September 27th, 2019: Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman, 20, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza while participating in the 76th Great March of Return. He was declared dead in al-Shifa hospital approximately three hours after he was shot with a bullet in the chest.
In addition, Israeli troops wounded another 86 civilians through excessive force against the peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s border. This includes: 22 children, 4 female paramedics, 5 male paramedics and 2 persons with disabilities.
Of the injured, 40 were shot with live bullets while Israeli forces escalated their attacks against medical personnel, who are supposed to be respected under international humanitarian law, wounding 9 paramedics, including a female paramedic deemed to be in very critical condition.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for the protests under the theme “al-Aqsa Intifada and Palestinian Prisoners”, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. Protesters who were near the border fence reportedly threw stones and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who attacked the protesters with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffered due to tear gas inhalation.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has documented 212 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,056 were wounded, including 3,020 children, 429 women, 244 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
Saher was from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC
September 11th, 2019: Mohammad Fawzi Najjar, 25, died in an explosion in a tunnel in southern Gaza.
September 9, 2019: Saleh Hamad, 22, drowned to death in Bosnia-Herzegovina, after he tried to immigrate to Europe to escape the dire conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip.
September 8, 2019: Mo’in Suleiman al-‘Attar, 42, was killed in what was described as an accidental explosion in Central Gaza.
September 6th, 2019: Khaled Abu Baker Mohammad al-Rabi’ey, 14, was killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday when the army attacked the weekly Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.
September 6th, 2019: Ali Sami Ashqar, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday when the army attacked the weekly Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.
August 28, 2019: Ala’ Ziad al-Gharabily, 32, was one of three Palestinian officers who were killed in a bombing which was carried out by two suicide bombers in Gaza.
August 28, 2019: Wael Mousa Khalifa, 45, was one of three Palestinian officers who were killed in a bombing which was carried out by two suicide bombers in Gaza.
August 28, 2019: Salama Majed Nadim, 32, was one of three Palestinian officers who were killed in a bombing which was carried out by two suicide bombers in Gaza.
August 18, 2019: Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi, 26, was one of three Palestinians who were killed near the border with Israel in northern Gaza early Sunday morning before dawn.