Maher Atallah

December 08, 2017: Maher Atallah, 54, was killed by Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza, after the army opened fire at dozens of Palestinians, protesting, in their lands, near the border fence, in northern Gaza.

Medial sources in Gaza said the Palestinian was seriously wounded by Israeli army live fire, and died from his wounds, shortly after he was injured.

The sources added that the army injured 153 Palestinians, including an infant, in the Gaza Strip, and that five of the wounded suffered serious injuries.

Another Palestinian, identified as Mahmoud al-Masri,30, was also killed by Israeli army fire, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that, besides killing the two Palestinians, the soldiers injured 1114 Palestinians that day alone, in various parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The Ministry added that 954 Palestinians received treatment by local medics, mostly due to teargas inhalation, or after being shot with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets.

160 wounded Palestinians, including those who were shot with live rounds, were transferred to various hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Maher was from Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Shawqi Jamal Obeid

October 16, 2015: Shawqi Jamal ‘Obeid, 37, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that Shawqi seriously injured on October 9, 2015, after Israeli soldiers shot him during protests in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and succumbed to his wound.

He was shot near the Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal in northern Gaza, while dozens of Palestinians were wounded.

The Ministry said 35 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 1350 have been injured since the beginning of the Month.

It added that twelve Palestinians, including a mother and her baby, were killed in the Gaza Strip, while 328 have been injured, 171 of them with live rounds.

In the West Bank, 23 Palestinians, including five children, were killed in the West Bank, including a Palestinian political prisoner who died of medical neglect in Israeli prisons.

As for the 1350 Palestinians who were wounded, the Ministry said that 600 were shot with live rounds, and around six hundred others with rubber-coated steel bullets, while the rest were beaten up by soldiers and Israeli settlers.

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