June

Fares Abdul-Mon’em Hashash

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June 13, 2023: Fares Abdul-Mon’em Mohammad Hashash, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers who also injured eight Palestinians, including a child, in the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers shot Fares with several live rounds in the chest, abdomen, and legs.

The Health Ministry added that Palestinian medics rushed Fares to Rafidia governmental hospital, but he succumbed to his serious wounds.

The Ministry also said the soldiers shot eight with live fire, including a child, and added that four injured Palestinians suffered life-threatening wounds.

The soldiers prevented Palestinian medics from entering the refugee camp and fired live rounds at an ambulance trying to reach wounded Palestinians.

The medics were only allowed to enter the refugee camp and reach the wounded after coordination by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which contacted the Israeli side.

The Israeli soldiers surrounded a home in the refugee camp and threatened to detonate it if the Palestinians did not leave the property, in addition to storming and ransacking many surrounding homes and detaining the families.

The invasion started when undercover soldiers infiltrated the refugee camp wearing press vests, but the locals noticed them before an Israeli army sharpshooter on a rooftop of an invaded home shot and seriously injured a teenage boy, identified as Tha’er Hashash, whose flesh was scattered on nearby walls and doors.

Furthermore, the soldiers assaulted and injured a Palestinian man and his wife in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, before the medics rushed them to a hospital in the city.

The army also invaded Tal Street in Nablus city before storming a building and taking measurements of the family home of Moath Al-Masri, in preparation for demolishing it.

In a statement released on June 14, the Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) said the slain Palestinian suffered a mental disability and added that “the soldiers shot him 3 live bullets; a live bullet penetrated the right side of his abdomen and exited the left side of his heart, lung, and spleen, while 2 other bullets penetrated his thighs. IOF opened fire at Hashash, who was hiding behind a wall and trying to look at the area where IOF was stationed, 200 meters away from Hashash.” Read Full Statement

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers killed Moath, 35, Hasan Qatanani, 35, and Ibrahim Jabr, 45, and injured four when the army invaded Nablus and fired several shells at a home on May 4, 2023.

Fares was from the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Ismael Salman Ayyad

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June 09, 2023: Ismael Salman Ayyad, 73, died from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli offensive on Gaza on May 2023.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza confirmed Ismael’s death and said he was seriously injured when an Israeli war jet fired a missile near his home in the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Ismael was seriously injured on May 12 and underwent several surgeries due to the seriousness of his wounds, but he remained in critical condition until he succumbed to his wounds.

After a ceasefire deal was reached, the Health Ministry has reported that Israel’s five-day offensive on the Gaza Strip has killed 33 Palestinians, including six children and three women, and injured at least 150.

The Israeli missiles destroyed 51 residential units and caused damage to more than 1000, including 50 that are structurally unstable, dangerous to live in, and need to be removed.

The missiles also caused serious damage to infrastructure, including roads, agricultural lands and structures, and even graveyards, especially when the army fired missiles into the Shuhada Graveyard in northern Gaza.

Only after the ceasefire deal came into effect that the Palestinians were able to start to examine the damage caused by the Israeli missiles.

Ismael was from the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Source: IMEMC

Mahdi Samir Mohammad Bayadsa

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June 09, 2023: Mahdi Samir Mohammad Bayadsa, 29, was killed by Israeli soldiers at the Rantis military roadblock west of Ramallah in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Mahdi and refused to allow Palestinian medics to approach the roadblock before.

The army later informed the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs that the soldiers fatally shot Mahdi.

According to Israeli sources, the Palestinian arrived at the roadblock and tried to snatch the weapon from a soldier before stabbing him.

According to the army, the Mahdi arrived in a stolen car at the roadblock and attacked the soldiers who tried to inspect the vehicle, mildly wounding one before the soldiers fatally shot him.

The army added that it is investigating the circumstances of the incident to determine whether the attack was “nationally motivated or a criminal offense.”

After killing the young man, the soldiers closed the roadblock and forced the Palestinians to leave the area.

Mahdi was from Al-Far’a refugee camp southwest of Tubas in the northwestern West Bank but lived in Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Haitham Tamimi

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June 05, 2023: Mohammad Haitham Tamimi, 3, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah.

The invading soldiers critically wounded the child’s father in the same incident.

The invasion took place on the previous Thursday, and the child succumbed to his wounds at the hospital four days later, on Monday.

The child, Mohammad Haitham Tamimi, 3 years of age, was shot in the head, and his father was shot in the shoulder while they were standing in the front yard of their home near an Israeli military roadblock at the entrance of Nabi Saleh.

The attack took place when Israeli soldiers ambushed a Palestinian car at the town entrance and fired many live rounds at a car, which sprayed randomly around the area, including at the home of Mohammad and his father.

The three-year-old child was shot in the head, and the father was shot in the shoulder, causing serious injuries.

The child and his father were not in the car but in their home’s front yard near the military roadblock at the entrance of the town.

The seriously wounded child was rushed to Tal HaShomer Israeli Medical Center, where he was treated for his wounds but remained in critical condition until he succumbed to his injuries.

On Monday night, the child’s corpse was transferred to Palestine Medical Complex In Ramallah ahead of the funeral ceremony and burial procession the following day.

The Israeli forces also wounded other members of the Tamimi family.

On her Facebook Page, Manal Tamimi said that her husband, Bilal Tamimi, was shot with a gas bomb in the arm, causing a fracture in the wrist, and added that he requires surgery for his wounds.

Manal added that Wisam Tamimi, her brother-in-law’s son, was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet in the head, resulting in a skull fracture.

Her brother’s wife, Noura Tamimi, was shot with a gas bomb in the abdomen, and her cousin Haitham Tamimi and his son Mohammad, were shot with live rounds in the chest and the head.

Naji Tamimi, the head of Nabi Saleh Village Council, said the soldiers also closed the iron gate at the village entrance, invading several neighborhoods and firing live rounds at protesters.

Mohammad was from Nabi Saleh, in central Gaza. Source: IMEMC