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Mahmoud Yahya Hussein

May 14, 2018May 30, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 14, 2018: Mahmoud Yahya Hussein, 24, was one of 60 Palestinians killed during a protest against the U.S. moving its Embassy to Jerusalem on Monday May 14^th, 2018. The protest also focused on commemorating the 70^th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes for the creation of the state of Israel – creating the largest refugee population on earth, many of whom remain in exile generations later.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed 60 Palestinians on May 14th, 2018, including 6 children and four officers of the Ministry of Interior and National Security, in the Gaza Strip, and injured more than 2700.

The Ministry of Interior and National Security said among the slain Palestinians are four of its officers.

It said the slain officers were performing their duties and national services when the soldiers shot them dead.

Among the slain Palestinians are six children, including one girl, and among the wounded are 122 children, and 44 women.

27 of the wounded Palestinians suffered very serious wounds, 59 serious injuries, 735 moderate wounds, and 882 suffered light wounds.

772 of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live rounds, three with rubber-coated steel bullets, 91 with shrapnel, 100 cuts and bruises and 737 suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

65 of the wounded were shot in the head and neck, 116 in their arms, 48 in the chest and back, 651 in the lower extremities, 52 in several parts of their bodies and 737 suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.

The soldiers also caused damage to at least one ambulance and injured one medic and eleven journalists.

In addition, the Health Ministry called on Egypt to urgently send emergency medical supplies and specialists, mainly surgeons, intensive care physicians, anesthesia specialists, and to allow the transfer of a large number of the wounded to Egyptian hospitals, especially those indeed of urgent surgeries, since Gaza hospitals lack the needed supplies due to the siege on the coastal region.

Mahmoud was from the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa

May 12, 2018May 12, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 11, 2018: Jaber Salem Abu Mustafa, 40, an unarmed demonstrator participating in the ‘Great March of Return’ in Gaza, was killed by Israeli soldiers with a live bullet in his heart, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In addition to killing Jaber, the Israeli military injured 448 protesters, 112 of whom were shot with live fire, including seven in serious condition, and four of whom were directly shot with gas bombs used as bullets fired directly at their heads and bodies.

The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Jaber by shooting him with a live round in the chest, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Sixty-six of the wounded Palestinians were moved to hospitals in several parts of the coastal region. One of them is a child, 16, who was shot with a live bullet that penetrated both of his legs child trying to place a Palestinian flag on the border fence.

At least one of the wounded Palestinians is a medic who was shot while rushing to provide treatment to injured protesters.

It is worth mentioning that many protesters managed to remove a section of the border fence, east of Gaza Strip, before the soldiers started firing at them, while many Palestinian youth hurled stones.

Some protesters flew burning kites across the border fence, causing fires, before Israeli firefighters rushed to extinguish them.

Fire also broke out in an Israeli colony near the border area when an Israeli colonialist settler tried to fly a burning kite into the Palestinian side.

Jaber was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Jihad Debabeche

May 6, 2018May 11, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 6, 2018: Mohammad Jihad Debabeche, 41, died after the Israeli authorities refused to allow him to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment, according to Palestinian medical sources.

The National Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza issued a statement revealing that Mohammad Jihad Debabeche, 41, suffered from cancer and urgently needed treatment in an Israeli hospital, but the army refused to allow him to leave the besieged Gaza Strip.

Mohammad was the brother of Bassel Jihad Debabeche, who was killed along with nine other Palestinians, on December 27, 2008, when the Israeli army fired missiles into Palestinian security headquarters in Gaza.

The Palestinians who were killed along with Bassel in 2008 were identified as Hasan Ibrahim Abu Shanab, Mohammad al-Adgham, Husam Siyam, Ali Awad, Rafat Shaniya, Mahmoud al-Khalidi, Sha’lan Abdul-Salam, Soheib Abdul’al and Yousef Abdul’al.

Their bodies were severely mutilated due to the Israeli bombardment of the security headquarters on the first day of “Operation Cast Lead” three-week offensive on the Gaza Strip, in which at least 1417 Palestinians were killed, Including 926 civilians, among the 111 women and 412, children.

13 Israelis were also killed in that invasion; including eight soldiers, five of whom were killed by friendly fire.

Another of Mohammad’s brothers, Nidal Jihad Debabeche, was killed on April 2, 1995, in an explosion in Sheikh Radwan, also leading to the death of several fighters of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

Mohammad was from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza city, in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Abu Reeda

May 6, 2018May 10, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 6, 2018: Mohammad Abu Reeda, 20, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers stationed near the eastern border of the southern city of Khan Younis in Gaza, while allegedly attempting to cross the border fence.

Mohammad was unarmed when he was shot and killed, along with Baha’ Qdeih, 23.

The Israeli army claimed that the two Palestinians crossed the border fence before the soldiers shot them.

Safa, a local Palestinian news agency, said that the army left the two wounded Palestinians bleeding for about half an hour before allowing Palestinian paramedics to evacuate them.

Baha’ was already dead when the medics were able to reach him, while Mohammad was rushed to surgery at the Gaza European Hospital, but died from his serious wounds.

The agency said that the soldiers “detained and shot the two Palestinians in the area between the barbed-wire border fence and the Palestinians land east of Khan Younis.”

According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, when the paramedics arrived in the area , they found Qdeih had passed away and Mohammad Abu-Reeda was still bleeding, but in critical condition.

They were evacuated to the hospital and Mohammad received life-saving treatment, but was later pronounced dead.

Mohammad was from Khuza’a town, in Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Baha’ Qdeih

May 6, 2018May 9, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 6, 2018: Baha’ Qdeih, 23, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers stationed near the eastern border of the southern city of Khan Younis in Gaza, while allegedly attempting to cross the border fence.

Baha’ was unarmed when he was shot and killed, along with Mohammad Abu Reeda, 20.

The Israeli army claimed that the two Palestinians crossed the border fence before the soldiers shot them.

Safa, a local Palestinian news agency, said that the army left the two wounded Palestinians bleeding for about half an hour before allowing Palestinian paramedics to evacuate them.

Baha’ was already dead when the medics were able to reach him, while Abu Reeda was rushed to surgery at the Gaza European Hospital, but died from his serious wounds.

The agency said that the soldiers “detained and shot the two Palestinians in the area between the barbed-wire border fence and the Palestinians land east of Khan Younis.”

According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, when the paramedics arrived in the area , they found Qdeih had passed away and Abu-Reeda was still bleeding, but in critical condition.

They were evacuated to the hospital and Abu-Reeda received life-saving treatment, but was later pronounced dead.

Baha’ was from Abasan al-Kabeera town, near Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Anas Shawqi Abu ‘Asser

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 2, 2018: Anas Shawqi Abu ‘Asser, 19, died from serious wounds he suffered last Friday, after Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured him during a protest rally at the Gaza-Israel border as part of the ‘Great March of Return’.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, reported that Anas was shot with a live round in the head on April 30th, and remained in the Intensive Care Unit until he succumbed to his serious wound.

The young man was shot during a nonviolent procession east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

His death brings the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli army fire since the start of the “Great Return March” nonviolent protests in Gaza, on Palestinian Land Day (March 30) to 45, including five children.

More than 7000 Palestinians, including 701 children and 225 women have been injured.

Anas was from Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City. Source: IMEMC

Yousef Jasser Abu Jazar

April 29, 2018May 17, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 29, 2018: Yousef Jasser Abu Jazar, 16, was killed by Israeli soldiers stationed on the Gaza border when he and two other Palestinians were allegedly seen trying to damage the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire Sunday, and added that the soldiers also abducted three other Palestinians a day earlier.

In addition to Yousef, the other two slain Palestinians were identified as Atiya Mohammad al-‘Ammawi, 20, and Yousef Ahmad al-‘Ammawi, 18, from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army is holding their corpses and is refusing to transfer them back to their families for burial.

In addition, three Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Sami al-Ammawi, 26, Salim Younis Abu Thaher, 21, and Ibrahim Nabil Abu ‘Eid, were taken prisoner by the soldiers, on Saturday, after they reportedly crossed the border fence.

On the following day, on April 30^th, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man with live fire in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, and another young man east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and two others east of Gaza City.

According to a statement issued by the Israeli army, the soldiers killed the three Palestinians in two separate incidents along the Gaza-Israel border, and arrested another Palestinian who was taken for interrogation.

Quoting a statement by the spokesperson of the Israeli army, Israeli daily Haaretz said the soldiers “shot two Palestinians, after they tried to cause damage to the border fence, killing one of them, and arresting the other.”

The Israeli paper added that in the second incident, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians reportedly after they “managed to cross the border fence and hurl firebombs at the army.” No Israeli soldiers were wounded.

The soldiers also detained two Palestinians in a third incident after they reportedly “tried to damage the border fence with tools they carried,” in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Prior to the death of the three Palestinians, the Health Ministry had reported that Israeli soldiers have killed 44 Palestinians, including five children, and injured around 7000, including many who suffered life-threatening wounds, sine the “Great March of Return” protests started in the Gaza Strip on the Palestinian Land Day, March 30, 2018.

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

Atiya Mohammad al-‘Ammawi

April 29, 2018May 1, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 29, 2018: Atiya Mohammad al-‘Ammawi, 20, was killed by Israeli forces stationed on the Gaza border when he and two other Palestinians were allegedly seen trying to damage the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire Sunday, and added that the soldiers also abducted three other Palestinians a day earlier.

In addition to Atiya, the other two slain Palestinians were identified as Yousef Ahmad al-‘Ammawi, 18, from Khan Younis, and Yousef Jasser Abu Jazar, 16, from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army is holding their corpses and is refusing to transfer them back to their families for burial.

The Israeli paper stated that in the second incident, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians reportedly after they “managed to cross the border fence and hurl firebombs at the army.” No Israeli soldiers were wounded.

The soldiers also detained two Palestinians in a third incident after they reportedly “tried to damage the border fence with tools they carried,” in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Atiya was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Yousef Ahmad al-‘Ammawi

April 29, 2018May 17, 2018 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 29, 2018: Yousef Ahmad al-‘Ammawi, 18, was killed by Israeli forces stationed on the Gaza border when he and two other Palestinians were allegedly seen trying to damage the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire Sunday, and added that the soldiers also detained three other Palestinians a day earlier.

In addition to Yousef, the other two slain Palestinians were identified as Atiya Mohammad al-‘Ammawi, 20, from Khan Younis, and Yousef Jasser Abu Jazar, 16, from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army is holding their corpses and is refusing to transfer them back to their families for burial.

The soldiers also detained two Palestinians in a third incident after they reportedly “tried to damage the border fence with tools they carried,” in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Yousef was from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Azzam Hilal Oweida

April 28, 2018August 23, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

April 28, 2018: Azzam Hilal Oweida, 14, was killed by Israeli forces east of Gaza City, who shot him in the head during the fifth Friday of protests for the ‘Great March of Return’.

Azzam was one of four Palestinians killed by Israeli snipers during protests on April 27^th . The snipers fired live ammunition indiscriminately at the unarmed crowds of protesters, according to eyewitnesses.

Azzam died in the pre-dawn hours Saturday morning, of a serious gunshot wound received Friday when an Israeli army sharpshooter shot him with a live round in the head, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed four young Palestinians, including Azzam, a 14-year old child, on April 27^th, and injured more than 995, including at least 178 who were shot with live fire.

In addition to Azzam, the the soldiers also killed Abdul-Salam Bakr, 29, from Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Mohammad Amin Al-Moqyd, 21, from Gaza City, and Khalil Na’im Atallah, 22, also from Gaza City.

According to Ashraf al-Qidra of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 18 medics and medical personnel were among those wounded on Friday.

Al-Qidra added that Israeli forces specifically targeted medical service points twice with an unidentified gas east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. This appeared to be a new type of gas that caused those who inhaled it to suffer from severe convulsions. A number of these victims had to be hospitalized.

175 of the wounded Palestinians were injured in Northern Gaza, 251 in Gaza city area, 200 in Central Gaza, 146 in Khan Younis and 183 in Rafah.

On Friday night, Israeli war jets fired missiles at a site that they claimed was run by a Palestinian resistance group, west of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

The army also fired missiles at two Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza port. Media sources in Gaza said the boats are parts of preparations for welcoming an upcoming flotilla to challenge the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza.

The ongoing ‘Great Return March’ protests which started on Palestinian Land Day (March 30th) are meant to bring attention to the fact that millions of Palestinians are imprisoned in the Gaza Strip, unable to return to their homes in what is now Israel. Palestinians make up the largest refugee population on earth.

Israeli troops again opened fire on the unarmed protesters, as they have done each Friday since the protests began on March 30th.

Since March 30th, Israeli forces have killed 44 Palestinian protesters, and wounded more than five thousand.

An international outcry against the continued shooting of civilian protesters has included political leaders, politicians, grassroots leaders and humanitarian organizations around the world. But this outcry has not reached the US, where politicians have been largely silent on the issue.

Irish and South African politicians have been leading the call for justice for Palestinians, calling the Israeli government an ‘apartheid state’ much like South Africa in the 1980s.

In response to Israel’s fifth straight week of attacking unarmed demonstrators at the border, the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, issued a statement that, “The loss of life is deplorable, and the staggering number of injuries caused by live ammunition only confirms the sense that excessive force has been used against demonstrators – not once, not twice, but repeatedly.”

Azzam was from Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC