February 10, 2017: Mohammad Amer al-Jallad, 24, died from serious wounds he suffered on November 9, 2016 when Israeli soldiers shot him at Huwwara military roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. He allegedly had attempted to stab them. The Palestinian was moved to an Israeli hospital where he remained in a critical condition until his death. He also suffered lymphoma cancer that went untreated after his serious injury, causing serious complications. Mohammad was from Tulkarem in the northern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC
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Husam Soufi
February 9, 2017: Husam Hameed Soufi, 24, was killed by Israeli missiles while he was working in a siege-busting border tunnel, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Mohammad Anwar al-Aqra’, 38, was also killed in the strike, while at least five Palestinians were injured and buried under the rubble.
The two Palestinians were workers trying to support their families amidst the ongoing Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. Husam was from Rafah. Source: IMEMC
Mohammad al-Aqra’
February 9, 2017: Mohammad Anwar al-Aqra’, 38, was killed by Israeli missiles while he was working in a siege-busting border tunnel, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Husam Hameed Soufi, 24, was also killed in the strike, while at least five Palestinians were injured and buried under the rubble.
The two Palestinians were workers trying to support their families amidst the ongoing Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. Husam was from Rafah. Source: IMEMC
Suleiman Salah
February 8, 2017: Suleiman Hammad Salah, 81, was killed after being struck by the speeding car of an Israeli colonialist settler, near Danial settlement, built on Palestinian land in the al-Khader town south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The settler fled the scene on foot, leaving his car behind. Palestinian Red Crescent medics were called to the scene and moved the elderly man to a hospital, where he died from his wounds, especially due to severely bleeding after one of his legs was amputated in the crash. Source: IMEMC
Mohammad Abu Khalifa
January 29, 2017: Mohammad Mahmoud Abu Khalifa, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank and attacked local Palestinian youth. The soldiers shot Mohammad with a live round in his back and wounded three other Palestinians during the invasion. Mohammad was from Jenin refugee camp. Source: IMEMC
Hussein Abu Ghosh
January 25, 2017: Hussein Salem Abu Ghosh, 24, was killed by Israeli soldiers who claimed he tried to ram them and Israeli settlers with his car at a bus station close to Adam Israeli settlement, east of Ramallah in the West Bank. The soldiers fired several live rounds at the car killing the young man, before closing the area and preventing Palestinian medics from approaching him. His cousin Hussein Mohammad Abu Ghosh, 17, was killed a year ago on January 26, 2016, after he and Ibrahim Osama Allan, 23, stabbed a settler, identified as Shlomit Krigman, 24, who later died from her wounds at the Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem. Hussein was from Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
Yacoub Abu al-Qee’an
January 18, 2017: Yacoub Mousa Abu al-Qee’an, 47, was killed by Israeli soldiers after alleging that he rammed them with his car, killing one officer, when the police and soldiers invaded Umm al-Hiran village, in the Negev, and started demolishing homes and structures. Locals said the man, a local mathematics teacher, lost control of his car after the police fired live rounds at him, and injured him in his knee, causing his vehicle to accelerate into a squadron of Israeli police officers, before his car rolled down a hill, hitting two officers who were walking up the hill, and coming to a halt after crashing into another car, leading to the death of an Israeli officer, identified as Erez Levy, 37. Arab Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh of Hadash Party, and the head of the Knesset’s Joint List, was among many injured by police fire. Yacoub was from Umm al-Hiran. Source: IMEMC
Nidal Mahdawi
January 17, 2017: Nidal Daoud Mahdawi, 44, was killed by Israeli soldiers at a military roadblock near Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, after the soldiers claimed he attempted to stab them. A video of the incident shows the Nidal standing near an electricity pole, and when a soldier fired a round near him he started walking towards the soldiers who fired several other rounds, and then he started running towards them before they fired the fatal shots. Nidal was from Tulkarem. Source: IMEMC
Qussai al-Amour
January 16, 2017: Qussai Hasan al-‘Amour, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank, and clashed with local youths before shooting the teen with six live rounds, including three in the chest. One of them hit his heart directly.
Video taken by Hisham Abu Shaqra, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, shows the soldiers dragging Qussai’s body in a rough manner back to their military jeeps. Palestinian medics were prevented from approaching him. Israeli soldiers also shot and wounded four Palestinians, including a woman, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. Qussai was from Teqoua. Source: IMEMC
Mohammad Salhi
January 10, 2017: Mohammad Salhi, 33, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded his home and shot him with several live rounds, including in the head. He was killed in front of his family after he rushed to his mother’s aid when he heard the soldiers shouting at her and beating her. Mohammad was from al-Far’a refugee camp, north of Tubas in the West Bank. Source: PCHR