Ayed Azzam Salim

April 08, 2023: Ayed Azzam Mahmoud Salim, 20, was killed by soldiers at the main entrance to Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Ayed suffered five gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.

Mohammad Musleh, a resident of Azzoun, told Palestine TV that the soldiers shot Ayed near a bypass road used by the illegal colonizers.

Musleh added that the soldiers shot the young man just for walking near the road, especially since no protests were taking place in that area.

Palestinian medics moved him to Omar Al-Qassem Hospital in Azzoun town where his death was confirmed, before he was transferred to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital.

Video – Palestine TV

Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the main entrance area of the town, and closed it, leading to protests.

They added that the soldiers fired live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades.

After his death was confirmed, dozens of Palestinians held protests before the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, and closed the main entrance of the town.

It is worth mentioning that, on March 02, the soldiers killed Mohammad Nidal Salim, 15, and on April 30, 2022, the soldiers killed Yahia Ali Adwan, 27, in the same area.

Ayed was from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Video – Palestine TV

Abdul-Karim Badea’ Sheikh

 Abdul-KarimMarch 10, 2023: Abdul-Karim Badea’ Sheikh, 21, was shot and killed by an Israeli paramilitary colonizer shot and killed a Palestinian at an illegal colony after he reportedly attacked him with a knife, near Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli sources said the Palestinian allegedly approached a colonizer at the Dorit Farm near Ma’ale Shomron colony, between Qalqilia and Salfit, and tried to stab him before the Israeli man fatally shot him. No Palestinian sources confirmed this allegation.

The sources claimed that the Palestinian carried “several knives and improvised explosive devices” and added that there were no Israeli casualties.

According to the Israeli Kan News, the Palestinian carried several knives and approached the colonizer while shouting Allahu Akbar before he fatally shot him.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army informed the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs that the Palestinian has been identified as Abdul-Karim Badea’ Sheikh, 21, and confirmed his death.

Hours after the young man’s death, dozens of soldiers invaded Sneiria village, south of Qalqilia, before storming and ransacking his family’s home and several nearby homes.

Also Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian child, Amir Mamoun Odah, 16, whom Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured earlier in Qalqilia.

Thursday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Walid Sa’ad Daoud Nassar, 14, who was seriously injured by Israeli army fire two days ago when the soldiers killed six Palestinians in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

Abdul-Karim was from Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Nidal Salim

March 02, 2023: Mohammad Nidal Salim, 15, was killed by Israeli soldiers who injured two other Palestinians, including a child who suffered serious wounds, in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Azzoun, leading to protests before the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Mohammad Nidal Salim, 15, after shooting him with a live round in the back.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers shot another child in the chest, causing life-threatening wounds, and moderately injured a young man in the arm.

In a Facebook post, Mohamamd’s uncle, Reyad Saleem, said his nephew was named after his cousin, Mohammad Nizar Saleem, who Israeli soldiers killed on March 14, 2003.

On Wednesday, March 01, 2023, Israeli soldiers killed Mahmoud Jamal Hasan Hamdan, 22, in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank.

Earlier on Monday, February 27, two Israeli Colonizers were killed in a shooting in Huwwara near Nablus.

On Sunday, a Palestinian civilian was killed by Israeli soldiers while in his home in Za’tara village. Sameh Aqtash, 37, who was killed by Israeli forces Sunday, was in Turkey two weeks before, volunteering with a rescue team to save lives after the earthquake.

On February 23, 2023, Israeli soldiers killed Mohammad Nabil Fawzi Abu Sabah, 29, In Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

The day before Mohammad’s death, Israeli soldiers killed eleven Palestinians, injured more than 102, six seriously, and caused more than  250 Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation and other minor wounds.

The slain Palestinians, as officially confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry, are:

    1. Anan Shawkat Ennab, 66.
    2. Adnan Sabe’ Ba’ara, 72.
    3. Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25.
    4. Tamer Nimir Ahmad Minawi, 33.
    5. Mos’ab Monir Mohammad Oweiss, 26.
    6. Husam Bassam Isleem, 24.
    7. Mohammad Abu Kabr Al-Juneidi, 23.
    8. Walid Riyad Hussein Dakheel, 23.
    9. Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Aziz Ashqar, 61.
    10. Mohammad Farid Sha’ban, 16.
    11. Jasser Jamil Abdul-Wahab Qaneer, 23.

Mohammad was from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Karam Ali Salman

January 28, 2023: Karam Ali Salman, 18, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the Kedumim illegal Israeli colony built on stolen Palestinian lands east of Qalqilia in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Israeli sources claimed the Palestinian was armed and was observed approaching the Kedumim colony, not far from the home of far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, before the soldiers fatally shot him.

They added that the army instructed the colonizers in Kedumim to shelter in place while the soldiers conducted massive searches in the area.

On Sunday, January 29, the army said it cleared the area and lifted the security warning that instructed the colonizers to remain in their homes.

Also Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a young man succumbed to serious wounded suffered Thursday when the army killed nine Palestinians, including a woman, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the young man, Omar Tareq Ali Sa’adi, 24, from the Jenin refugee camp, succumbed to serious wounds at the Jenin governmental hospital. During the Thursday invasion, the soldiers killed nine Palestinians, including one woman, and injured at least twenty, including three who suffered serious wounds.

The slain Palestinians have been identified as:

  1. Saeb Mahmoud Ezreiqi, 24, Jenin city.
  2. Ezzeddin Yassin Salahat, 26, Jenin refugee camp.
  3. Abdullah Marwan Al-Ghoul, 18, Jenin refugee camp.
  4. Wasim Amjad Aref Abu Al-Ja’as, 22, Jenin refugee camp.
  5. Majeda Obeid, 61, Jenin refugee camp.
  6. Mo’tasem Mahmoud Abu Al-Hasan, 40, Al-Yamoun town.
  7. Mohammad Mahmoud Sobeh, 30, Burqin town.
  8. Mohammad Sami Ghneim, 28, Burqin town.
  9. Nour Sami Ghneim, 25, from Burqin.

The soldiers also killed one Palestinian, Yousef Yahia Abdul-Karim Mheisin, 22, in the Al-Ram town, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, during a procession condemning the Israeli onslaught on Jenin.

Also Thursday, a Palestinian child, Nayef Oweidat, 13, died from serious wounds he suffered last year during the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Late Friday night, The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic), in occupied Jerusalem, confirmed that a Palestinian child, Wadea’ Aziz Abu Ramouz, 16, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli soldiers two days ago, has succumbed to his wounds.

Karam was from Qusin town, west of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Aref Abdul-Nasser Lahlouh

January 25, 2023: Aref Abdul-Nasser Lahlouh, 20, was killed by Israeli soldiers after an alleged ‘stabbing attack’ near the illegal Kedumim colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands near Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that the young man, reportedly carrying a knife, arrived at the military roadblock near Kedumim colony, and attempted to stab a soldier before other soldiers shot him.

The army added that the Palestinian reportedly “chased a soldier who fired at him, causing him to fall on the ground” and continued to claim that the wounded young man “managed to get up and run towards him again before he was fatally shot.”

The army said no soldiers were hurt in the incident.

After shooting the young man, the soldiers refused to allow Palestinian medics to approach him or take his corpse away.

Furthermore, a few hours after killing him, the soldiers abducted his father, Abdul-Nasser, while crossing a military back on his way back home.

Aref’s fatal shooting brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the first 25 days of this year to nineteen, including four children.

The slain Palestinians are:

  1. January 25, 2023: Aref Abdul-Rahman Lahlouh, 22.
  2. January 19, 2023: Tareq Odah Yousef Ma’ali, 42,
  3. January 19, 2023: Jawad Farid Hussein Bawaqna, 58.
  4. January 19, 2023: Adham Mohammad Bassem Jabarin, 26.
  5. January 17, 2023: Hamdi Shaker Abdullah Abu Dayya, 40
  6. January 16, 2023: Amro Khaled Al-Khmour, 14.
  7. January 15, 2023: Ahmad Hasan Kahala, 45.
  8. January 14, 2023: Yazan Samer Ja’bari, 19.
  9. January 14, 2023: Amjad Adnan Khaliliyya, 23.
  10. January 14, 2023: Ezzeddin Bassem Hamamra, 24.
  11. January 12, 2023: Habib Mohammad Kamil, 25.
  12. January 12, 2023: Abdul-Hadi Fakhri Nazzal, 18.
  13. January 12, 2023: Samir Awni Aslan, 41.
  14. January 11, 2023: Ahmad Amer Abu Jneid, 21.
  15. January 11, 2023: Sanad Mohammad Samamra, 19.
  16. January 05, 2023: Amer Abu Zeitoun, 16.
  17. January 03, 2023: Adam Essam Ayyad, 15.
  18. January 02, 2023: Fuad Mohammad ‘Aabed, 17.
  19. January 02, 2023: Mohammad Samer Houshiyya, 22.

Aref was from the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Source: IMEMC

Rabi Arafa Rabi

Rabi RabiOctober 22, 2022: Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, a Palestinian worker from Qalqilia, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near a military roadblock of a section of the illegal Annexation Wall southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers shot the workers near a military roadblock, known as 109, close to Nabi Elias village, when the army fired many live rounds at Palestinian workers trying to cross.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot the worker, Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, with a live round in the head. Palestinian medics rushed him to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital in Qalqilia, then to Rafidia hospital in Nablus, where he succumbed to his serious wounds.

The slain man’s father, from Qalqilia, said the soldiers executed his son in cold blood, adding that Rabi was just a construction worker trying to earn a living and was engaged to be married this coming Friday.

Palestine TV said Israeli colonizers closed several streets in the area and attacked dozens of Palestinian and their cars, before the soldiers invaded it and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.

It is worth mentioning that the army frequently attackschasesinjures, and abducts Palestinian workers near the gates of the illegal Annexation Wall near QalqiliaJenin, and other parts of the West Bank.

Palestinian workers from these areas had for decades been able to work in Israel, but since 2003, Israeli forces have constructed a massive Wall and prevented the workforce from reaching their jobs.

Rabi was from Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa

October 07, 2022: Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa, 17, was killed by Israeli soldiers in the Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Media sources said the Israeli soldiers attacked and fired live rounds at many Palestinians who intercepted an attack by illegal Israeli colonizers against a house owned by Mohammad Saleh Shreiteh, in the village.

The soldiers invaded the village and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the Palestinians who intercepted the attack.

Medical sources said the soldiers killed Mahdi with live fire and shot at least two Palestinians; one was shot in the abdomen and one in the back.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers prevented its medics from reaching Mahdi, but they eventually managed to get to him, despite being attacked by the soldiers, before he succumbed to his serious wounds.

The soldiers fired live rounds and attacked several Palestinians, including medics, while trying to render the needed to a wounded young man.

The PRCS said its medics treated nine Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, eight whom the soldiers beat, and thirty-three who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

On the same day, the soldiers killed another child, Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud, 14, in the Al-Birin area, south of Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Adel with a live round in the head.

Palestine TV said dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area before firing live rounds at the Palestinians and added that a sharpshooter shot the child.

It is worth mentioning that Adel’s uncle, Mohammad Daoud, from Qalqilia, was abducted by the Israeli army 35 years earlier, and was sentenced to live in prison.

Several Palestinian factions issued statements denouncing the killing of the two Palestinian children and the serious Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people, their homes, lands, and their holy sites.

They called for ongoing resistance against the Israeli occupation and its illegal colonies until liberation and independence.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Expatriates also issued a statement condemning the execution of the two Palestinian children and affirmed it would submit the case to the International Criminal Court.

It said the Israeli government is determined to escalate its crimes against the Palestinian people and is dragging the region into more tension and conflicts and held it responsible for its crimes and their consequences on the ground.

Mahdi was from the Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud

October 07, 2022: Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud, 14, was killed by Israeli soldiers in the Al-Birin area, south of Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Adel with a live round in the head.

The Health Ministry stated that Daoud was rushed to a Qalqilia governmental hospital in Qalqilia and then was moved to Rafidia governmental hospital in Nablus, where he officially pronounced dead due to his serious gunshot wounds to the head.

The child was shot after the army attacked dozens of Palestinians protesting on their lands near the illegal Annexation Wall in the Al-Birin area.

Palestine TV said dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area before firing live rounds at the Palestinians and added that a sharpshooter shot the child.

Adel was rushed to a Qalqilia governmental hospital in Qalqilia but was officially pronounced dead due to his serious gunshot wounds to the head.

The child was shot after the army attacked dozens of Palestinians protesting on their lands near the illegal Annexation Wall in the Al-Birin area.

It is worth mentioning that Adel’s uncle, Mohammad Daoud, from Qalqilia, was abducted by the Israeli army 35 years earlier, and was sentenced to live in prison.

On the same day, the soldiers killed Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa, 17, from the Al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the Palestinians intercepted an attack by illegal Israeli colonizers against a house owned by Mohammad Saleh Shreiteh, in the village.

The soldiers invaded the village and started firing live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the Palestinians who intercepted the attack.

Medical sources said the soldiers killed Mahdi and shot at least two Palestinians with live fire; one was shot in the abdomen and one in the back.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers prevented its medics from reaching Mahdi, but they eventually managed to get to him, despite being attacked by the soldiers, before he succumbed to his serious wounds.

The soldiers also fired live rounds and attacked several Palestinians, including medics, while trying to render the needed to a wounded young man.

The PRCS said its medics treated nine Palestinians who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, eight whom the soldiers beat, and thirty-three who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

It added that the soldiers also assaulted several medics while trying to remove them from the area.

Several Palestinian factions issued statements denouncing the killing of the two Palestinian children and the serious Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people, their homes, lands, and their holy sites.

They called for ongoing resistance against the Israeli occupation and its illegal colonies until liberation and independence.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Expatriates also issued a statement condemning the execution of the two Palestinian children and affirmed it would submit the case to the International Criminal Court.

It said the Israeli government is determined to escalate its crimes against the Palestinian people and is dragging the region into more tension and conflicts and held it responsible for its crimes and their consequences on the ground.

Adel was from Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Nabil Ahmad Taiseer Ghanem

June 19, 2022: Nabil Ahmad Taiseer Ghanem, 53, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the worker near the illegal Annexation Wall, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers fatally shot Nabil and took his corpse to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba after refusing to allow Palestinian medics to reach him.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian workers while trying to cross the Jaljulia gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, killing Ghanem before taking his corpse away.

The Israeli army claimed the soldiers fired live rounds at Ahmad when he reportedly “attempted to damage a section of the Wall” but failed to provide any details of the allegation.

Eyewitnesses refuted the military’s allegations and said dozens of Palestinian workers were trying to cross the gate of the Annexation Wall when the soldiers fired at them to force them to leave, although they carried permits to cross.

The soldiers also attacked Palestinian workers near the Taybeh military roadblock, southwest of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, and fired gas bombs at them, causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

On the same day, the soldiers attacked workers and detained thirteen Barta’a towns southwest of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank.

Ahmad was from Sorra village, southwest of Nablus. Source: IMEMC

Yahia Ali Adwan

April 30, 2022: Yahia Ali Adwan, 27, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local sources said dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded Azzoun, leading to protests before the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

Medical sources at Darwish Nazzal Hospital in Qalqilia said Yahia was shot with a live round that went through his heart and exited from his back.

Palestinian medics tried to revive the seriously wounded young man before rushing him to the hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead.

The slain Palestinian was also a former political prisoner and has a brother who is imprisoned by Israel at the Negev Detention Camp.

The Israeli army first abducted Yahia in 2010 when he was only fifteen years of age and was imprisoned for ten months.

He was abducted again in 2013 and was released in 2016 after being imprisoned for 41 months.

He was also abducted for the third time in 2019 and was imprisoned for sixteen months, then abducted two more times in 2021.

The total number of years he spent in Israeli prisons and detention centers is seven and a half years.

Video By Sharq News – Palestine

Azzoun is subject to constant Israeli invasions and violations by the Israeli soldiers who repeatedly storm and ransack homes, especially at dawn, and abduct many residents.

Yahia was from Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Source: IMEMC