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Islam Wael Burnat

May 18, 2021November 22, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 18, 2021: Islam Wael Burnat, 15, was killed by Israeli soldiers who shot him with a live round in the head, after the army invaded Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked nonviolent protesters, many Palestinians were also injured.

Islam was shot with a live round in the head after the army invaded the village.

On that day, the soldiers also killed Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef, 20, at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, near Ramallah.

Adham was from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Biereh city.

Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters near the al-Biereh city, and fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.

They added that the soldiers killed a young man, identified as Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid, 25, in addition to shooting at least sixty-four with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets and causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The Health Ministry in Ramallah has confirmed that Hmeid, from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, suffered a severe injury to the chest before he was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The Health Ministry added that six of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds.

It added that the soldiers also directly targeted a Palestinian ambulance with several rounds of live ammunition, in addition to firing at reporters and press cars.

After the death of the Palestinian, several armed resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers near the northern entrance of al-Biereh. An Israeli military spokesperson said two soldiers were injured.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire in the leg in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

Islam was from Bil’in village, near Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef

May 18, 2021November 22, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 18, 2021: Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef, 20, was killed by Israeli army fire at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, near Ramallah in central West Bank.

They added that the soldiers also killed a young man, identified as Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid, 25, in addition to shooting at least sixty-four with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets and causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The Health Ministry added that six of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds.

It stated that the soldiers also directly targeted a Palestinian ambulance with several rounds of live ammunition, in addition to firing at reporters and press cars.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire in the leg in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers killed one Palestinian, identified as Islam Zahda.

Adham was from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Biereh city. Source: IMEMC

Islam Ghayyad Mohammad Zahda

May 18, 2021November 24, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 18, 2021: Islam Ghayyad Mohammad Zahda, 32, was killed by Israeli soldiers ear the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

Islam, a former political prisoner, was shot to death by the soldiers near the old vegetable market in the Old City of Hebron.

The Israeli alleged that Zahda had arrived at the military checkpoint carrying a Carlo weapon and a knife, and he was shot and neutralized.

Israeli Ynet News claimed that the man tried to fire the weapon but was unsuccessful and added that he also carried explosives before one of them detonated in his hand “but he kept advancing towards the soldiers” before he was shot dead.

Locals told reporters with the Ma’an News Agency that they heard an explosion, followed by gunfire, and saw a young man lying on the ground.

Palestinian medics rushed to the scene and tried to reach the young men, but the soldiers closed the area and did not allow them through.

The soldiers also fired live rounds at reporters and residents in the area to force them away.

In a video published on YouTube, an Israeli settler in Hebron is heard shouting in Hebrew while a battalion of soldiers were taking the body of Zahda, covered in plastic, saying “He is garbage – a dog who tried to kill Jews. Just dump him like garbage.”

The Israeli military frequently claims that Palestinians whom they have killed at or near checkpoints “had a weapon” even when later evidence disproves that claim.

Zahda is the fifth Palestinian killed in Hebron in five days. On Monday, Israeli forces killed 17-year-old Obeida Akram Jawabra.

On Saturday, troops killed Hussein Atiya at-Teety, 26, on Friday, the soldiers killed Hussein Atiya at-Teety, 26, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and on Thursday Ismael Jamal at-Tubasi, 23, was shot with a live round to the head in ar-Reehiyya village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Islam was from Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC

‘Ammar ‘Abdullah Fawzi al-Deder

May 18, 2021November 24, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 18, 2021: ‘Ammar ‘Abdullah Fawzi al-Nader, 31, was killed by Israeli missiles in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said that Ammar was one of its fighters.

The brigades added that Ammar was killed after the Israeli army fired missiles into an area, east of Jabalia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Ammar suffered shrapnel wounds to several parts of his body and succumbed to his serious wounds.

On that day, the soldiers killed eight Palestinian, including one woman and one child, and injured 76 Palestinians, including nine women and elven children.

On the tenth day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, death toll mounted to 221, Including 62 children and thirty-six women, and the total number of injuries reached 1034, including 310 children and 217 women.

The Israeli army continued the offensive on the Gaza Strip and carried out dozens of intense air, land, and sea strikes, targeting houses and civilian facilities.

As a result, the communications network was cut off, and the internet services were affected in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced that one of the main lines of the fiber-optic internet service connecting the central and southern Gaza Strip’s governorates with Gaza City was targeted today in the dawn, isolating Gaza from the outside world, noting that it was a standby line for the services provided by the Palestine Cellular Communications Company “Jawwal.”

Ammar was from Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC, PCHR

Mohammad Ramadan Omar Ishtawi

May 18, 2021November 24, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 18, 2021: Mohammad Ramadan Omar Ishtawi, 19, was killed by an Israeli missile in Gaza city.

Medical sources said Mohammad was instantly killed when the Israeli missile struck his family’s agricultural land behind his house in southern Gaza City.

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) said eight Palestinians, including a woman and a child were killed across the Gaza Strip that day, and 76 others including nine women and eleven children were injured.

The PCHR added that, on the 10^th consecutive day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, death tolls mounted to 221 Palestinians, including sixty-two children, and thirty-six women, while the total number of injuries mounted that day to 1034, including 310 children and 217 women.

The Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced that one of the main lines of the fiber-optic internet service connecting the central and southern Gaza Strip’s governorates with Gaza City was targeted today in the dawn, isolating Gaza from the outside world, noting that it was a standby line for the services provided by the Palestine Cellular Communications Company “Jawwal.”

Further to PCHR’s press release published yesterday, 8 Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were killed, and 76 others were wounded, including 9 women and 11 children. The Israeli airstrikes targeted 12 houses and several facilities. Thus, the number of targeted houses has risen to 146, including multi-story buildings.

Moreover, the death toll since the beginning of the Israeli offensive has risen to 221, including 62 children and 36 women, and the number of those wounded has risen to 1,034, including 310 children and 217 women.

According to the daily update by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the total number of injuries has risen to 1550, including four hundred children and 270 women. Among those injuries: fifty were critical and 340 ranged between serious and moderate.

Mohammad was from Gaza. Source: PCHR

Ahmad Khalil al-Louh

May 17, 2021November 24, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 17, 2021: Ahmad Khalil al-Louh, 32, killed by an Israeli missile fried from a drone in Gaza city.

Ahmad was assassinated in the Sabra neighborhood, in Gaza city, and several Palestinians were injured.

The Israeli army fired at night and during the day Monday, hundreds of missiles, and shells into many parts of the Gaza Strip, hitting many buildings, public facilities, roads, and infrastructure, in addition to many homes, residential and commercial towers, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring more.

Media sources in Gaza said many of the slain Palestinians are families that were killed by Israeli missiles targeting their homes or apartment buildings. At least twelve additional Palestinians, including children and women, were killed in the latest wave of Israeli aggression.

In addition, the army assassinated a senior political leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Husam Abu Harbeed, after firing a missile at his home near Abu Haseera Junction, west of Gaza city, in addition to killing two other Palestinian, and wounding three, after firing a missile at their car in the same area.

Medical sources said another Palestinian, identified as Yahia Mansour Ghaben, died from serious wounds he suffered, two days ago, during the extensive Israeli bombing of Beit Lahia.

At least one Palestinian from the Abu Jalhoum family was killed and many others were injured by Israeli missiles, west of the al-Amoudi area, in northern Gaza.

In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians, east of the city, killing one, identified as Ahmad Arafat, and wounding several others.

The army also fired missiles into the Tal Za’tar neighborhood, in northern Gaza, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several others.

In Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, the army fired artillery shells at homes and streets, killing many Palestinians, including children, in addition to killing Aa’ed Masoud, 24, in the al-Qasayeb neighborhood in Jabalia, in northern Gaza.

In Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, the soldiers bombarded a home for the al-Masri family, wounding at least five Palestinians, including four children, in addition to causing a severe injury to one Palestinian in Wadi as-Salqa area, south of Deir al-Balah.

The army targeted infrastructure, residential and commercial towers including those used by Palestinian and international media agencies, medical centers, many schools, and mosques, in addition to various buildings along the Gaza Strip.

On Monday evening, a child was killed, and dozens were injured, after the army fired missiles at a residential tower in the al-Wehda Street, in Gaza city.

The army also fired a missile at a residential tower in the Remal neighborhood in Gaza, killing one child and wounding more than 10 Palestinians. The attack caused severe damage to the building and nearby colic, wounding many patients.

It took place just a few meters away from where the army killing more than 40 Palestinians, and injuring dozens, on Sunday at dawn.

Before the latest Israeli escalation, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli missiles and shells have led to the death of 212 Palestinians, including sixty-one children, thirty-six women, and 16 elderlies, in addition to wounding more than 1400, including dozens of women and children, many of them in serious conditions.

Many Palestinians remain buried under the rubble of bombarded homes, residential towers, and other facilities, and are presumed dead, amidst constant efforts to locate them in the hope of finding some who are still alive.

Ahmad was from Gaza. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Ziyad Hussein Sabbah

May 17, 2021December 4, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 17, 2021: Ahmad Ziyad Hussein Sabbah, 28, was killed by an Israeli missile in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in central Beit Lahia.

The PCHR added that, as a result, Ahmad and Mohammed Nazeer Mohammed Abu ‘Oun, 18, were killed while two other civilians were injured; one of them sustained serious wounds.

It also said that that at 17:30, Israeli warplanes launched four missiles at Ayman Siyam’s house in central Jabalia camp and destroyed it completely. Five minutes later, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in central Beit Lahia.

On that day, the nineth day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, ten Palestinians, including one woman and one child, were killed by Israeli missiles and shells, and 122 Palestinians, including twenty-two woman and forty children were injured; many suffered life-threatening wounds.

The bombing brough the death toll to 213 Palestinians, including sixty-one children and thirty-five women, while the total number of injuries reach 958, including 291 children and 206 women.

The PCHR said Israeli warplanes launched dozens of intense airstrikes, along with artillery and gunboats shelling. As a result, more houses and civilian facilities were targeted.

It added that the only Covid-19 laboratory was targeting by an Israeli missile near the Headquarter of the Ministry of Health and al-Rimal Clinic.

The violent artillery shelling also continued, forcing more residents to leave.

Source: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)

Mohammad Hasan Abu Sam’aan

May 17, 2021December 4, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 17, 2021: Mohammad Hasan Abu Sam’aan, 32, was killed by Israeli missiles at the Maldives Café at Gaza city’s seaside.

Sources at the Shifa Hospital said Israeli killed Hasan and three other Palestinians, in addition to wounding many.

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights identified the slain Palestinians as identified as Mohammed Jamal ‘Ali Abu Sam’an, 24, Mohammed Hasan Abu Sam’an, 32, ‘Ali Waleed al-‘Abed Burais, 30. and Ahmed Khalil Hejazi al-Louh, 24, and added that their bodies were torn into pieces.

Furthermore, the PCHR said Israeli warplanes launched four missiles at Ayman Siyam’s house in central Jabalia camp and destroyed it completely.

Five minutes later, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in central Beit Lahia.

As a result, Ahmed Ziyad Hussain Sabbah, 28, and Mohammed Nazeer Mohammed Abu ‘Oun, 18, were killed while two other civilians were injured; one of them sustained serious wounds.

The PCHR added that Israeli warplanes also fired three missiles at a 3-story house belonging to ‘Abed al-Rahman Abu al-Jabeen in central Jabalia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

In addition, the Israeli warplanes fired a missile at Abu ‘Ajinah’s house in Beit Lahia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

At least fifteen additional Israeli missiles were fired various areas in northern Gaza Strip, including several lands and an under-construction house in western Jabalia. As a result, the lands, streets, and infrastructure sustained severe damage.

Three more missiles were fired at a 3-story house belonging to Omar Suliman in Jabalia, and destroyed it.

On that day, the PCHR said ten Palestinians, including one woman and one child were killed, in addition to 122 injured, including twenty-two women and forty children.

Death toll mounted on that day to 213 Palestinians, including sixty-one children and thirty-five women, while the number of wounded reached 958, including 291 children and 206 women.

The Israeli army also fired missiles into Gaza’s only Covid-19 laboratory near the Headquarter of the Ministry of Health and al-Rimal Clinic. The violent artillery shelling also continued, forcing more residents to leave.

Mohammad was from Gaza city. Source: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)

Ahmad Fayez Arafat

May 17, 2021December 4, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 17, 2021: Ahmad Fayez Arafat, 29, was killed by an Israeli missile in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Media sources said an Israeli drone fired a missile at several Palestinians, killing Ahmad and wounding many others.

The Israeli army fired at night and during the day, hundreds of missiles, and shells into many parts of the Gaza Strip, hitting many buildings, public facilities, roads, and infrastructure, in addition to many homes, residential and commercial towers, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring more.

At least one Palestinian from the Abu Jalhoum family was killed, and many others were injured by Israeli missiles, west of the al-Amoudi area, in northern Gaza.

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

Obeida Akram Jawabra

May 17, 2021November 24, 2021 contact@ifamericansknew.org

May 17, 2021: Obeida Akram Jawabra, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers who shot him with live ammunition in the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, near the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

Medical sources said Obaida sustained a gunshot wound to his chest during a protest at the entrance of the camp located near Route 60, the main route in the West Bank connecting Hebron and Jerusalem.

He was shot in the heart by an Israeli soldier deployed about seventy meters (230 feet) away fired the fatal shot, according to eyewitnesses interviewed by Defense for Children International – Palestine.

Dozens of Palestinian civilians gathered at the entrance of the camp and attempted to resist the army invasion; however, they were met with excessive use of force by the Israeli army, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.

In related news, Palestinian activist groups, on Monday, have called for mass protests on Tuesday, May 18 to show opposition to the continuous Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank for the past 10 days.

Rights groups began to organize via social media platforms and by early afternoon political groups and unions joined the effort.

The statement also called for mass protests all over the West Bank, Gaza, and Palestinian communities inside of the 1948 Palestinian territories (Israel) to stop Israel’s vicious assault on Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Furthermore, prior to this report, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that Israeli forces have killed 21 Palestinians, including one child, and injured 3728 in the West Bank alone.

The report added that Israeli airstrikes and shelling of residential buildings and infrastructure in the besieged Gaza Strip, has killed 198 Palestinian civilians, including fifty-eight children and thirty-five women, and injuring 1300, and terrorizing the entire population of the coastal enclave.

Obaida was from the al-Arroub refugee camp, near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: DCI, IMEMC