November 23, 2015: Ahmad Jamal Taha, 16, was shot by Israeli soldiers after allegedly stabbing and killing an Israeli settler on Route 443 west of Ramallah. Ahmad was from Qunta village near Ramallah. Source: IMEMC
Children
Alaa Khalil Hashah
November 23, 2015: Alaa Khalil Sabah Hashash, 16, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers, near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed that Alaa approached Huwwara roadblock while carrying a knife and allegedly attempted to stab a soldier.
A Palestinian woman identified as Samah Abd al-Mumen Ahmad from Ammuriya village was shot in the head in the crossfire, witnesses said.
A bus driver, Adham al-Sharfa, stated: “I saw what happened with my own eyes as Israeli soldiers opened fire at a youth for attempting to stab an Israeli soldier and then several Israeli soldiers arrived and shot the youth more than 10 times and he fell to the ground.”
Palestinian security sources said Samah was shot in the head while sitting inside her car near where the incident occurred. Her injuries were reported as critical. No Israelis were reported injured during the incident.
Alaa was from the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. Source: IMEMC
Ashraqat Qatanany
November 22, 2015: Ashraqat Taha Qatanany, 16, was killed when an Israeli settlement leader rammed her with his car, claiming that she had a knife.
When the girl fell to the ground, another Israeli paramilitary settler pulled over and shot her multiple times.
Israeli colonial settlement leader Gershon Mesika rammed a teenage girl with his car, claiming ‘she had a knife’.
When the girl fell to the ground, another Israeli paramilitary settler pulled over and shot her multiple times.
While Israeli authorities claim that Mesika ‘thwarted a terror attack’, the claim of Mesika and the other settler that the girl had a knife contradicts other accounts of the incident.
The child did not harm or attempt to harm anyone, and a knife photographed at the scene appears to have been tossed near her dead body.
Gershon Mesika, from Elon Moreh illegal colony, is the former head of the “Samaria Regional Council”, which is a body organized by Israeli settlers living illegally in the occupied West Bank.
He rammed the child with his car, landing the car in the ditch and leaving the girl lying prone on the ground. A paramilitary settler from the car behind Mesika’s then got out of his car and fired multiple shots at the girl. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the shooting was done by an Israeli driver of a vehicle behind Mesika’s. A later article by the Israeli news agency Arutz Sheva claimed that she was shot ‘by soldiers on the scene’.
A number of recent incidents in which Palestinians were shot and killed have been questioned by Palestinians and their supporters, as the eyewitness reports that unarmed Palestinian civilians were shot by Israeli paramilitary settlers have been reported in the Israeli and international media as ‘thwarted attacks’. In several cases, the Israeli military appears to have taken credit for shootings that were actually carried out by paramilitary settler groups.
Ashraqat was from Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC
Sadeq Gharbiyya
November 10, 2015: Sadeq Ziyad Gharbiyya, 16, was killed by Israeli soldiers at the Container checkpoint north of Bethlehem after he attempted to stab a soldier, according to the Israeli army. Eyewitnesses denied the military claims. Sadeq was from Sanour village near Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC
Ahmad Abu ar-Rob
November 2, 2015: Ahmad Awad Abu ar-Rob, 16, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the al-Jalama military roadblock northeast of Jenin. He and another Palestinian allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. The soldiers also shot and wounded the other Palestinian. Ahmad was from Qabatia town near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Source: IMEMC
Ramadan Thawatba
October 30, 2015: Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawatba, 8 months old, died from tear gas inhalation in Beit Fajjar village south of Bethlehem after the soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs during clashes in the area. Some of the gas bombs directly struck his home. Source: IMEMC
Ahmad Kamil
October 24, 2015: Ahmad Mohammad Said Kamil, 16, was shot by Israeli soldiers at the Jalama checkpoint north of Jenin. The Israeli army claimed the teen ran towards the soldiers “carrying a knife” before they shot him dead. Palestinian medics were prevented from reaching the boy. Ahmad was from Qabatia town near Jenin. Source: IMEMC
Dania Ershaid
October 24, 2015: Dania Jihad Ersheid, 17, was shot dead by the Israeli Border Police near Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. The police claimed that police officers saw “a knife in her hand.” No Israelis were injured during the incident. Dania was from Hebron. Source: IMEMC
Bashar al-Jabari
October 20, 2015: Bashar Nidal al-Jabari, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli soliders along with Husam Jamil al-Jabari, 17, at an Israeli military roadblock in Hebron. The soldiers left the two boys lying on the ground bleeding until they died. Source: IMEMC
Husam al-Jabari
October 20, 2015: Husam Jamil al-Jabari, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli soliders along with Bashar Nidal al-Jabari, 15, at an Israeli military roadblock in Hebron. The soldiers left the two boys lying on the ground bleeding until they died. Source: IMEMC