April Archives - Israel-Palestine Timeline

Ali Mohammad Abu Ghannam

April 24, 2015December 25, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 24, 2015: Ali Mohammad Abu Ghannam, 16, Was killed by Israeli soldiers near the Zaim military roadblock, east of Jerusalem.

He was walking with a young woman from his family when the soldiers uttered vulgar words towards the woman; a scuffle broke out before the soldiers shot him dead, alleging that he attempted to stab them.

The Israeli army refused to hand the body of the slain Palestinian to the Red Crescent ambulance that arrived on the scene, and took it to an unknown destination.

Israeli Ynet News quoted a police statement alleging that one of the soldiers managed to hold the Palestinian, “but he continued to run towards the soldiers,” and they shot him dead.

Ali was from Jabal al-Mukabber in Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad al-Atrash

April 17, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 17, 2015: Mohammad Bassam al-Atrash, 26, was killed by Israeli soldiers at the Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus. He had allegedly attempted to stab a soldier. Israeli forces reportedly denied medical teams access to him, leaving him to bleed to death. Mohammad was from Kafr Ra’ey village, near Jenin. Source: IMEMC

Ja’far ‘Awad

April 10, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 10, 2015: Ja’far Ibrahim ‘Awad, 22, died in a Palestinian hospital in Hebron due to serious complications resulting from a lack of specialized medical treatment, and medical maltreatment, while he was previously held in an Israeli prison. Source: IMEMC

Ziad ‘Awad

April 10, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 10, 2015: Ziad ‘Omar ‘Awad, 28, was shot by Israeli soldiers during the funeral procession of former political prisoner Ja’far Ibrahim Awad, 22. Ja’far was denied access to proper medical attention while being held by Israel. Ziad was from Beit Ummar town near Hebron. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Karakra

April 8, 2015September 27, 2016 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 8, 2015: Mohammad Jasser Abdullah Karakra, 27, was killed by Israeli army fire after he allegedly stabbed two soldiers, causing serious wounds to one of them, close to the Ma’ale Levona settlement.Mohammad was from Sinjel village, near Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Mahmoud Yahia Abu Jheishah

April 1, 2015November 22, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 25, 2015: Mahmoud Yahia Abu Jheishah, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army claimed that Mahmoud stabbed an Israeli soldier at a military roadblock, near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron city.

After the fatal shooting, the Israeli army pushed dozens of soldiers around the Ibrahimi Mosque, the Old city and several surrounding areas.

The soldiers also installed additional military roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of Palestinians, and forced them away.

Mahmoud wad from Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Source: Al-Bawaba

Muhammad Yihya

April 1, 2015November 22, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 28, 2015: Mohammad Murad Yahia, 21, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Palestinian medical sources have reported that Mohammad initially suffered a critical injury and succumbed to his wounds in a hospital in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers shot the young man, while standing near the Annexation Wall section in al-‘Arqa village, without any provocation or warning.

Resident ‘Asef Wakid said Yahia and his cousins, Ahmad, and Emad, were in their families’ orchards, close to an illegal Israeli colony, when the soldiers shot and killed Yahia in cold blood.

Wakid stated that a soldier fired one round at Yahia causing a severe injury, before the army abducted his cousins Ayman and Emad.

The Palestinians were walking and picnicking in their orchard with the soldiers killed Yahia, eyewitnesses confirmed.

Head of the Emergency Unit of the Red Crescent Society in Jenin Mahmoud Sa’di said the soldiers shot Mohammad in an orchard near a section of the Annexation Wall that isolated the Palestinians from their lands.

He added that Yahia was moved to the Khalil Suleiman Governmental Hospital, in Jenin, suffering a critical injury.

In addition, soldiers detained two brothers, identified as Ayman and Emad Mahmoud Saleh, while in their family’s land, isolated by the Annexation Wall.

In related news, soldiers abducted a Palestinian child in Wad al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading it, and clashing with local youths.

The soldiers also fired rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs, causing several residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation. Mohammad was from al-‘Arqa village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Source: IMEMC