April 15, 2019: Ishaq Abdul-Mo’ti Eshteiwi, 16, died of injuries sustained when he was shot by Israeli forces east of Rafah near the border fence on April 3rd.
After he was shot, the injured boy was grabbed by Israeli soldiers who thrust him into a military vehicle and took him to a military base in Israel. The Israeli military claimed that Ishaq and two other children were attempting to escape over the border fence when they were shot.
When the incident occurred, one of the teens suffered fatal injuries when he was shot. The Israeli military reported that Ishaq suffered “mild injuries” after he was shot at close range by their sharpshooters, and the third boy was taken onto custody without reported injury.
But he has remained in Israeli custody since being shot, and his family has not been allowed to see him, according to local sources.
His parents were informed on Sunday that Ishaq had succumbed to his injuries. It is unknown whether further injuries had been inflicted upon him while in Israeli military custody due to “harsh interrogation”/torture. Injured Palestinians detained by Israeli forces have frequently reported that Israeli forces torture them while in custody.
On the same day that Ishaq was killed, a 14-year old Palestinian boy was found, after his family had reported him missing for three days, in an Israeli prison. Ramez Tamimi, 14, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers from his village, Dir Nitham, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and was eventually found in ‘Ofer’ prison, and his family was never informed.
Ishaq was from Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC
April 12, 2019: Maisara Mousa Ali Abu Shallouf, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at the weekly Great March Processions in the besieged Gaza Strip. The soldiers also injured 55 other protesters, including two medics.
March 30, 2019: Bilal Mahmoud Najjar (Abu Jamous), 17, died from serious wounds suffered earlier after the soldiers shot him with live fire at a protest east of Khan Younis, as part of the Land Day commemoration on March 30th, 2019.
March 30, 2019: Tamer Hashem Abu al-Kheir, 17, was killed when Israeli soldiers hit him with a live round in the chest, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region, during the Land Day protest March 30th, 2019.
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March 26, 2019: Sajid Abdel Hakim Helmi Mizhir, 17, a young Palestinian paramedic, was shot and killed by Israeli forces who opened fire at him despite the fact that he was wearing his clearly marked medic vest. He died of his wounds in the hospital soon after.
March 7, 2019: Saifeddin Emad Abu Zeid, 15, died from serious wounds he suffered late on Wednesday evening when Israeli soldiers shot him with a live round, and injured several others, during protests on Palestinian lands, close to the perimeter fence, east of Gaza city.
March 6, 2019: Malak Rajabi, 18 months, died in a fire in Hebron when rescue crews were blocked by the Israeli military from reaching the home before Malak and her brother burned alive inside.
March 6, 2019: Wa’el Rajabi, 4, died in a fire in Hebron when rescue crews were blocked by the Israeli military from reaching the home before Wa’el and his sister burned alive inside.
February 22, 2019: Yousef Sa’id ad-Daya, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli snipers stationed at the Gaza-Israel border, while participating in the weekly Great Return March protests.