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
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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
Fadi Qunbar
January 8, 2017: Fadi Qunbar, 20, was killed after ramming his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four soldiers before he was shot dead. Fadi, a former political prisoner, was from Jabal al-Mokabber, in Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
Hagai Ben-Ari
January 3, 2017: Maj. Hagai Ben-Ari, 31, died from serious wounds he suffered in Gaza during Israel’s “Defensive Shield” offensive against the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. The paratrooper’s serious wounds put him in a coma until his death. Hagai was from the Golan Heights. Source: IMEMC
Fares al-Bayed
December 23, 2016: Fares al-Bayed, 15, died from serious wounds he suffered in October 2016 when Israeli soldiers shot him with a live round in the head after dozens of army vehicles invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah and clashed with local youths, causing scores of injuries. Fares was from al-Jalazoun. Source: IMEMC
Ahmad Kharroubi
December 22, 2016: Ahmad Nash’at Kharroubi, 19, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Kafr Aqab neighborhood in Jerusalem, and partially demolished the home of Misbah Abu Sbeih, who was killed by the army in October 2016. Ahmad was from Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC
Ahmad Rimawi
December 18, 2016: Ahmad Hazem Rimawi, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers who invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah in the West Bank, and shot him with several live rounds including one that penetrated his heart. Ahmad was from Beit Rima. Source: IMEMC