2018-P Archives - Page 11 of 30 - Israel-Palestine Timeline

Karim Abu Fatayer

August 17, 2018August 18, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 17, 2018: Karim Abu Fatayer, 30, was killed with a bullet to the head, fired by an Israeli army sharpshooter, while he was participating in a non-violent protest east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Karim was shot in his eye, and the bullet exited through the back of his head after fracturing his skill and scattering his brain.

He was one of two Palestinians killed on August 17th by the Israeli military while participating in the ‘Great March of Return’ protests.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, two Palestinians and injured 270 others, including 60 who were shot with live fire.

In addition to Karim, the soldiers killed Sa’adi ِAkram Abu Muammar, 26, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Sa’adi is a married father of two daughters, Rahaf, 5, and Aseel, 3, and his wife is seven months pregnant.

The Health Ministry also said the soldiers injured 270 Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip, during the Great Return processions; 166 of them were treated in field clinics, and 104 were rushed to hospitals.

Among the wounded are 60 who were shot with live fire, including 19 children, in addition to nine medics, who were injured by shrapnel or suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said the latest Israeli assaults bring the number of slain Palestinians since March 30^th, to 170, in addition to 18300 who were injured.

The protests, which began on March 30th, 2018, call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.

Many of the casualties occurred on May 14, when Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of historical Palestine and the ensuing ethnic cleansing of half a million Palestinian refugees. It also marked the date that the U.S. President, Donald Trump, chose to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, thus denying the right to exist for the nearly one million Palestinian residents of Jerusalem.

Karim was from Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. Source: IMEMC

Wisam Yousef Hijazi

August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 12, 2018: Wisam Yousef Hijazi, 30, died from wounds sustained when he was shot by Israeli army fire on May 14^th, during the Great Return March procession, east of Abasan al-Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Hijazi remained in a critical condition due to his injury, and was referred to an Egyptian hospital, but succumbed to his wounds at Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.

According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA), published on August 9^th 2018, 172 Palestinians; including 140 men, 2 women, 28 boys (children) and 2 girls (children), have been killed in the Gaza Strip since March 30^th

It said that the soldiers have injured 17.504 Palestinians, including 9227 who were hospitalized, and 8277 who were treated in field clinics.

According to OCHA, the fatalities include 124 Palestinians who were killed during the protests, and 48 killed in “other circumstances”; among the latter are seven people whose bodies are reportedly being withheld by the Israeli authorities.

However, on Saturday, August 11^th, (prior to Hijazi’s death), Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the Head of the Public Relations Department on Gaza’s Health Ministry, has reported that the soldiers have killed 167 Palestinians, including three medics, during the Great Return March Procession, since it started on March 30^th, 2018.

He added that the soldiers have injured approximately 18.000 Palestinians, including 370 medics, and caused damage to 70 ambulances, since March 30^th.

Wisam was from Bani Sohelia town, east of Khan Younis. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Jamal Abu Louli

August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 11, 2018: Ahmad Jamal Suleiman Abu Louli, 40, died of wounds sustained a day earlier when Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire during the Great Return March.

The Health Ministry said that Ahmad was shot with a live round in the pelvis, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

On the same day of his serious wounds, the soldiers killed two Palestinians, including a medic, and injured 307 others; 85 of the wounded were shot with live fire, and five remain in critical conditions.

The slain Palestinians have been identified as volunteer medic, Abdullah Qutati, 20, and Sa’id al-’Aloul, 55.

Israeli soldiers have killed 160 Palestinians, and injured at least 17500 others, including dozens who suffered life-threatening wounds, since the beginning of the Great Return March procession, on Palestinian Land Day, March 30^th, 2018.

Ahmad was from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Ali Sa’id al-‘Aloul

August 10, 2018August 11, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 10, 2018: Ali Sa’id al-‘Aloul, 55, was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a ‘Great Return March’ protest east of Rafah.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers killed Ali, along with Abdullah Qutati, 20, after shooting both of them with live fire, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

al-Qedra stated that the soldiers injured 307 Palestinians on the same day, including 85 who were shot with live fire, during the Great March Procession on Palestinian lands near the barrier fence, in the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Jawad Awwad, the Palestinian Health Minister, issued a statement denouncing the ongoing Israeli excessive use of force against Palestinian nonviolent protesters, and condemning the fatal shooting of a Palestinian medic.176 of the wounded Palestinians received treatment at the make-shift clinics, while 131 were rushed to hospitals in the coastal region; five of them suffered life-threatening wounds.

Dr. Awwad said the killing of medic volunteer Abdullah al-Qutati, 20, east of Rafah, and the targeting of medics, journalists and unarmed civilians, are serious violations of International Law and all related resolutions and treaties.

He added that the soldiers have killed three medics, including a young woman, Razan Najjar, 22, since the Great Return March processions started on Palestinian Land Day, March 30th.

He called on the International Community, all legal and human rights groups, to intervene and stop the seriously-escalating Israeli violations against unarmed civilians in Palestine.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have killed 160 Palestinians, including 25 children and three women, since the Great Return March protests began on March 30th, 2018.

The army also continued to target ambulances and medical teams, including attacks with live fire and gas bombs at make-shift clinics.

Ali was from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Abdullah al-Qutati

August 10, 2018August 11, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 10, 2018: Abdullah al-Qutati, 20, a medic, was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a ‘Great Return March’ protest east of Rafah.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers killed Abdullah, along with Ali Sa’id al-‘Aloul, 55, after shooting both of them with live fire, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

He added that the soldiers have killed three medics, including a young woman, Razan Najjar, 22, since the Great Return March processions started on Palestinian Land Day, March 30th.

He called on the International Community, all legal and human rights groups, to intervene and stop the seriously-escalating Israeli violations against unarmed civilians in Palestine.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers have killed 170 Palestinians, including 25 children and three women, since the Great Return March protests began on March 30th, 2018.

The army also continued to target ambulances and medical teams, including attacks with live fire and gas bombs at make-shift clinics.

Besides killing al-Qutati on Friday, the soldiers also killed Ali Sa’id al-‘Aloul, 55, and injured 307 Palestinians, including 85 who were shot with live fire.

Abdullah was from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Bayan Abu Khammash

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 9, 2018: Bayan Abu Khammash, 18 months old, was killed along with her nine-months-pregnant mother when the Israeli airforce dropped a bomb on their home.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli army missiles killed a pregnant Palestinian mother, and her infant daughter, 18 months of age, in central Gaza. The mother was nine months pregnant.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, has confirmed that the soldiers killed a pregnant woman, identified as Enas Mohammad Abu Khammash, 23, and her child Bayan Abu Khammash, 18 months, in their home in al-Ja’farawi area, Deir al-Balah, in Gaza’s Central District.

He added that the bombardment also caused moderate wounds to Enas’s husband, Mohammad Khammash.

Furthermore, the soldiers injured at least twelve Palestinians in ongoing Israeli bombardment of several parts of the Gaza Strip, and earlier killed one Palestinian, identified as Ali al-Ghandour, 30.

In addition, the Israeli Air Force fired three missiles at a concrete factory, and three other missiles into a nearby area, northwest of Gaza city.

Media sources in Gaza said Israeli missiles also struck sites, run by armed resistance groups, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while more missiles were fired from drones into sites in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, and Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.

Also on Wednesday, the army fired several missiles into various areas of the Gaza Strip, including a building in the Sudaniyya area of northern Gaza, which was first struck by three missiles, followed by an additional six missiles, just minutes later.

The Israeli army said it targeted several Hamas centers in Gaza, reportedly when six Israelis were injured in the Sderot settlement, in the Negev, “after eight shells were fired from Gaza”.

Israeli Ynet News said that one Israeli man, aged 23, was injured by shrapnel in his leg, and added that “two pregnant women in addition to a man, 42 years of age, were treated for shock,” before being moved to Barzilai Hospital.

It alleged that Hamas fighters fired live rounds at “civil engineering equipment”, used as part of a “anti-tunnel barrier’” which is being built along the barrier with Gaza, causing damage, before the army fire a tank shell at a Hamas post.

Hamas said its fighters fired shells into nearby army posts, in retaliation to Israeli bombardment of the coastal region, and added that it has no Interest in escalation.

Hamas leaders said that they are holding talks with Egypt, to restore calm to the region, and to avoid a potentially serious military escalation.

For its part, the Israeli army said it raised the alert level along the border with Gaza, after noticing that Hamas fighters were evacuated from their posts along the border, a move that Hamas said was meant to ensure their safety, and avoid further escalation, while the army considered it as part of preparation for potential escalation.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army killed two Hamas fighters, identified as Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23, in northern Gaza.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued a statement denouncing the Israeli assassination of two of its fighters, in northern Gaza, and holding Israel accountable for any future escalation.

It stated that the two fighters were part of a military training in “Asqalan” center, one of its training locations in northern Gaza, and that many Palestinians, including political leaders of Hamas, were in attendance.

Bayan was from al-Ja’farawi area, in Deir al-Balah, in Gaza’s Central District. Source: IMEMC

Enas Abu Khammash

August 8, 2018August 12, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 9, 2018: Enas Mohammad Abu Khammash, 23, was killed along with her 18-month old baby when the Israeli airforce dropped a bomb on their home. Enas was nine months pregnant when she was killed.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli army missiles killed a pregnant Palestinian mother, and her infant daughter, 18 months of age, in central Gaza. The mother was nine months pregnant.

He added that the bombardment also caused moderate wounds to Enas’s husband, Mohammad Khammash.

In addition, the Israeli Air Force fired three missiles at a concrete factory, and three other missiles into a nearby area, northwest of Gaza city.

The Israeli army said it targeted several Hamas centers in Gaza, reportedly when six Israelis were injured in the Sderot settlement, in the Negev, “after eight shells were fired from Gaza”.

Hamas said its fighters fired shells into nearby army posts, in retaliation to Israeli bombardment of the coastal region, and added that it has no Interest in escalation.

Hamas leaders said that they are holding talks with Egypt, to restore calm to the region, and to avoid a potentially serious military escalation.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army killed two Hamas fighters, identified as Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23, in northern Gaza.

Enas was from al-Ja’farawi area, in Deir al-Balah. Source: IMEMC

Ali al-Ghandour

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 8, 2018: Ali al-Ghandour, 30, was killed in a car which was struck by a missile fired by an Israeli army drone.

The Health Ministry in Gaza confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed Ali al-Ghandour, 30, in northern Gaza, and wounded at least two others, one seriously.

The slain Palestinian, and the wounded, were moved to the Indonesian Hospital, in northern Gaza.

The Health Ministry added that Israeli missiles also mildly injured three Palestinians in Gaza city, before they were rushed to the Shifa Medical Center.

Furthermore, the army fired shells into Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, mildly wounding one Palestinian, who was moved to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

The Israeli missiles also targeted areas in Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while at least seven missiles struck the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, in addition to another sites, west of Gaza city, while an army drone fired a missile into a resistance center in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.

Media sources in Gaza said the targeted areas in Gaza included a concrete factory, which was hit with three missiles.

The Israeli army claimed that it struck twelve targets in Gaza, including one tunnel, after four shells were reportedly fired from the coastal region by Palestinian resistance fighters, causing injuries and damage inside Israel.

The Israeli army added that the Iron Dome missile interception system managed to down eleven additional shells.

Israeli Ynet News quoted a source at Barzilai Hospital stating that eight Israelis were lightly wounded, in addition to one man, who suffered moderate wounds and was rushed to surgery.

It added that seventeen Israelis “were injured, most of whom were treated for shock”, and said that “three pregnant women started having labor contractions due to the stress.”

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For its part, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine said the Palestinian resistance fired shells in “retaliation for the ongoing and escalating Israeli crimes, including the killing of two Qassam fighters of Hamas during training.”

“The retaliation by the Palestinian resistance is legitimate; the enemy must understand that it cannot keep killing and attacking our people, and covering its crimes with lies and fabrications.”

Both the Islamic Jihad and the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, said that the Palestinian armed resistance will retaliate in response to the Israeli escalation, and affirmed that “Israeli bombardment will be met by Palestinian shelling, escalation will be met by retaliation.”

On Tuesday, the Israeli army killed two Hamas fighters, identified as Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23, in northern Gaza.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, issued a statement denouncing the Israeli assassination the two fighters, and holding Israel accountable for any future escalation.

The Brigades stated that the two fighters were part of a military training in “Asqalan” center, one of its training locations in northern Gaza, and that many Palestinians, including political leaders of Hamas, were in attendance.

Ali was from the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 7, 2018: Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, along with another fighter from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas party.

Al-Qassam identified the two fighters as Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23.

Al-Qassam said that the training including the use of sniper fire, and explosives, and the fighters were practicing techniques when the Israeli army fired a shell at them, killing the two fighters.

“Israel is coming up with false allegations to justify its serious crime,” Al-Qassam said, “We hold the occupation fully responsible for this attack.”

The Israeli army said the two Palestinians “opened fire at Israeli soldiers,” and published a video of the two fighters reportedly firing at soldiers, while Hamas said the allegation has no basis, as the fighters were training, and firing at fixed targets.

Abdul-Hafeth was from Gaza. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Abdullah Morjan

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

August 7, 2018: Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, along with another fighter from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas party.

Al-Qassam identified the two fighters as Ahmad Abdullah Morjan, 23, and Abdul-Hafeth Mohammad Seelawi, 23.

Al-Qassam said that the training including the use of sniper fire, and explosives, and the fighters were practicing techniques when the Israeli army fired a shell at them, killing the two fighters.

“Israel is coming up with false allegations to justify its serious crime,” Al-Qassam said, “We hold the occupation fully responsible for this attack.”

Ahmad was from the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC