station for Israeli settlers at the Gush Etzion junction, firing gunshots.

The soldiers then shut down the main bypass road known as Route 60.

Thawabta was the third Palestinian to be killed that day after two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli settlers in two separate incidents on Sunday morning.

A Palestinian taxi driver was shot and killed by a settler near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim in the central West Bank after he ran into another car on a main road, and allegedly got out ‘with a knife in his hand,’ Israeli police said.

Less than an hour earlier, a prominent Israeli settler ran over a 16-year-old Palestinian girl near Nablus, saying that he believed she intended to carry out a stabbing attack at Huwwara military roadblock.

After she was hit by the car, another Israeli settler then shot her multiple times while she was lying on the ground.

The teenager was identified as Ashraqat Taha Ahmad Qatanani from Nablus, while Israeli media identified the man who ran her over as Gershon Mesika, the former head of the ‘Samaria regional council,’ which represents Israel’s illegal settlements in the northern West Bank.

After running the girl over with his car and driving into a ditch, Mesika got out of his car and shot the girl. Israeli forces also opened fire on her.

More than 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of October — many shot dead under circumstances that rights groups said that Israeli forces used unnecessary force — while at least 16 Israelis have been killed in the same period.

The Gush Etzion junction in particular has been the site of several deadly encounters, including a shooting attack on Thursday that resulted in the death of two Israelis and one Palestinian bystander, and the injury of ten others.

In response, Israeli officials agreed on Thursday to increase security measures inside the settlement bloc, including increased restrictions on the movement of Palestinians.

Israeli news site Ynet reported that the measures could include the temporary restriction of movement of Palestinians in the area, the deployment of extra Israeli security forces, and the construction of a ‘fence’ along certain roads.

The measures come after a meeting between the Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli army’s chief of staff, and the mayor of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, an administrative body for illegal settlements in the area.

The regional council also urged settlers who own firearms to voluntarily accompany children on school buses to assist as first responders after attacks.

Hadar was Safed. Source: Ynet News, IMEMC