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
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
December 14, 2016: Hammad Khader Sheikh, 21, was shot by Israeli soldiers at the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem and bled to death, while a child, 12, was injured with bullet fragments in the head as he was leaving school with his brother. Hammad reportedly stabbed and mildly wounded two Israeli soldiers with a screw driver. He was from Beit Surik town, northwest of Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
November 3, 2016: Raed Fuad Hijja, 38, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers invading Nablus city, in the northern part of the West Bank in 2002, and remained in a very serious condition until he died from his wounds on November 3, 2016 at a Palestinian hospital. Raed, a Palestinian National Security officer, was from Borqa village, west of Nablus. Source: IMEMC
July 1, 2016: Michael “Miki” Mark, 48, was killed by a Palestinian gunman while driving in south Mount Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. His car was overtaken by another vehicle and came under gunfire. His wife, Chava, was critically wounded, and two of their children, Pedaya, 15, and Tehilla, 14, suffered moderate and light wounds. Michael was from Otniel settlement, south of Hebron. Source: Haaretz
March, 8, 2016: Bashar Mohammad Masalha, 22, was killed by Israeli police, who said he stabbed an American citizen and wounded several other Israelis, including a pregnant woman, near the Port in Jaffa city.
Bashar lived with his parents in the second floor (145 square/meters) of their home, and on June 21, the soldiers demolished its inner walls, rendering it unsafe.
The destruction caused serious structural damage to the first and third floors of the building, also rendering them unsafe.
His brother, Baha’, lived with his wife and their two children, in the first floor, while his other brother, Tha’er, lived in the third floor along with his wife and their child.
The American who was killed, identified as Taylor Force, 29, was a student at Vanderbilt University, and traveled to Israel as part of a group of MBA students participating in a 10-day trip during their spring break, which included visits to high-tech companies and meeting with Israeli business leaders, along with sightseeing and recreation.
The Israeli authorities held Bashar’s corpse until May 20th, 2016. Bashar was from Hijja town in the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia. Source: IMEMC
February 16, 2016: Tuvia Yanai Weissman, 21, was killed by two Palestinian teens who stabbed him in a supermarket in the illegal Jewish-only settlement of Sha’ar Binyamin in the West Bank. Another Israeli man was seriously injured. Tuvia was an off-duty soldier of the Nahal Brigade and was from the settlement of Ma’ale Michmas. Source: Haaretz
January 17, 2016: Dafna Meir, 38, was killed by two Palestinian who stabbed her in the back of her head outside of her home. A struggle ensued eventually leading into Meir’s home. Israeli sources said the 16-year old assailant fled the scene, but he was arrested two days later. Dafna was from Otneil settlement south of Hebron in the West Bank. Source: Haaretz
December 30, 2015: Genadi Kaufman, 40, was killed after being stabbed by a Palestinian man who was subsequently killed by Israeli soldiers. Genadi was from Keryat Arba’ settlement, in Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank. Source: Times Of Israel
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.