September 2021

Isra’ Khaled Khzaimiah

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September 30, 2021: Isra’ Khaled Khzaimiah, 30, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the Chain Gate, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

The Israeli police claimed the woman carried a sharp object and attempted to stab officers before they delivered the fatal shots.

It also claimed that the woman exited the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound through the Chain Gate, and “pulled a knife out in an attempt to stab officers, before they fired live rounds at her.”

Eyewitnesses said the woman was still alive, but seriously injured and unable to move, and added that the police prevented anybody from reaching her to render the urgently needed first aid before she succumbed to her wounds.

The Children Of Isra’

The slain woman is married mother of four children, the youngest are four and two years of age.

The Israeli police and the army then closed the entire area and declared it a closed zone, preventing the Palestinians, including school children, from leaving or entering it.

The soldiers alo closed many roads and installed various roadblocks in several areas of East Jerusalem, especially near and around Al-Aqsa Mosque.

On the same day, the soldiers also killed Ala’ Nasser Zayyoud, 22, from Qabatia, and Mohammad Ammar, 41, from al-Boreij in central Gaza Strip.

Isra’ was from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Source: IMEMC

Mohammad Ammar

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September, 30, 2021: Mohammad Ammar, 41, was killed by Israeli soldiers killed, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources said the Mohammad was shot with a live round in the head before he was rushed to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the nearby Deir al-Balah city, where he was officially pronounced dead.

The slain man was shot on Palestinian land close to the perimeter fence of the besieged coastal region.

Local sources said Ammar was hunting birds when the soldiers delivered the fatal shots.

Israeli Ynet news quoted that army claiming that the soldiers reportedly observed, through surveillance cameras, three Palestinians approaching the fence, and added that “one of them was digging in the ground while carrying a suspicious bag.”

It said that the army did not provide further clarification besides stating that the soldiers spotted the man and opened fire at him.

His mother said that Mohammad was a married father of seven children (four boys and three girls), and worked at the local town council, and added that he took a four-day vacation from work to hunt for birds and spend time with the family.

The attack is part of frequent Israeli violations against the Palestinians, especially the fishermen, farmers, shepherds, and workers in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, and have led to dozens of casualties, including fatalities, in addition to serious property damage and the confiscation of many boats after abducting the fishermen.

Also Thursday, the soldiers killed a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem, identified as Isra’ Khaled Khzaimiah, 30, in Burqin town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and Ala’ Nasser Zayyoud, 22, from Qabatia, south of Jenin.

Mohammad was from the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

Ala’ Nasser Zayyoud

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September 30, 2021: Ala’ Nasser Zayyoud, 21, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Burqin town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The soldiers and uncover officers were operating in the area to abduct Palestinian resistance fighters.

Palestinian medical sources said the slain young man was shot from a close range, and added that the soldiers wanted to take his corpse away, but resistance fighters fired several rounds at them and managed to retrieve the corpse before taking it to Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin.

The incident took place when a large Israeli military force, including undercover soldiers, invaded Burqin, leading to protests, and an exchange of fire between the army and armed resistance fighters.

Eyewitnesses said a large military force also invaded an area, between the towns of al-Yamoun and Burqin towns, before surrounding a home.

They added that Ala’ ran towards the area of the invasion carrying his weapon, but did not know the soldiers were deployed around the corner and came face to face with them when they shot him with several live rounds, and even fired several rounds at him after he dropped onto the ground.

The soldiers also invaded and ransacked homes, before abducting two young men, and took them to an unknown destination.

The slain Palestinian was a member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Ala’ was shot with two live rounds in the chest, in addition to one round in the neck and another round in the right thigh.

Further information revealed that many army jeeps invaded Burqin from several directions, in addition to the nearby towns of Kafrit, al-Yamoun, and Kafr Dan.

The soldiers then surrounded the home of a wounded and imprisoned Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Zar’ini, in the Jabal al-Khasem area in Burqin, and started using loudspeakers demanding the Palestinians in it to leave the property and surrender to the army.

It is worth mentioning that Mohammad was shot by the soldiers a week ago before they abducted him.

The soldiers then detonated the front door and broke into the property, but it was vacant, before they occupied its rooftop, in addition to invading many surrounding homes and posting undercover soldiers there.

The Israeli army claimed that the invasion was part of a larger operation aimed at arresting fighters of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

On the same day, the soldiers killed a Palestinian woman, identified as Isra’ Khzaimiah, 30, near the Chain Gate, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Jerusalem. The slain woman is from Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The soldiers also killed Mohammad Mohammad Ammar, 41, from al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, while he was huntring birds on a Palestinian  land close to the perimeter fence of the besieged coastal region.

Local sources said Ammar was hunting for birds when the soldiers delivered the fatal shots.

Ala’ was from Sielet al-Harithiya town, northwest of Jenin. Source: IMEMC

Dr. Hazem al-Jolani

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September 10, 2021: Dr. Hazem al-Jolani, 50, was killed by Israeli soldiers near Bab al-Majles (The Council Gate) in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem after the army claimed that he “attempted to stab a soldier.”

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee stated that Dr. Hazem suffered serious wounds before he was transferred to Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem, where he succumbed to his injuries.

A video filmed by a Palestinian photojournalist, identified as Ibrahim Sinjilawi, revealed that, after the soldiers shot the Palestinian physician, they handcuffed him, before then a soldier placed his foot and then his knee on the wounded man’s back, despite his upper back gunshot injuries.

The soldiers could also be seen greeting each other, and one shaking another officer’s hand.

Video By Ibrahim Sinjilawi

After shooting the man, the soldiers prevented the Palestinians, including medics, from approaching him, and later an Israeli ambulance arrived at the scene and took him to Hadassah.

He was officially pronounced dead due to his serious wounds, shortly after arriving in Hadassah.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. al-Jolani was specialized in physical therapy and served as the director of The Ryan College of Complementary Medicine in Jerusalem.

Furthermore, the soldiers abducted Mo’tasem al-Jolani, the brother of the slain Palestinian doctor.

Israeli sources claimed that Dr. Jolani allegedly “attempted to stab a soldier, before the army opened fire at him, causing serious wounds”, and added that the man was moved to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The sources added that the injured soldier, 19, sustained a mild wound to the leg by a ricocheting bullet fired by the soldiers and was transferred to Shaare Zedek Medical Center In Jerusalem.

After the fatal shooting, the army and the police closed Bab al-Majles and the al-Waad Street leading to it, in addition to pushing dozens of soldiers, officers, undercover troops, and security agents in the entire area.

The army then closed all the gates of the Old City and installed dozens of military roadblocks.

Israel sources claimed that, while Palestinian protesters were present in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, not far from the scene of the alleged stabbing attack, “there were no reports of confrontations with the soldiers or the police.”

Dr. Hazem was from Shu’fat, north of Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Source: IMEMC

Ahmad Mustafa Mahmoud Saleh

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September 2, 2021: Ahmad Mustafa Mahmoud Saleh, 26, was killed by Israeli army fire when the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters on their lands near the perimeter fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry stated that Ahmad, from Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, was shot by an Israeli soldier near the perimeter fence, east of the refugee camp.

It added that Palestinian medics rushed the seriously injured young man to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia city, but he succumbed to his wounds despite all efforts to save his life.

Medical sources said the soldiers fired live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at Palestinian protesters along the perimeter fence, in the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, wounding fifteen, among them five children including one who sustained life-threatening wounds.

They added that 10 Palestinians suffered burns and lacerations due to the Israeli live rounds and gas bombs.

On Tuesday night, the soldiers killed a Palestinian man, identified as Raed Yousef Rashed Jadallah, 39, in the western area of Beit Ur at-Tahta, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after the army attacked Palestinian workers in a crossing area of the Annexation Wall.

On Monday, an Israeli Border Police officer from Be’er Ya’akov, identified as Barel Hadaria Shmueli, 21, died from serious wounds he suffered nine days earlier.

As he stuck his rifle through a hole in the border wall, Shmueli was shot and critically wounded on August 21st when a Palestinian armed with a handgun walked up to the sniper hole in the heavily fortified wall and fired his weapon.

On the same day, the Palestinian Health Ministry stated that the soldiers shot and injured 41 Palestinian civilians, with live rounds and tear gas canisters, including a twelve-year-old child who was shot in the head.

The child, identified as Omar Hasan Abu an-Neel, remained in critical condition until he succumbed to his serious wounds on August 28th.

Ahmad was from Jabalia refugee camp, in Jabalia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC