Obits from Palestine

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The funeral of Ali Harb, who was stabbed to death by an Israeli settler the previous day, in the village of Iskaka, occupied West Bank, June 22, 2022. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

A settler stabbed and killed a Palestinian. Now he'll carry on life as usual
The State Prosecutor's decision to close the probe into Ali Harb's killing sends a clear message: whoever harms Palestinians will not be held accountable.
https://www.972mag.com/settler-stabbed-killed-ali-harb/

On Aug. 25, Israel's State Prosecutor Office announced its intention to close the investigative file opened following the fatal stabbing of Ali Hassan Harb, a 27-year-old Palestinian man from the village of Iskaka in the north of the occupied West Bank. The closing of the case without an indictment against the offending settler (whose name is prohibited from publication) is further proof of the impunity and protection that Israeli law enforcement provides to Israelis who harm Palestinians, even in cases as serious as murder.

On June 21, 2022, a group of Israeli settlers invaded land that belongs to the villagers of Iskaka with the intention of setting up an illegal outpost. Members of the Harb family and others arrived at the scene to prevent settlers from taking over their olive groves. A verbal confrontation ensued, which Palestinian eyewitnesses say did not involve physical violence on their part. During the incident, a settler stabbed Ali Harb to death.

Hours later, Israeli news site Ynet reported that the police claimed the stabbing may have resulted from an internal conflict among the Palestinians and not a confrontation with the settlers. This false claim, which the police were not ashamed to release even before Harb had been buried, was apparently the first indicator of the conduct to be expected in the investigation.

It later became clear that the Israeli authorities were investing the bulk of their energy in trying to clear the name of the army, in part by refuting the claim of the Palestinian eyewitnesses that the incident took place in front of Israeli soldiers who did nothing to prevent the stabbing or to arrest the culprit after the fact. According to eyewitnesses, Harb did not die immediately, but rather after soldiers prevented his family from reaching his side or rushing him to the hospital.

In the days after the stabbing, Israel's security forces outdid themselves by invading the homes of members of the Harb family and other eyewitnesses from the village and arresting them. Israeli investigators tried to convince them to retract the claim that soldiers were present at the scene and that the army delayed assistance to the victim. They were soon released without charge.

Now, two months into the investigation, the Prosecutor's Office has decided to close the case on grounds of "insufficient evidence," because, in their words, "it was not possible to rule out [the suspect's] version that he acted in self-defense." However, it seems that the killer did not act the way any reasonable person who is left with no choice but to take a life — as a last resort of self-protection — would.

First of all, he did not turn himself in to the police and instead ran from the scene. Even after it was revealed that the police were looking for the offender and found the knife used in the stabbing, he continued with his daily routine. What's more, in photos taken in the moments before the stabbing, a person who the Palestinian eyewitnesses identify as the culprit is seen with a rubber glove on one of his hands.

The settler was finally arrested on suspicion of murder and obstruction of justice only a day after the incident, when he arrived at the police station to file a counter-complaint against the Palestinians. It is likely that by then he had consulted with a lawyer to formulate a course of action.

A number of testimonies taken by police from others at the scene also contradicted the suspect's claim that he was in danger. A video from moments before the stabbing shows that shouts and curses were exchanged between the parties, but there was no physical violence. The documentation also shows that there were armed security guards from the Ariel settlement at the scene; this is in addition to the claims by eyewitnesses that Israeli soldiers were present too.

If there had been a real threat to the life of the culprit or others, the security guards would surely have acted to protect the Israeli citizens. The fact that no one was injured in the incident except for Ali Harb sows further doubt concerning the version of events as told by the offender, who claimed that he had to defend himself and others.

Yet despite all this, the Prosecutor's Office closed the investigation file.

The case closure is, first and foremost, heartbreaking news for Ali Harb's parents; although their son will never return, they at least had hopes that his killer would pay a heavy price. At the same time, the closing of this case sends a clear message to settlers: whoever harms Palestinians will not be held accountable.

Palestinians know that their blood is cheap in the eyes of Israeli authorities, and the impunity that the system grants to Israelis who harm Palestinians extends far beyond this single case. According to Yesh Din's data, 92 percent of police files investigated between 2005-2021 in incidents of ideologically motivated crimes committed by Israelis against Palestinians were closed with no indictment filed. Eighty-one percent of these cases were closed in circumstances indicating a failed and negligent investigation.

The offending settler, who entered the Harb family's lands with the aim of usurping them by erecting an illegal outpost, confronted the family who wanted to drive him and his gang away and killed a young man with the swing of a knife — and now he will continue his life as if nothing happened.

It is clear to everyone that if the situation was reversed — if the stabber had been Palestinian and the victim Israeli — the suspect would have been arrested immediately, if the security guards had not decided to shoot him on the spot. He would have been designated a terrorist, an indictment for murder would have been filed against him, he would have been sentenced to a long prison term, and the army would likely have destroyed his parents' house.

But alas, the settler who killed Ali Harb belongs to a special group of Israeli civilians in the West Bank that enjoys a variety of privileges, including a license to commit harm and even kill without consequence.

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Taher Mohammad Zakarna, 19, killed by Invading Israeli forces.

Invading Israeli soldiers kill 19-year-old, injure another, abduct 5, in Jenin
https://israelpalestinenews.org/invading-israeli-soldiers-kill-19-year-old-injure-another-abduct-5-in-jenin/

Invading Israeli soldiers shot Taher Mohammad Zakarna, 19, in the head in Qabatia town, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank
Reposted from IMEMC  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-shoot-two-palestinians-one-seriously-abduct-five-in-jenin/

Updated: On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin city and Qabatia town, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killed a young Palestinian man, injured another, and abducted five.

Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that the soldiers killed Taher Mohammad Zakarna, 19, in Qabatia town, south of Jenin.

He was shot with three live rounds, one in the head and two in the thigh, and succumbed to his serious wounds at the ar-Razi hospital in Jenin.

Another Palestinian was injured with live fire after Israeli soldiers shot him in Qabatia.

The soldiers also abducted five Palestinians, including one who was kidnapped from a bakery where he works.

Updated From:
Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two Palestinians, One Seriously, Abduct Five, In Jenin
Published on: Sep 5, 2022, at 08:43

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Jenin city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and Qabatia town, south of Jenin, shot two Palestinians, including one who suffered serious wounds and abducted five.

Medical sources in Jenin said the soldiers shot a young man, Taher Zakarna, with a live round in the head, in Qabatia, inflicting life-threatening wounds, during protests that erupted after many army jeeps invaded it.

They added that the soldiers also shot and moderately injured another young Palestinian man during the invasion.

The soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes and buildings and abducted a young man, Odai Manasra, from his work at a bakery they stormed in Qabatia.

In Jenin city, the soldiers stormed and searched several homes before abducting four young men, Amin Sa'adi, Nawras Ghawadra, Mohmmad Nasif Ghawadra, and Nidal Saba'na.

Palestinian resistance fighters also exchanged fire with the Israeli soldiers who invaded several parts of Jenin city.

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Mohammad Mousa Mohammad Saba'na died Tuesday after being shot in the chest while filming an Israeli invasion in Jenin.

Invading Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian photographing them, Injure 17 In Jenin
https://israelpalestinenews.org/invading-israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-photographing-them-injure-17-in-jenin/

As Palestinians in Jenin protested Israel's illegal demolition of a Palestinian home, Israeli forces opened fire on the protesters, killing Mohammad Saba'na and injuring others. Saba'na, 29, was holding his smartphone and documenting the Israeli invasion when soldiers shot him in the chest and other parts of his body. This is the sixth Palestinian in a week to die at Israeli hands...
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, September 7, 2022 https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-one-palestinian-injure-nine-in-jenin/

On Tuesday dawn, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the eastern neighborhood of Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killing one Palestinian and injuring at least nine, two seriously. (PCHR, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, reports, "One Palestinian was killed, and 17 others, including 6 children, a woman, and a paramedic were injured").

Medical sources said the soldiers killed Mohammad Mousa Mohammad Saba'na, 29, after shooting him with live rounds in the chest and other parts of his body.

The Palestinian was holding his smartphone and documenting the Israeli invasion before the soldiers targeted him with a barrage of live rounds.

They added that at least seven Palestinians were also shot with live fire, including two who suffered life-threatening wounds, and at least two additional Palestinians were rammed by military vehicles.

Medical sources have confirmed that five of the seven Palestinians were shot with live fire to the upper parts of their bodies.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said many more Palestinians were injured, all shot with live fire and likely received treatment by medics from local hospitals and medical centers, and those rushed to medical centers by civilian cars.

The invasion was carried out by more than 100 armored military vehicles, including bulldozers, from several directions after surrounding and isolating Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp.

The soldiers also stormed, ransacked many homes and buildings, and used their rooftops as firing posts for their snipers.

In addition, the soldiers invaded an apartment building in the Eastern Neighborhood and forced the families, including many children, out of their homes.

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Mousa Haroun Abu Mahameed, 40, died after a sudden and unexplained deterioration of health, while in Israeli custody.

Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Jails, Another Victim of Medical Negligence
https://israelpalestinenews.org/palestinian-detainee-dies-in-israeli-jails-another-victim-of-medical-negligence/

Mousa Haron Abu Mehamid, from Bethlehem, was arrested for being in East Jerusalem without a permit. Since 1967, 231 Palestinian security detainees have died in Israeli prisons, including dozens who have died due to medical negligence.
reposted from PCHR – the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, September 3, 2022   https://pchrgaza.org/en/new-victim-of-medical-negligence-palestinian-detainee-dies-in-israeli-jails/ [/b]

Palestinian Detainee in Israeli jails, Mousa Haron Abu Mehamid, from Bethlehem, died today in the morning at the Israeli hospital "Assaf Harofeh." The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls for a prompt and impartial investigation into Abu Mehamid's death circumstances and is strongly concerned that he might be a new victim of the medical negligence policy in the Israeli jails.

According to PCHR's follow-up, at around 06:00 on Saturday, 03 September 2022, the Israeli occupation authorities announced the death of Mousa Haron Abu Mehamid (40), from Beit Ta'mor village, eastern Bethlehem, noting he was a Palestinian detainee in al-Ramlah Prison.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Mehamid after he entered occupied Jerusalem without a permit.  His health condition had recently deteriorated after he got a microbe, without explaining what type or how he got it.  Afterwards, he was referred to "Assaf Harofeh" hospital in Tel Aviv at the beginning of the month.

Haron Abu Mehamid said to PCHR's fieldworker that his son, Mousa, was arrested in June 2021 near Beit Safafa village in occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly for being illegally present in the occupied city without a permit. [Beit Safafa is a Palestinian town just south of West Jerusalem, inside annexed and occupied East Jerusalem. For more information see this.]  He added that his son did not suffer any disease, and only 2 months ago he visited him, confirming his son was in good health.

Abu Mehamid's death sheds the light on the general deterioration of Palestinian detainees' conditions in the Israeli jails as there are 4550 Palestinians, including 175 children and 32 women, detained in 23 prisoners and detention facilities inside Israel in inhuman and cruel conditions that lack the standard minimum rules of the treatment of prisoners and detainees in detention.  Among the detainees, there are 600 ill detainees; some of them suffer chronic and serious diseases.

According to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees' Affairs, 231 security detainees have died in the Israeli prisons, including dozens who have died due to medical negligence policy since 1967.

PCHR hereby holds the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the death of Palestinian detainee Mehamid, who is the fourth detainee to die since the beginning of 2022, and for the lives of hundreds of ill detainees, who would face the same fate if the policy of deliberate medical negligence continued, especially under the unhealthy imprisonment conditions where prisoners are denied adequate healthcare. Similarly, PCHR:

1. Calls for a prompt and impartial investigation into the death circumstances.

2.  Calls upon the International Committee of Red Crescent (ICRC) to intensify and ensure efficacy of their follow-up of the conditions of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails and their imprisonment conditions.

3.  Calls upon the international community to compel Israel to respect the rules of the international law and international humanitarian law, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.

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17 year old Haitham Hani Mubarak, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on September 8th, 2022.

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen Near Ramallah
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-teen-ramallah-haitham-mubarak/

Israeli forces claimed that a Palestinian teen had 'attacked them with a hammer' before they used lethal force against him, and abducted his body. This is the seventh Palestinian to die at Israeli hands in a little over a week.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, September 8, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-ramallah-6/

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child near the main entrance of Beitin village, northeast of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Haitham Hani Mubarak, 17, from Abu Falah village, east of Ramallah, but lives with his family in Betunia town, west of Ramallah.

The Israeli army is still refusing to transfer Haitham's corpse to his family.

Media sources said the soldiers shot the Palestinian near the Beit El military roadblock, near the entrance of Beitin, and closed the roadblock and the entire area around it. [These roadblocks are part of Israel's control over Palestinians under Israeli occupation.]

Israeli Channel 7 News claimed the Palestinian attacked Israeli soldiers with a hammer before a soldier opened fire and killed him and added that the soldiers also found a knife the Palestinian allegedly carried.

Channel 7 added that one soldier sustained light facial wounds and received treatment at the scene.

The soldiers also stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.

In addition, the army pushed many military vehicles into the area and conducted extensive searches in lands near the northern entrance of the nearby Al-Biereh city and many surrounding areas.

Dozens of soldiers were later deployed in the area and started closing more streets and isolating junctions and many Palestinian communities.

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Hamad Abu Jilda was shot by invading Israeli forces Tuesday

Palestinian From Jenin, 24, Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Tuesday
https://israelpalestinenews.org/palestinian-from-jenin-24-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-tuesday/

Another Palestinian has been killed by Israel's shoot-first policy – the eighth so far this month. (And an additional Palestinian died in an Israeli prison from medical negligence). Hamad Abu Jilda leaves behind a pregnant wife and a child.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, September 11, 2022 https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-from-jenin-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-tuesday/

On Sunday dawn, the Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, said a young man died at dawn from serious wounds he suffered Tuesday, September 6, in Jenin, after Israeli soldiers shot him.

The hospital said the Palestinian, Hamad Mustafa Abu Jilda, 24, from Jenin refugee camp, was shot and seriously injured by the Israeli army fire after dozens of military vehicles invaded Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp.

He was receiving treatment in Jenin and had to undergo several surgeries due to the seriousness of his wounds; he remained in a coma at the Intensive Care Unit until he succumbed to his injuries.

After his death, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the streets of Jenin city, carrying his coffin and chanting for ongoing resistance and steadfastness until liberation and independence, in addition to denouncing the escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinian people.

It is worth mentioning that Abu Jilda was also a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for 2.5 years.

The slain Palestinian is a married father of one child named Hamad, and his wife is pregnant with the second child.

Hamad was named after his uncle, who was killed by the Israeli army in 1992 in Jenin.

On September 8, Haitham Hani Mubarak, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near the main entrance of Beitin village, northeast of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.

On September 7, the soldiers killed Younis Ghassan Tayeh, 21, in the al-Far'a refugee camp, south of Tubas, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

On September 6, the soldiers killed Mohammad Mousa Saba'na, 29, and injured at least nine Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

On September 5, the soldiers invaded Jenin city and Qabatia town, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killed a young man, Taher Mohmmad Zakarna, 19, injured another, and abducted five.

On September 2, the soldiers killed Fadi Mohammad Fayez Ghattas, 19, after an alleged stabbing attack targeting soldiers, near Beit Einoun village junction, northeast of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

On September 1, the soldiers killed Yazan Naim Affana, 24, after shooting him with live fire while the army withdrew from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in Al-Biereh city after the army invaded the Al-Biereh city in the Ramallah and Al-Biereh governorate, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

On the same day, the soldiers killed Mahmoud Suleiman Khaled, 25, in front of the main entrance of Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

On September 3, Mousa Haroun Abu Mahameed, 40, a Palestinian political prisoner held by Israel, died at an Israeli medical center.

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ODAY SALAH, 17, WAS KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES IN THE TOWN OF KAFR DAN IN THE NORTHERN OCCUPIED WEST BANK DISTRICT OF JENIN ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022. (PHOTO: WAFA NEWS AGENCY)

17-year-old Palestinian sixth killed by Israeli forces in a week
Israeli forces shot and killed Palestinian teenager Oday Salah in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin on Thursday morning. Since the beginning of the year, Israel has killed 149 Palestinians, 34 in the Jenin area.
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/09/17-year-old-palestinian-sixth-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-a-week/?ml_recipient=66405950287775041&ml_link=66405914629900060&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2022-09-16&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin on Thursday morning, just 24 hours after two Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed in confrontations in Jenin.

17-year-old Oday Salah was fatally shot with a bullet to the head after Israeli forces raided his village of Kafr Dan in the predawn hours of Thursday morning, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Wafa News Agency reported that the Israeli army raided the village and stationed snipers on rooftops. The raid sparked confrontations in the town, during which time the soldiers opened fire at a number of young men "who attempted to block their passage and protested the raid," Wafa said.

Salah was pronounced dead at the Khalil Suleiman Government Hospital in Jenin, and three others were injured.

The raid on Kafr Dan targeted the homes of Ahmed Ayman Abed, 23, and Abdulrahman Hani Abed, 22, cousins from Kafr Dan, who were killed the day before after they carried out a shooting at an Israeli military checkpoint outside Jenin that resulted in the death of an Israeli army officer.

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Jameela Abu Arabiya holds up a photo of her son Hosni, 25, who died by suicide in Gaza in July 2022.

Suicide in Gaza: "A message of anger"
https://electronicintifada.net/content/suicide-gaza-message-anger/36316

Hosni Abu Arabiya, 25, was unemployed and in debt. On 22 July, when the landlord came by the family home in Gaza's Beach refugee camp, Hosni pleaded with him for more time to come up with rent.

But the landlord refused.

"He told us that if we hadn't paid the rent by 30 July, he would force us to leave the house," Hosni's mother Jameela, 55, said.

Hosni owed money to another landlord as well, and Jameela estimated that he owed around $1,500 in total, an amount that would have seemed impossible to Hosni to pay. When working, he would typically earn between $4 and $11 a week, either as a plasterer or as a worker at a poultry slaughterhouse.

Not 15 minutes after the landlord had left, Jameela heard screams from the next room.

"I still don't know where he bought a liter of gasoline," she said. "He poured it on himself and on the ground and lit it. Fire spread all over his body. He started shouting and I rushed to hug him to extinguish the fire. The neighbors also came to put out the fire and they called the ambulance."

Hosni and his mother rode in the ambulance together. She said he was crying for her forgiveness because of the burns covering her body as well as his.

"He said he didn't intend to burn himself or me, I swear he didn't," she said. "He did that out of oppression and poverty."

Once they reached the hospital, Hosni was sent to the intensive care unit. Jameela had first and second degree burns on her hands, legs and head.

Several hours later, she left the hospital, but her son died the next morning due to the severity of his burns.

"He lived and died oppressed," Jameela said, noting that Hosni had to leave school at the age of 10 to work at the poultry slaughterhouse due to his father's kidney issues.

"All he wanted was a house and a stable source of income," she said. "Not one of the officials called us to know why Hosni burned himself. Should we burn ourselves to get governmental aid? No one cares about us, no one."

Message of anger
During the the first half of 2020, the Independent Commission for Human Rights – based in the West Bank city of Ramallah – documented a total of 12 suicides in the Gaza Strip, in addition to three to five attempts daily.

According to Mostafa Ibrahim, an advocacy coordinator at the commission, the commission documented 15 suicides in 2018 and 373 attempts.

That year, 87 percent of those individuals were less than 30 years old, he said.

And these are only the documented suicides. Due to stigma surrounding death by suicide, many attempts likely go unreported.

Yasser Abu Jame, the director general of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, said that the reasons for suicide in Gaza range from social to economic.

The 15-year Israeli siege and the numerous wars on the Gaza Strip have only deepened the sense of isolation and despair among Gaza's youths, he said, not to mention the material fact of poverty.

In 2020, more than 1 million Palestinians in Gaza lived beneath the poverty line – a poverty rate of 56 percent – due to the siege. As of March 2022, unemployment stood at 75 percent among college graduates aged 19 to 29.

"Burning oneself is a message of anger from youths to shed light on the hardships they face in their lives," Abu Jame said.

The outlook for future generations of Palestinians living in Gaza is equally dire. According to a June 2022 report from Save the Children, four out of five children report living with "depression, grief and fear."

"An Israeli bullet turned my life into hell"
"I lost hope in life," Rami, 37, said.

Rami, who requested to be identified by a pseudonym, used to own a marble workshop that employed 16 workers. He earned a relatively comfortable monthly income of $800 to $1,000.

Yet, because of the Israeli blockade, which has inflicted huge damage to Gaza's economy, his business flopped.

"I started selling my machines and tools to provide for my five-member family," he said. "Then I had to close the workshop in May 2018."

His circumstances further deteriorated three months later, in August 2018, when an Israeli sniper shot him in his right leg during the Great March of Return.

During these marches, Palestinians in Gaza peacefully sought to claim their right to return to their homeland.

But from March 2018 to July 2019, Israel killed at least 311 Palestinians, including 44 children. More than 34,000 people were injured during that time.

Rami's injury was so severe that doctors recommended amputation. But he refused, instead seeking treatment locally and in Egypt.

"The shock was when an Egyptian medical delegate in Gaza told me that I had chronic necrotizing inflammation, which exacerbated my wound," he said. "After the first surgery, I got my leg amputated three times in three years."

After the last surgery, in June 2020 in Gaza, Rami wasn't prepared for the mental impact of the amputation.

"When my children were allowed to see me the next day, they burst into tears and asked me: 'Dad, where is your leg?'"

A rush of negative thoughts streamed into his head. "I will be powerless, unemployed and a burden to society for all my life," he thought.

He overdosed on a prescribed medication and woke up from a coma after two weeks in intensive care.

When he returned home a week later, his family asked him why he tried to end his life, but he could not answer them.

Speaking to The Electronic Intifada from his home in Gaza, Rami wore a black jalabiya and spoke of the past two years with a heavy sorrow in his voice.

Since recovering from his overdose, life has not gotten easier. He has been diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure and, in 2021, he had to undergo a cardiac catheterization.

"An Israeli bullet turned my life into hell," he said.

Currently, his sole source of income is $175 a month, paid by the Ministry of Social Development in Gaza.

"Do you have a shekel in your pocket?"
In Yasser Abu Jame's work as a psychiatrist, he has observed an uptick in discussions of death among youths in Gaza. Many of them see no point in living and, when faced with yet another setback in a life that is full of setbacks, it is difficult to cope.

Khaled, 23, for instance, who requested to be identified by a pseudonym, was hopeful for his future.

Throughout 2018 and 2019, he was working for his family's profitable currency exchange business. Yet, in 2019, their business could not withstand the pressure of the Israeli blockade and collapsed.

The family lost an estimated $400,000 in savings.

"Then I had to work as a vendor in public markets, earning 20 shekels [almost $6] or less for 12 hours of work," he said, even though he has a college degree in business administration.

Even amid these difficulties, Khaled found love. And the feeling was reciprocated.

But, when, in June 2021, another man asked for his girlfriend's hand in marriage, Khaled lost all hope.

"My girlfriend refused, but her mother forced her to agree to him [the other man]," he said. "I told my father to ask for her hand for me, but he refused and asked me: 'Do you have a shekel in your pocket?' So, he didn't stand with me."

Khaled jumped out a third-story window.

"I fell on a chicken coop and then fainted," he said. "Luckily, I only had some scratches on my body and none of my bones were broken. I left the hospital after three days."

Khaled wishes he could emigrate but he lacks the funds to do so.

"If there wasn't an occupation or a siege," he said, "we could build up our business again."

Until then, Khaled continues to work long hours for low wages.

"The available work for Gaza youths is slavery," he said. "I usually think of ending my life sometimes, but my religious thoughts ban me."

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Mohammad Osama Abu Jom'a, dead at age 23.

Israeli Soldiers Kill 23-year-old Near Ramallah
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-23-year-old-near-ramallah/

Lethal force was used against yet another Palestinian – Mohammad Abu Jom'a. This is the 12th Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers this month; one Israeli was also killed during that time.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, September 23, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-ramallah-7/

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian in Modi'in Illit illegal colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands west of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

The slain Palestinian has been identified as Mohammad Osama Abu Jom'a, 23, from the at-Tour town in occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli sources claimed that the Palestinian mildly injured eight Israeli colonizers after he allegedly "lunged at a car, tried to open its doors and attacked the Israelis with a knife and pepper spray." (Jom'a's family dispute this claim and give a different account of the incident – see below.)

Israelis alleged that two "Israelis were stabbed and suffered light wounds, and six were maced with pepper spray before an off-duty police officer who happened to be in the area fatally shot the Palestinian."

Israeli medical sources said the injured Israelis were all treated by medics at the scene due to their mild wounds.

According to Israeli reports, Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai arrived at the scene and met Senior Staff Sergeant "Major D." a Border Police officer who killed the Palestinian Mohammad Osama Abu Jom'a, and saluted him.

The man only referred to a Major D. stated that he was in his car with his wife when the Palestinian opened the door and "tried to stab them," he also presented his version of the "sequence of events" that led to him fatally shooting Mohammad.

The officer claimed that, after the Palestinian tried to open the car's door to stab his wife, he stepped on the gas and sped away to a distance of about 20 meters before getting out of the vehicle and heading to Mohammad.

The officer also claimed that he only drew his weapon and fired several shots when he saw the Palestinian running toward him and alleged that Mohammad continued to run in his direction before he fired more rounds at him.

The Border Police commissioner, Amir Cohen also "thanked the officer" for his "professionalism and for saving lives...."

The family of the slain Palestinian, Mohammad Osama Abu Jom'a, denied the Israeli allegations and said that Mohammad and one of his relatives worked at the colony and added that an argument broke out between Mohammad and his employer before a colonizer used pepper spray, leading to a scuffle and the subsequent fatal shooting.

They added that no knife or sharp objects were involved, and that Mohammad's life could have been spared if the off-duty officer in plain clothes did not elect to use his firearm and used other means to defuse the situation.

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Child Killed After Falling From Altitude As Israel Soldiers Chased Him In Bethlehem
https://imemc.org/article/child-killed-after-falling-from-altitude-as-israel-soldiers-chased-him-in-bethlehem/

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a child, only seven years of age, died after falling from a high altitude when Israeli soldiers chased him and many schoolchildren when Israeli soldiers invaded Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Khirbat ad-Deir area in Tuqu and chased many children while walking back to their homes.

The Health Ministry said the child has been identified as Rayyan Yasser Suleiman, 7, and added that Palestinian medics rushed him to the Emergency Department of Beit Jala governmental hospital, but he had no heartbeats, and all efforts to save his life failed.

After the child's death, many soldiers invaded his family's home and ransacked it, before interrogating his parents and other Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers have killed 35 Palestinian children, 19 in the West Bank and 16 in the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year, the Health Ministry stated.

Also Thursday, the soldiers invaded a Palestinian school in the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, before attacking and injuring many schoolchildren and teachers.

On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians and injured forty-four, some seriously, in a massive invasion of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.




Added October 1, 2022

Updated: Palestinian Child Dies From Heart Attack After Israeli Soldiers Chased Him In Bethlehem
https://imemc.org/article/child-killed-after-falling-from-altitude-as-israel-soldiers-chased-him-in-bethlehem/

Updated: The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a child, only seven years of age, has died from a heart attack after Israeli soldiers chased the terrified child to his home, accusing him and his brother of throwing stones at them.

Initial reports indicated that the soldiers chased Rayyan Yasser Suleiman, 7, and many other schoolchildren when the army invaded Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, before he fell from an altitude and died.

However, further investigations and testimonies, including one of his teachers, revealed that the soldiers literally scared the child to death when many soldiers stormed and ransacked his family's home to abduct his brother.

The Israeli army claimed the soldiers wanted "question the parents about a stone-throwing incident. However, it is not unusual for the Israeli occupation army to abduct and interrogate small children.

The Health Ministry said Palestinian medics rushed Rayyan to the Emergency Department of Beit Jala governmental hospital, but he had no heartbeats, and all efforts to save his life failed.

After the child's death, many soldiers invaded his family's home and ransacked it before interrogating his parents and other Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers have killed 35 Palestinian children, 19 in the West Bank and 16 in the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year, the Health Ministry stated.

Also Thursday, the soldiers invaded a Palestinian school in the southern area of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, before attacking and injuring many schoolchildren and teachers.

On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians and injured forty-four, some seriously, in a massive invasion of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that a child, only seven years of age, has died from a heart attack after Israeli soldiers chased the terrified child to his home, accusing him of throwing stones at them.

Initial reports indicated that the soldiers chased Rayyan Yasser Suleiman, 7, and many schoolchildren when they invaded Tuqu town, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, before he fell from an altitude and died.

However, further investigations and testimonies, including one of his teachers, revealed that the soldiers literally scared the child to death when many soldiers stormed and ransacked his family's home to abduct his brother.

His teacher said Rayyan had breakfast with the other children and had a normal school day until the school day was done and the children started heading back to their homes, especially since most of them walk to school back and forth every day as many villages and towns, including Tuqu, are relatively small.

Israeli soldiers are constantly deployed near schools in the town and several other areas in the occupied West Bank, in the mornings and the afternoons, an issue that frequently leads to protests,

The Israeli army claimed they wanted to arrest his brother, but it is not unusual for the Israeli occupation army to abduct and interrogate small children.

The Health Ministry said Palestinian medics rushed Rayyan to the Emergency Department of Beit Jala governmental hospital, but he had no heartbeats, and all efforts to save his life failed.

Initial reports were conflicted when the soldiers chased the child, causing him to fall from an altitude or if he had a heart attack. However, what is clear is that the soldiers literally scared the child to death when their invasion caused him, despite his very young age, to have a fatal heart attack.

After the child's death, many soldiers invaded his family's home and ransacked itn    before interrogating his parents and other Palestinians.

Israeli soldiers have killed 35 Palestinian children, 19 in the West Bank and 16 in the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year, the Health Ministry stated.

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Israeli Soldiers Kill Four, Injure Forty-Four Palestinians, In Jenin
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-nine-palestinians-two-seriously-in-jenin/

Updated: The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians and injured forty-four, some seriously, in a massive invasion of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry said the fourth slain Palestinian has been identified as Mohammad Mahmoud Barahma, 30, from Anzah village, southwest of Jenin.

The Ministry added that the soldiers also shot forty-four Palestinians, including several young men who suffered life-threatening wounds, and children.

Most of the wounded Palestinians were shot in the head, neck, and chest, and several Palestinians were shot in the abdomen area.

Two of the seriously wounded Palestinians have not been identified due to their serious upper-body wounds, and the hospital is appealing to the Palestinians to help identify them and to donate blood.

The soldiers also killed Abdul-Rahman Fathi Khazem, 27, Mohammad Hisham Abu Na'sa, 25, from Jenin refugee camp, and Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 26, from Jenin city.

The Palestinians announced a general strike in several parts of the occupied West Bank and haled massive protests in Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, and several other areas of the occupied territory, causing many injuries.

Also, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Israeli colonizers invaded Madama village near Nablus and injured eight Palestinians.

Sep 28, 2022, at 12:18: Updated 2: The Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed three Palestinians, Abdul-Rahman Fathi Khazem, 27, Mohammad Mahmoud Barahma, 30, and Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 26. At least Forty-four Palestinians have been injured, three serious, including one whose skull was shattered by a bullet fired by an Israeli army sharpshooter.

Abdul-Rahman was ambushed between Palestinian homes before the soldiers executed him before he noticed them, eyewitnesses have confirmed.

He is the brother of Ra'ad Fathi Khazem, 29, who, on April 8, 2022, was killed by Israeli forces while hiding near a mosque in Jaffa. The soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp to abduct his father.

The massive Israeli invasion of Jenin and Jenin refugee camp is still ongoing amidst ongoing protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters.

The Health Ministry said the number of wounded Palestinians arrived to at least forty-four, including several serious injuries.

One of the wounded Palestinians is a seriously injured child who the Israeli soldiers shot with two live rounds in the chest and the thigh, severely a main artery.

Ambulances are still moving wounded Palestinians to hospitals in Jenin, while many are still trying to reach the areas of protests, especially in Jenin refugee camps and near Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin city.

Some of the wounded were shot in the head and the chest; the extent of their wounds is to be determined.

Palestinian civilians are also using their cars to transport wounded Palestinians to hospitals.

Updated:
Israeli Soldiers Kill One Palestinian, Injure Fourteen, In Jenin
Sep 28, 2022, at 11:18

Updated 1: The Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed three Palestinians, Abed Fathi Khazem, 27, Mohammad Mahmoud Al-Wanna, 30, and Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 26.

The Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 24, from Jenin, after shooting him with a live round in the head. The soldiers also shot and injured fourteen, including at least two who suffered serious wounds.

The Health Ministry said an Israeli sharpshooter shot Ahmad with a live round in the head during an exchange of fire near the main entrance of the refugee camp, inflicting very serious wounds before he succumbed to critical injuries at a hospital in Jenin.

The Health Ministry also confirmed nine injuries, including two who suffered life-threatening wounds, and added that the latest injury was when one Palestinian was shot with a high0velicty gas bomb in the thigh was standing near several medics.

Also among the wounded was a child who was shot in the leg, the Health Ministry stated.

The Israeli army is ongoing with its invasion and is using armed drones and sharpshooters, Palestine TV said.

Palestine TV added that the army repeatedly pretended to be withdrawing from the area and waited until dozens of Palestinians gathered in the streets before advancing and firing live rounds on them.

The soldiers also frequently targeted Palestinian ambulances, medics, and reporters with live fire to force them to leave.

The soldiers also fired many live rounds at several schools in the area, causing damage, and anxiety attacks among the children in a kindergarten.

Amry sharpshooters were still operating in the area, and continue to fire at Palestinians in the streets, amidst ongoing protests.

The number of injuries could be higher than confirmed because the soldiers are still isolating the invaded area, and are attacking medics, ambulances and journalists.

Israeli army sharpshooters are still occupying rooftops of several buildings and are firing at Palestinian protesters. The army's armed drones also continue to operate in the area.

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Israeli Soldiers Injure Nine Palestinians, Two Seriously, In Jenin
Sep 28, 2022, at 10:25

On Wednesday, dozens of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the areas surrounding the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and surrounded a home before firing a missile at it, in addition to shooting at least nine Palestinians, two seriously.

Palestine TV said the armored military vehicles, including two bulldozers, surrounded the family home of Ra'ad Fathi Khazem, 29, who, on April 8, 2022, was killed by Israeli forces while hiding near a mosque in Jaffa, before an armed drone fired a missile at it.

The army said its soldiers invaded Jenin to arrests Ra'ad's father and his brother and alleged that the brother is responsible for firing live rounds at soldiers of the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps near the Al-Jalama roadblock two weeks earlier.

The home is at the entrance of the refugee camp, and the army fired the missile at it without invading the refugee camp because it was expecting heavy armed resistance.

The attack led to protests in several parts of Jenin before the soldiers targeted the Palestinians with live fire and fired many rounds at ambulances and medical teams trying to evacuate wounded Palestinian.

Dr. Wisam Bakr, the director of Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin, said the soldiers shot two Palestinians with live fire in the chest and the head, inflicting life-threatening wounds, in addition to shooting at least two seven young men. Palestine TV said one of the wounded is the brother of Ra'ad Hazem.

The soldiers also closed the Jenin refugee camp and surrounding areas and attacked Palestinian journalists to prevent them from entering the city to document the invasion and the unfolding events.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers invaded several tall buildings and ransacked them before occupying their rooftop to use them as firing posts for their sharpshooters.

The sharpshooters on top of the buildings, and others hiding behind trees and homes, fired many live rounds at Palestinian protesters, including many rounds toward journalists and press vehicles.

Palestinian children in schools in the invaded area in Jenin and Jenin refugee camps were told to hide under the desks and behind the concrete walls in their classrooms due to the intensity of Israeli army fire, especially the sharpshooters.

School administrations said they advised the children to remain in their educational facilities because of the ongoing invasion and the extensity of Israeli army fires in the streets.

Salam Taher, the director of the Education Ministry in Jenin, said many children suffered severe anxiety attacks, and added that the children in classes on the upper floors were taken to the lower levels to avoid direct Israeli army fire.

She added that the schools are taking all precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the children and staffers in the schools.

Furthermore, the army deployed dozens of additional soldiers, closed and surrounded Jenin city, and deployed many armored vehicles to surround several areas, especially near and around the Jenin refugee camp.

Reports remain scarce due to Israel's isolation and closure of the Jenin refugee camp and the fact that the army is preventing journalists and medics from entering it.

Ambulances, medics and journalists are trying to enter the refugee camp, but the soldiers continue to prevent them and are threatening to target them with live fire.

Armed military drones are still flying over Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.

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Sa'ed al-Koni

Israeli Soldiers Assassinate Palestinian – 14th this month (1 Israeli dead)
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-assassinate-palestinian-14th-this-month-1-israeli-dead-saed-al-koni/

On Sunday, invading Israeli forces killed yet another Palestinian. Sa'ed al-Koni, 26, had tried to resist the illegal and brutal Israeli occupation. Israeli soldiers ambushed him and injured three others...
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, September 25, 2022   https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-assassinate-a-palestinian-injure-three-in-nablus/

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, assassinated one Palestinian, and injured three others.

Media sources said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Sa'ed Adnan al-Koni, 26, and added that the soldiers also shot at least three others with live fire.

The Palestinian was killed when the soldiers ambushed several Palestinians and fired live rounds at a motorcycle and a car driving in the city. The slain Palestinian was the one driving the motorcycle.

Eyewitnesses said the Palestinians in the ambushed car managed to flee the scene, but the army injured some of them.

The soldiers also abducted two Palestinians, Ashraf Kousa and Taqeyeddin Boshkar, from the Ta'awon neighborhood and the Housing Projects in the city.

Media sources said Palestinian fighters also exchanged fire with the invading soldiers.

The Israeli army said its soldiers ambushed the Palestinians and opened fire on them "after identifying them as the persons responsible for several incidents of firing rounds at Har Bracha colony," an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

The Palestinian, Sa'ed al-Koni, was identified and assassinated before noticing the soldiers who ambushed him and the other young men. The army took his corpse before leaving the area.

The army said the Golani Brigade soldiers "opened fire at armed Palestinians who were identified on a motorcycle and in a car" in Nablus.

The slain Palestinian was a member of the "Lion's Den" resistance group, which includes fighters from several factions; the group aims to unify armed resistance fighters regardless of political affiliation.

On Saturday, September 24, the soldiers killed Mohammad Ali Hussein Abu Kafia, 36, after his car accidentally collided with an empty police vehicle near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers in September:

September 25, 2022, Sa'ed al-Koni, 26.
September 24, 2022, Mohammad Ali Abu Kafia, 36
September 22, 2022, Mohammad Osama Abu Jom'a, 23
September 15, 2022, Odai Trad Hisham Salah, 17
September 14, 2022, Abdul-Rahman Hani 'Aabed, 22
September 14, 2022, Ahmad Ayman 'Aabed, 23
September 11, 2022, Hamad Mustafa Abu Jilda, 24
September 08, 2022, Haitham Hani Mubarak, 16
September 07, 2022, Younis Ghassan Tayeh, 21
September 06, 2022, Mohammad Mousa Saba'na, 29
September 05, 2022, Taher Mohmmad Zakarna, 20
September 02, 2022, Fadi Mohammad Ghattas, 19
September 01, 2022, Yazan Naim Affana, 24
September 01, 2022, Samer Mahmoud Khaled, 25

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Fayez Damdoum (18), Bassel Basbous (19), Khaled Anbar (21), killed by Israeli military bullets.

Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians – two of them teens – in two days
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-three-palestinians-two-teens-in-two-days/

Twenty-two Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of September (six of them under 20 years old); one Israeli soldier has also been killed. As is often the case with Palestinians shot by Israel, two of these latest victims were denied medical assistance, and their bodies are being withheld.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL A PALESTINIAN IN JERUSALEM
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 3, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-in-jerusalem-8/

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian in the Al-Ezariyya town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified as Fayez Khaled Damdoum, 18, and confirmed that the Israeli soldiers shot him with a live round in the neck. [Some reports give his age as 17.]

Eyewitnesses said the Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at the slain Palestinian while driving his motorcycle near a local mosque in the town.

Israeli Ynet News claimed that the slain Palestinian "was driving a scooter during an exchange of fire" when the soldiers shot him and alleged that Palestinian protesters also hurled an explosive charge.

Palestinian sources said there were protests in the area, and the soldiers were firing live rounds randomly, killing the young man and seriously wounding another.

The slain Palestinian was not participating in the protests and was passing through the area.

ISRAELI ARMY KILLS TWO PALESTINIANS, INJURES ONE, NEAR RAMALLAH
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 3, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-army-kills-two-palestinians-injures-one-near-ramallah/

On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and moderately wounded one near the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said several armored military vehicles invaded the area of the Palestinian Education Ministry, near the refugee camp, before fatally shooting two young men and moderately wounding another.

They added that the Palestinians were in a car, approximately at 3:30 at dawn, heading to work when the soldiers fired many live rounds at their car, killing two and moderately wounding a third before taking them and the car to an unknown destination.

The slain Palestinians have been identified as Bassel Qassem Basbous, 19, and Khaled Fadi Anbar, 21, from the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp.

The wounded Palestinian, whom the soldiers also abducted, has been identified as Ra'fat Salama Habash, 19, from the nearby town of Birzeit.

Eyewitnesses said the two slain Palestinians were still bleeding when the soldiers detained them and refused to allow Palestinian medics to reach them.

The Israeli army claimed it invaded the area "to arrest wanted Palestinians when a car came at them at high speed before the soldiers opened fire at it, killing two and wounding one."

The army alleged that Palestinians tried to carry out a ramming attack against the soldiers; however, eyewitnesses denied the allegations and said the Palestinians driving the car were surprised by the soldiers invading the area before the army fired several live rounds at them.

The army took the corpses of the two slain Palestinians, and the wounded, to an unknown destination.

It is worth mentioning that the army abducted, at dawn Monday, at least sixteen Palestinians during invasions and searches of dozens of homes and buildings across the occupied West Bank.

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Invading Israeli soldiers kill one Palestinian, injure two near Nablus
https://israelpalestinenews.org/invading-israeli-soldiers-kill-one-palestinian-injure-two-near-nablus/

21-year-old Alaa Nasser Ahmed Zaghal was shot dead by a bullet to the head. As Israeli soldiers tried to flush out a different person taking cover inside a house, they also shot others in the area – including journalists. More than 165 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, including 51 in the Gaza Strip and at least 110 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 18 Israelis have also died. The Palestinian death toll in the West Bank is the highest on record in a single year since 2015.
reposted from Middle East Eye, October 5, 2022   https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-killed-raid-nablus-west-bank

Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian man and wounded others near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday during an army raid, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The victim, who was hit with a bullet to the head, was identified as 21-year-old Alaa Nasser Ahmed Zaghal.

A large Israeli force, accompanied by army bulldozers, stormed Deir al-Hatab village near Nablus in the afternoon before surrounding a residential building and shooting at people inside.

The building reportedly housed Palestinian resistance fighter Salman Omar, who returned fire for three hours before he ran out of ammunition and was later arrested by the Israeli army.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Fatah-affiliated resistance group, said its fighters responded to the raid with live fire as street fights with Israeli forces were reported in several locations. The Israeli army confirmed in a brief statement that it was operating in the area.

At least five Palestinians were wounded, including journalists Mahmoud Faouzi and Louay al-Samhan.

https://twitter.com/ShehabAgency/status/1577648518411554816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577648518411554816%7Ctwgr%5Ebcd05d01f4fdff2588ca2373f0c594e05b3ec937%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fisraelpalestinenews.org%2Finvading-israeli-soldiers-kill-one-palestinian-injure-two-near-nablus%2F
Translation: Israeli occupation forces directly target fellow journalists and wound reporters Mahmoud Faouzi and Louay al-Samhan during their coverage of events in Deir al-Hatab village in Nablus

The raid comes amid high alert across Israel and Palestine, and sweeping restrictions on Palestinians as Israelis observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

Israeli forces have ramped up their near-daily raid-and-arrest operations across the West Bank in recent months to stamp out a resurgence of Palestinian armed resistance, particularly in the northern cities of Nablus and Jenin.

More than 165 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, including 51 in the Gaza Strip and at least 110 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The death toll in the West Bank is the highest on record in a single year since 2015.

At least two Israeli soldiers have been killed by Palestinian fire since May.
 

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(L-R) Mahdi Ladadweh, 17, shot in the chest, & Adel Ibrahim Daoud, 14, shot in the head.

Israeli forces kill two more Palestinian teens
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinians-one-child/

In what has become entirely too common, Israeli soldiers have killed two more young Palestinians. The soldiers also shot at paramedics. Israeli forces have killed 117 Palestinians in the past six months, while 8 Israelis have died. The Palestinian death toll in the West Bank is already the highest on record in a single year since 2015.
reposted from WAFA – Palestine News and Information Agency, October 7, 2022  https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/131196

Two Palestinians, including a child, were shot dead this evening in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank provinces of Ramallah and Qalqilia, according to local and medical sources.

In Ramallah, a Palestinian young man was shot dead and another one injured by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations in the village of Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, to the northwest of Ramallah.

Witnesses told WAFA that local Palestinian villagers were countering an attack by Israeli settlers on the village when Israeli occupation soldiers opened gunfire at them, killing Mahdi Ladadweh, by a live shot in his abdomen, and injuring at least another one, the sources added.

The wounded was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Meantime in Qalqilia, north of the West Bank, a 14-year-old Palestinian child died of wounds he had sustained earlier today when Israeli soldiers fired live shots at him near the Israeli segregation barrier, close to the city. The child was identified as Adel Ibrahim Daoud.



Ha'aretz reports that Daoud was shot in the head.

The report also states: "In a widely circulated video online (below), Israeli soldiers appear to be attacking paramedics and others trying to evacuate Ladadwah from the scene where he was shot. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, Israeli forces wounded 50 other Palestinians in the village with live or rubber bullets and tear gas.

This video of the aftermath of the shooting of Mahdi Ladadwah shows Israeli soldiers adamantly refusing to let anyone near to help the young man.

https://twitter.com/YounesArar2/status/1578462276264550400

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On Saturday, Israeli soldiers killed Palestinians Mahmoud Moayyad Sous (18) and Ahmad Mohammad Hussein Daraghma (24)

Dozens of Israeli armored vehicles, helicopters invade Jenin, kill 2, injure 11
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-two-palestinians-injure-eleven-jenin/

Once again, invading Israeli soldiers killed Palestinians – a teen & a 24-year-old. 27 Palestinians have been killed at Israeli hands since the beginning of September; one Israeli has also been killed.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 8, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-two-palestinians-injure-eleven-in-jenin/

On Saturday dawn, many armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least eleven, three seriously.

Undercover soldiers first invaded Jenin and Jenin refugee camp, then dozens of armored military vehicles invaded the refugee camp from several directions, leading to protests.

Medical sources at Ibn Sina Specialist Hospital in Jenin said the soldiers killed Mahmoud Moayyad Sous, 18, after shooting him with a live round in the neck and added that the soldiers also shot seven Palestinians, three seriously.

One of the seriously wounded Palestinians, Ahmad Mohammad Hussein Daraghma, 24, from Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered during protests in Jenin city.

Medical sources at the Jenin governmental hospital said Ahmad suffered serious gunshot wounds to the head and succumbed to his injuries.

The head of the Jenin governmental hospital, Wisam Bakr, said the medical center provided treatment to one Palestinian who was shot in the shoulder and two in the lower extremities.

Also, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot six Palestinians in the lower extremities before the medics rushed them to Jenin governmental hospital.

Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, cuts, and bruises before receiving treatment from local medics.

Furthermore, medical sources at Ibn Sina hospital said an Israeli army jeep rammed Anwar Abu as-Siba' and his daughter, Eman, while standing in front of their home in the refugee camp.

The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs, smoke, and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters and surrounding homes.

During the Israeli invasion, Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, while some protesters also hurled stones and pipe bombs at the army vehicles.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also used military helicopters during the invasion.

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(L) A Palestinian throws stones at an Israeli military vehicle following a lethal Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin that killed 4 Palestinians on Sept. 28, 2022. (R) Mahmoud Sammoudi, 12, from Al-Yamoun town west of Jenin, shot by Israeli forces Sept 28, succumbed to wounds Oct. 10.

12-year-old dies from injuries after Israeli soldier shot him Sept 28 in Jenin
https://israelpalestinenews.org/12-year-old-dies-from-injuries-after-israeli-soldier-shot-him-sept-28-in-jenin/

Mahmoud Sammoudi, 12, from Al-Yamoun town west of Jenin, succumbed to wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers who had invaded the West Bank, killing four Palestinians outright and injuring 44. Israeli forces have killed 120 Palestinians in the past six months, while 9 Israelis have also died.
Reposted from IMEMC   https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-child-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-on-september-28-in-jenin/

On Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a child who, on September 28, was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire when the soldiers also killed four young Palestinian men in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

The Health Ministry identified the slain child as Mahmoud Mohammad Sammoudi, 12, from Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.

The three Palestinians killed on the day of the invasions of Jenin and its refugee camp were identified as Mohammad Hisham Abu Na'sa, 25, Abdul-Rahman Fathi Khazem, 27, Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 24, and Mohammad Mahmoud Barahma, 30.

On the day of the Israeli invasion, the soldiers injured forty-four Palestinians, including several young men and children, who suffered life-threatening wounds.

The child's death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of this year to 165.

On Sunday morning, the Israeli army announced the death of Sgt. Noa Lazar, 18, an Israeli soldier who was shot by a Palestinian at a military roadblock near Shu'fat, in occupied Jerusalem, on Saturday evening. [21 Israelis have been killed this year.]

Editor's note: Thanks to the Israel lobby, American taxpayers give Israel over $10 million of their tax money per day, while another $10 million per day is expended on projects because they benefit Israel. Many people say it's time for this to end.

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Osama Mahmoud Adawi, dead at 18, at the hands of an Israeli soldier

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen Near Hebron
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-teen/

Osama Mahmoud Adawi, 18, is the tenth Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this month, and the sixth teenager (three of the dead were in their 20s, one was twelve years old). Palestinians have also killed one Israeli soldier.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 13, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-hebron-5/

On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian and injured several others during protests that occurred at the entrance of the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Osama Mahmoud Adawi, 18, with a live round in the abdomen area, causing severe bleeding and internal organ damage.

The Health Ministry added that Osama was rushed to a clinic in the town; however, his heart stopped, and the doctors revived him before rushing him to Bethlehem Arab Society Hospital in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem.

The Health Ministry later confirmed that the young man succumbed to his serious wounds at the hospital despite all efforts to save his life.

The soldiers also injured several other Palestinians in the refugee camp; some were shot with live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets, and many suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

In related news, the soldiers shot six young Palestinian men during protests in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

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Most recent Palestinian deaths: (top left) resistance fighter Mohammad Maher Sa'id Ghawadra, 17,; (top right) Mateen Dabaya, 25; (bottom left) Dr. Abdullah Abu At-Teen, 43; (bottom right) Qais Emad Shojaya, 23.

4 Palestinians dead on Friday: Israeli soldiers kill 3; 1 resistance fighter succumbs
https://israelpalestinenews.org/4-palestinians-dead-on-friday-israeli-soldiers-kill-3-a-resistance-fighter-succumbs/

Among the dead are a teen, and a doctor who was rendering first aid to the injured when an Israeli sharpshooter shot him in the head. Israel has killed at least 150 Palestinians since the beginning of the year; about 21 Israelis have also been killed.
by Kathryn Shihadah

Still more grieving families in the occupied West Bank Friday, as invading Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians, and a fourth died from wounds incurred last month during an alleged resistance action against Israeli soldiers.

IMEMC reports that Israeli sharpshooters killed 2 Palestinians and injured many others Friday morning during a massive invasion of the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin.

An Israeli sharpshooter shot Dr. Abdullah Al-Ahmad, 43, in the head as he tried to provide medical treatment to another injured Palestinian.

An Israeli sharpshooter also shot Mateen Dabaya, 25, in the head. (Some sources place his age at 20).

Al Jazeera reports that eyewitness videos show Israeli forces also shooting at ambulances.

On Friday night, Israeli forces killed 23-year-old Qais Shojaya after he allegedly fired shots toward the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit Eil, built on confiscated Palestinian land and home to many religious extremists. Soldiers then took Shojaya's corpse.

Israel has now begun a manhunt for a second Palestinian who was apparently with Shojaya but escaped.

Friday morning, 17-year-old Mohammad Ghawadra died while under detention in an Israeli hospital. He had been injured on September 4th, when he and his cousin allegedly attacked a bus in the West Bank transporting Israeli soldiers to a military post.

According to the Israeli army, they fired and threw Molotov cocktails at the bus, injuring a few people, and one ignited inside the men's vehicle. Ghawadra sustained burns over 90% of his body.

Some Palestinians occasionally carry out resistance operations against Israeli targets, in response to Israeli land theft, home demolitions, assassinations, decades of occupation, and other forms of oppression.

Much of Palestinian resistance is nonviolent, though mainstream media rarely reports it this way, and frequently fails to report on Israeli violence.

Mainstream media are reporting that the Israeli attacks on Jenin are a response to the killing of an Israeli soldier on October 9, but neglect to report that Israeli forces had killed 20 Palestinians in the previous month and had invaded the West Bank numerous times.

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Israeli military killed Mujahed Ahmad Mohammad Daoud, age 31.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian – 15th this month
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-man-mujahed-daoud/

Invading Israeli soldiers shot Mujahed Daoud, 31, in the chest – the 15th Palestinian fatality in October and 171st in 2022. One Israeli (a soldier) has been killed this month, 21 this year.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 16, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-man-near-salfit/ 

On Sunday dawn, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of Mujahed Ahmad Mohammad Daoud, 31, as a result of critical wounds he sustained when the invading Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire in the chest near Salfit.

The Palestinian was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, northwest of Salfit in the central West Bank.

Mujahed was one of 5 civilians who were injured during protests that erupted in Qarawat Bani Hassan between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces on Saturday afternoon.

At the time, the Health Ministry confirmed five were injured and added that two (including Mujahed) suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds to the chest and were rushed to Salfit governmental hospital.

Mujahed was later rushed to the Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah due to the seriousness of his injuries, but he succumbed to his wounds.

Local sources said that more than 10 military vehicles stormed the village on Saturday afternoon, leading to massive protests, during which a number of villagers were shot by invading Israeli soldiers.

On Friday night, the soldiers killed Qais Emad Shojaya, 23, from Deir Jarir village east of Ramallah, fired live rounds in the direction of Beit Eil colony, north of Ramallah, before he was shot.

Earlier Friday, an Israeli army sharpshooter killed a Palestinian doctor, Abdullah Al-Ahmad, 43, while trying to render first aid to wounded Palestinians in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank.

During the invasion of Jenin, the soldiers also killed Mateen Dabaya, 25, from the Jenin refugee camp and injured many Palestinians, including medics, especially after the army deliberately targeted them and their ambulance.

On Friday dawn, a Palestinian,Mohammad Maher Sa'id(Ghawadra), 17, from the Jenin refugee camp, died from serious wounds he suffered along with his cousin in early September of this year before they were abducted by the soldiers allegedly for being behind an attack targeting a bus transporting Israeli soldier to a military base.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers have killed 171 Palestinians this year, 2022, including 15 this month.

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Most recent Palestinians killed: Mohammad Fadi Nouri, 16, and Odai Kamal Tamimi, 22

Israeli killing continues, with 2 Palestinian deaths on Thursday
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-killing-continues-2-palestinian-deaths-thursday/

The 16th and 17th Palestinians killed by invading Israeli forces this month: one went down in an act of resistance, the other, 16, was shot during a protest

PALESTINIAN CHILD DIES FROM WOUNDS SUFFERED SEPTEMBER 28 IN RAMALLAH
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 20, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-child-dies-from-wounds-suffered-september-28-in-ramallah/

On Thursday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian child whom Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured more than three weeks ago in Betunia town, west of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West bank.

The Health Ministry said the child, Mohammad Fadi Nouri, 16, was shot with a live round in the abdomen, leading to extensive internal organ damage and bleeding, and remained in a serious condition until he succumbed to his wounds.

Mohammad, from Betunia town west of Ramallah, was shot on September 28 during protests at the northern entrance of Al-Biereh city near Ramallah when the soldiers also shot and seriously injured many Palestinians.

The Palestinians were protesting the death of four Palestinians, Mohammad Hisham Abu Na'sa, 25 Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 24 Abdul-Rahman Fathi Khazem, 27 Mohammad Mahmoud Barahma, 30, who were killed by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

On Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Kamal Tamimi, 22, near Ma'ale Adumim illegal colony, east of the occupied capital Jerusalem in the West Bank, after he opened fire at security guards, mildly wounded one.

The Israeli army has been looking for Odai after holding him responsible for the death of an Israeli soldier, Noa Lazar, 18, and the serious injury of a security guard at a military roadblock near Shu'fat.

A day before the soldier's death, the army killed Ahmad Mohammad Hussein Daraghma, 24, and Mahmoud Moayyad Sous, 18, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Their deaths also came just a day after the Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian teens, Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud, 14, and Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa, 17, and injured dozens of Palestinians near Qalqilia and Ramallah in the northern and central parts of the occupied West Bank.

On October 11, an Israeli soldier, Ido Baruch, 20, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered in a shooting targeting a large group of Israeli colonizers, guarded by dozens of soldiers, marching near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed 174 Palestinians since the beginning of this year, 2022, 123 of them in the West Bank and 51 in the Gaza Strip and added that among the slain Palestinians are 41 children.



ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL A PALESTINIAN NEAR JERUSALEM
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 20, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-jerusalem-4/ 

On Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near Ma'ale Adumim illegal colony, east of the occupied capital Jerusalem in the West Bank, after he opened fire at security guards, mildly wounded one.

The Israeli army said the Palestinian, Odai Kamal Tamimi, 22, shot a security guard, 24, mildly wounding him in his hand.

The army added that another security guard at the scene fired at the Palestinian and killed him.

Video footage shows the Palestinian continuing to exchange fire with the officers even after he was shot multiple times.

After the shooting, the army installed many roadblocks in the area and initiated massive searches, fearing that another Palestinian might be involved in the shooting, although the assumption was not verified.

Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the Shu'fat refugee camp northeast of Jerusalem and headed to Odai's home, condemning his death and chanting against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and escalating violations, and calling for continued resistance until liberation and independence.

The Israeli army has been looking for the Palestinian after holding him responsible for the death of an Israeli soldier, Noa Lazar, 18, and the serious injury of a security guard at a military roadblock near Shu'fat.

The army has since been constantly invading his family's home and the homes of his relatives and ransacking them, causing serious damage, in addition to interrogating and detaining many of them.

Immediately after the shooting, the army imposed a tight siege on the Shu'fat refugee camp, Anata town, and surrounding areas, and initiated extensive and violent searches of homes and buildings, abducted dozens of Palestinians.

Following Odai's death, thousands of Palestinians held massive processions in Shu'fat refugee camp northeast of Jerusalem, Qalandia, north of Jerusalem, the northern entrance of Bethlehem city, Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Ni'lin village, northwest of the city, and the northern entrance of the nearby Al-Biereh city, in addition to many areas in Jenin and Nablus in the northern part of the occupied territory.

The soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at the Palestinians and surrounding buildings.

The soldiers also closed many roadblocks on main roads in the West Bank, including the Qalandia terminal, north of Jerusalem, and the Al-Jalama roadblock, northeast of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

Palestinian national and Islamic factions declared a comprehensive general strike in the occupied West Bank Thursday to mourn the slain young man and called for raising black flags on homes and buildings and for massive processions across the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, to protest the seriously escalating Israeli violations.

It is worth mentioning that, a day before the soldier's death, the army killed Ahmad Mohammad Hussein Daraghma, 24, and Mahmoud Moayyad Sous, 18, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Their deaths also came just a day after the Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian teens, Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud, 14, and Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa, 17, and injured dozens of Palestinians near Qalqilia and Ramallah in the northern and central parts of the occupied West Bank.

On October 11, an Israeli soldier, Ido Baruch, 20, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered in a shooting targeting a large group of Israeli colonizers, guarded by dozens of soldiers, marching near Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

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Salah Breke, 19

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in Jenin raid
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teen-jenin-raid-salah-albraiki/

Israeli soldiers killed Salah al-Braiki, 19, with a bullet to the neck. His death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the beginning of  2022 to 175 – including 41 children.
reposted from IMEMC – the International Middle East Media Center, October 21, 2022  https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-injure-three-in-jenin/

On Friday dawn, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian and injured at least three others in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded the center of Jenin city before the soldiers stormed many buildings, ransacked them, and used their rooftops as sniper posts and monitoring towers.

They added that many Palestinians protested the invasion and hurled stones at the military vehicles before the soldiers fired a barrage of live rounds, wounding four, including one who suffered life-threatening injuries.

Medical sources said the seriously injured young man, Salah Breke, 19, succumbed to serious wounds he suffered after a soldier shot him with a live round in the neck.

The soldiers also stormed and ransacked many homes, causing excessive damage, and abducted a young man, Bara' Kifah Alawna, 20.

Furthermore, the army destroyed several motorcycles and the Martyrs' Monument during the invasion of the city's center.

The young man's death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire since the beginning of this year, 2022, to 175, including 41 children; 51 Palestinians were killed in the besieged Gaza Strip.

On Thursday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian child, Mohammad Fadi Nouri, 16, whom Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured more than three weeks ago in Betunia town, west of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West bank.

Mohammad was shot on September 28 during protests at the northern entrance of Al-Biereh city near Ramallah when the soldiers also shot and seriously injured many Palestinians.

The Palestinians were protesting the death of four Palestinians, Mohammad Hisham Abu Na'sa, 25 Ahmad Nathmi Alawna, 24 Abdul-Rahman Fathi Khazem, 27 Mohammad Mahmoud Barahma, 30, who were killed by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

On Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Kamal Tamimi, 22, near Ma'ale Adumim illegal colony, east of the occupied capital Jerusalem in the West Bank, after he opened fire at security guards, mildly wounded one.

The Israeli army has been looking for Odai after holding him responsible for the death of an Israeli soldier, Noa Lazar, 18, and the serious injury of a security guard at a military roadblock near Shu'fat.

A day before the soldier's death, the army killed Ahmad Mohammad Hussein Daraghma, 24, and Mahmoud Moayyad Sous, 18, in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Their deaths also came just a day after the Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian teens, Adel Ibrahim Adel Daoud, 14, and Mahdi Mohammad Ladadwa, 17, and injured dozens of Palestinians near Qalqilia and Ramallah in the northern and central parts of the occupied West Bank.

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Tamer Zeid al-Kilani, 33

Israeli forces assassinate Palestinian resistance leader
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-assassinate-palestinian-resistance-leader/

Palestinian resistance leader Tamer Zeid al-Kilani, 33, was killed while walking in the occupied West Bank. He was a married father of a 2-year old son and a 5-month-old daughter.
He had previously spent 8 years in Israeli prisons without any formal charges being made against him
The city of Nablus has been under severe martial law since August, Israeli forces infiltrating the city and its surrounding refugee camps and attacking Palestinians on a daily basis – Israeli forces have killed 86 Palestinians since August 1 (3 Israelis, all soldiers, have been killed during that time)
The West Bank has been occupied since 1967, the population is largely imprisoned by Israeli forces that control all official entrances and exits. Israel was established in 1948 through a war of ethnic cleansing – many of the inhabitants, both Muslim and Christian, fled to the West Bank and Gaza, their homes and land in what is now called Israel confiscated by the newly created Jewish state
Reposted from IMEMC  https://imemc.org/article/palestinian-resistance-leader-killed-in-apparent-assassination/

One of the leaders of the recently formed 'Lion's Den' resistance organization in Nablus was killed Sunday morning at 1:30 am when he was walking in the old city of Nablus.

According to local sources, Tamer Zeid al-Kilani, 33, a senior member of the Lion's Den resistance group, was walking past a motorcycle that had been loaded with explosives when the bicycle exploded, killing him.

Tamer, from the Fatayer Mountain neighborhood in Nablus city, was a married father of two children: a baby boy only two years of age and an infant girl of five months.

Palestinian sources said the bicycle with explosives was planted by an Israeli undercover force, and that the Israeli army was behind the operation to target and assassinate al-Kilani.

Al-Kilani was seen on a surveillance video around 1:30 am near the area where the motorcycle was planted.

Bakr Abdul-Haq, a Nablus correspondent with Quds News Network, said an explosive charge was placed in a motorcycle in the Al-Yasmina neighborhood in the center of the Old City of Nablus, adding that the explosion took place just approximately at 2 am, just as Tamer walked by it.

He added that the explosion severely mutilated Tamer's body, including severing his limbs and causing extensive internal organ damage, resulting in his death.

Tamer was a married father of several children and was also a former political prisoner who was repeatedly abducted and imprisoned by Israel.

Bakr said the explosive was placed in the motorcycle by a collaborator with the illegal Israeli occupation, adding that this person was pretending to be a delivery man before placing the explosive charge and fleeing the area.

Tamer was one of the prominent leaders and founders of the Lion's Den, had very close ties with resistance fighters and groups regardless of their political affiliation, and believed in unifying the resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation.

The Lion's Den issued a statement mourning the slain Palestinian, the fifth of its leaders to be killed by the army in recent months, and vowed to retaliate and continue its resistance to this illegal Israeli occupation, regardless of its offensives and assassinations.

The Lions Den announced that there would be an immediate and severe response to the assassination of one of its senior leaders.

The group said that al-Kilani's funeral would be held on Sunday afternoon in Nablus. He was 33 years old, and had helped establish the resistance group after having lost friends to the Israeli military occupation, and having spent 8 years in Israeli prisons without any formal charges being made against him. He had been suspected of being a member of the armed wing of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The PFLP issued a statement condemning his death, which they said was a targeted assassination due to his affiliation with the Palestinian resistance. In their statement, the PFLP said that "the assassination operation will not succeed in stopping the revolutionary tide that our fellow hero helped launch together with his brothers and committed comrades."

The statement continued, "The answer will be through further escalation of the resistance and confrontation with the occupation on all fronts and axes, and hitting all agents, traitors and infiltrators with an iron fist."

The city of Nablus has been under severe martial law, with Israeli forces infiltrating the city and its surrounding refugee camps and attacking Palestinians on a daily basis, since August when the new resistance group was formed.

Israeli forces previously killed two other members of the Lion's Den resistance group in targeted assassinations: Ala' Nasser Ahmad Zaghal, 21, on October 6th and Sa'ed Adnan al-Koni, 26, on September 25th.

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Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, construction worker shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Oct. 22, 2022.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian construction worker on way to work
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-kill-palestinian-construction-worker-on-way-to-work/

Israeli soldiers shot Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, in the head. Rabi's father says Rabi was just a construction worker trying to earn a living and was engaged to be married this coming Friday
Rabi is the 19th Palestinian killed by Israeli forces this month, half of them teens/children
Reposted from IMEMC https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-worker-near-qalqilia/ 

On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian worker 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 before Palestinian medics rushed him to Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital in Qalqilia before he was rushed 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 attacks, chases, injures, and abducts Palestinian workers near the gates of the illegal Annexation Wall near Qalqilia, Jenin, and other parts of the West Bank.

[Rabi is the 19th Palestinian killed by Israeli forces this month, half of them teens/children; two Israeli soldiers have been killed this month.]

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Imad Abu Rasheed, 47, and Ramzi Zabara, 35, were killed by the Israeli army south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (Pictured: Wife and mother of Palestinian Ramzi Zbarah who was killed by Israeli forces, attend his funeral in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 28, 2022)

Israeli forces assassinate two Palestinians in occupied Nablus
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-assassinate-two-palestinians-nablus/

In what Palestinian officials called a "field execution," Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians at an Israeli military checkpoint on Palestinian land Friday morning. The circumstances are unclear. In the last 5 months, Over 100 Palestinian men, women, and children on their land and 3 Israelis (occupation soldiers on Palestinian land) have been killed.
reposted from Al Jazeera, October 28, 2022  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinians-in-occupied-nablus

The Israeli army has shot and killed two Palestinian men at a military checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.

The Palestinian health ministry announced just before 2am (11:00 GMT) on Friday that 47-year-old Imad Abu Rasheed was killed with bullets to his stomach, chest and head, with two others seriously wounded, at the Huwwara checkpoint on Route 60 in the northern occupied West Bank.

At 6:30am (03:30 GMT), officials reported that Ramzi Sami Zabara, 35, had succumbed to his wounds from a bullet to the heart.

The circumstances of their killing remain unclear.

The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces were "carrying out an operation close to the Hawara checkpoint" and that they "identified two suspicious vehicles and fired at them," according to Israeli media.

The identity of the other wounded man was not immediately known, but he was reported to be in a stable condition after undergoing surgery at Rafidia hospital in Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank.

Both Zabara and Abu Rasheed worked for the Palestinian Authority's Civil Defence, and lived in the Askar refugee camp on the eastern outskirts of Nablus.

A Nablus-based journalist, Shadi Jarar'ah, told Al Jazeera that they were in a car, along with the wounded man, when they were shot at by Israeli forces.

Jarar'ah said Israeli forces also shot at and arrested a fourth man who was in a separate car at the checkpoint.

A video shared by local media appeared to show Israeli soldiers transferring the body of a wounded Palestinian man on a stretcher into an ambulance.

"Ugly field execution"
PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said in a statement "we mourn the two martyrs" and said they were "killed during an ugly field execution crime carried out by occupation forces".

Shtayyeh said the two were "among the finest officers and ranks of the Civil Defense, and pioneers of national, organizational and societal work in the Askar refugee camp".

The PM also called on the "international community to provide protection to our people".

The PA foreign ministry said in its own statement that it "condemns the execution" of the two men and "considers it organised and racist state terrorism".

The city of Nablus and its surrounding villages, home to some 420,000 people, have been under a tight Israeli military blockade for more than two weeks. Hours before Friday's events, the Israeli army said it eased some restrictions on movement in and out of the Nablus area.

The siege was imposed as Israeli forces searched for suspects in an October 11 shooting in which one Israeli soldier was killed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron, northwest of Nablus. The recently formed Lions' Den, a small armed resistance group based in Nablus's Old City, claimed responsibility, and the man who carried it out remains on the run.

Ongoing campaign
Friday's killings come days after the Israeli army launched a large raid into Nablus's Old City and killed five Palestinian men, three of whom belonged to the Lions' Den group. The two others were unarmed barbers on their way home from work when they were shot dead by Israeli special forces on the street, residents and journalists told Al Jazeera.

Thousands turned up for the funeral of the five men, including hundreds armed with rifles and who shot live ammunition into the air – a symbol of widespread mourning and anger.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli forces have killed at least 186 Palestinians since the start of the year, including 134 people in occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank and 51 in the besieged Gaza Strip. The death toll includes 41 children, 17 of whom were killed during Israel's three-day assault on Gaza in August.

The United Nations has said that 2022 "is the highest year for Palestinian fatalities in the West Bank, compared to the same period in the previous 16 years".

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Palestinians mourn neverending Palestinian deaths (Pictured: A child reacts during the funeral of Daoud Rayyan who was killed by Israeli forces on 3 November 2022)

Israeli soldiers shoot to kill – at least 4 Palestinian victims Thursday
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-soldiers-shoot-to-kill-at-least-4-palestinian-victims-thursday/

Thursday proved deadly for Palestinians, in a year that has seen more Palestinian deaths in the West Bank than any year since UN record-keeping began.
by Kathryn Shihadah

Israeli forces have gunned down at least four Palestinians – one a teenager – in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem today. The incidents occurred as votes are being counted in Israeli national elections, in which former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies are expected to win.

This violence is part of a recent uptick in Israeli attacks on Palestinians, some of them resistance groups organized to oppose Israel's 55-year occupation and apartheid policies.


Farouk Salamah

In what has become a common occurrence, many Israeli army vehicles carrying troops raided the Palestinian city of Jenin, epicenter of the resistance, Thursday afternoon. The Israeli military indicated that the operation's objective was to target Farouk Jameel Salamah, age 28. Salamah – who was to be married this weekend – was shot in the head, chest, and abdomen.


Mohammad Khlouf

In the same operation, Israeli soldiers also killed Mohammad Samer Khallouf, 14, as they fired on a group of protesters with live fire in Jenin refugee camp.


Amer Halabiyeh
Earlier in the day a Palestinian man, Amer Halabiya, age 20, allegedly stabbed an officer in Jerusalem's Old City. He was shot dead, Israeli police said. Two other officers were also injured at the scene – all with light to moderate injuries.

[NOTE: In at least two recent stabbing incidents, carried out by Israeli settlers, no perpetrators were shot or arrested.]


Daoud Rayyan

Two hours before the killing of Halabiya, another Palestinian was also shot dead near Jerusalem.

Daoud Rayyan, 42, was killed when Israeli paramilitary border guards raided the village of Beit Duggu with the intention of ransacking the home of Habis Abdel Hafeez Rayan, who had been shot to death Wednesday after allegedly carrying out an attack against Israeli soldiers.

Israeli forces raiding Beit Duggu encountered a protest by Palestinians and opened fire, killing Daoud Rayyan.

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PALESTINIANS MOURN THE DEATH OF MUSAB NOFAL, WHO WAS SHOT DEAD BY ISRAELI FORCES ON NOVEMBER 5, 2022.

Israeli army kills 18-year-old in the town of Sinjil
Musab Nofal is the 197th Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this year. His death comes amid rising settler attacks in the West Bank and the continuation of Operation Break the Wave.
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/11/israeli-army-kills-18-year-old-in-the-town-of-sinjil/?ml_recipient=71211571872794481&ml_link=71211328098797465&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2022-11-08&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines

On Saturday evening, November 5, Musab Nofal was hit with a fatal bullet to the chest in the town of Sinjil northeast of Ramallah. The 18-year-old is the 197th Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces this year.

On Sunday, November 6, Musab Nofal's family, friends, and members of the community, along with reporters and onlookers, laid him to rest in the village of Mazraa Al-Sharqiya in the Ramallah governorate.

The Israeli army reported that its soldiers had killed Nofal under the pretext that he had been hurling stones at Israeli settlers. No settlers have been reported injured.

Faten Elwan, a Palestinian journalist and cousin of the slain young man, reports that the Israeli army claims are fabrications. "Settlers attacked them as they picked olives, and they threw stones," Elwan wrote on her Facebook page. "The Israeli narrative that someone had fired from the Sinjil area is false."

Grieving under occupation
"My aunt's son was killed as he picked olives," Elwan wrote shortly after the news broke.

Friends and family must not only grapple with the loss of their kin, but must do so while navigating how the Israeli army has shaped the narrative of the circumstances of Musab's death.

While the killing of Nofal coincides with the ongoing large-scale Israeli military assault targeting Palestinian resistance, Operation Break the Wave, it also coincides with the olive harvest season. A significant part of Palestinian economic security and food sovereignty, the olive harvest season is an integral part of Palestinian culture and community, but it is also under attack.

In Sinjil, where Nofal was killed, settler attacks against Palestinian farmers have become commonplace. In April of this year, three Palestinian farmers from Sinjil were injured, including the head of the village council. These attacks have continued every month, often resulting in injury to farmers or active obstruction of access to their lands and produce. These settler attacks are an assault on Palestinian means of subsistence and economic survival.

The olive harvest season has only seen an escalation of these attacks.

Settler attacks on the rise
"We still don't know if it was the army or the settlers that shot [Musab]," Elwan explained.

Elwan's statement highlights that settlers and the Israeli army are often part of the same colonial attack on Palestinian livelihood and existence. When Palestinians develop their capacities to resist settler attacks, it is the Israeli army that swoops in to punish Palestinians for resisting. In this sense, the settlers function as the vanguard of the colonization process, and the army provides backup. This is a far cry from the common mainstream designation of settlers as radical extremists or anomalies — they are in fact an integral part of the state's colonization plans.

"Trained citizens who hold weapons in the public sphere contribute to the feeling of security," Israel's public minister Gilad Erdan said in a statement in 2018. The increase in settler outposts also coincided with the loosening of Israel's open-fire policy and relaxing the regulations for the possession of firearms by Israeli civilians.

Moreover, the Israeli Civil Administration has pushed for the legalization of Israeli farm outposts in the West Bank in September of this year. Both the Defense Ministry and the Justice Minister must approve it. By formally annexing Palestinian lands, settlers would be seen as citizens defending themselves against Palestinian terrorists, rather than invaders being repelled by the land's rightful inhabitants.

Last year, on December 24,  Ghadeer Musalma, 55, was run over and killed by a settler near Sinjil on Highway 60. In a similar incident in 2014, two girls (Inas Dar Khalil, 5, and Tuleen Asfour, were also run over by a settler. Dar Khalil was killed, while Asfour suffered from lifelong injuries. No settler has been held accountable for any of these crimes.

The arming of settlers in the West Bank continues to lead to the death of Palestinians, as Israel remains immune to international diplomatic, political, and economic accountability for its daily crimes. At the same time, Palestinian resistance continues to rise in response.

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MOURNERS ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF PALESTINIAN MAHDI HASHASH, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES DURING AN ISRAELI MILITARY RAID INTO THE AREA OF JOSEPH'S TOMB, IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS ON NOVEMBER 9, 2022. (PHOTO: WAJED NOBANI/ APA IMAGES)

Israel assassinates "the lion of the Balata Brigade"
Mahdi Hashash, a member of the armed Balata Brigade, was killed in an Israeli assassination attempt in Balata refugee camp as part of the ongoing Israeli campaign to root out armed resistance groups in the West Bank.
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/11/israel-assassinates-the-lion-of-the-balata-brigade/?

On Wednesday afternoon, November 9, 17-year-old Mahdi Mohammad Hashash was killed near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.

His head covered with a traditional black-and-white Kuffiyeh, his body wrapped in a Palestinian flag with a rifle laying on top of him, Hashash — whose nomme de guerre was Shimon — was laid to rest by his family and resistance fighters who had come to attend his burial.

During the funeral procession, fighters from the Lions' Den — the armed resistance group based in the Old City of Nablus — held their rifles as they marched, carrying the body of their slain comrade, "the lion of the Balata Brigade."

The Balata Brigade, Katibet Balata in Arabic, is one of the armed resistance groups that have taken shape in Nablus and Jenin throughout the past year. "Shimon" the resistance fighter was killed during armed confrontations with invading Israeli forces in Balata refugee camp, three kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to residents, Hashash had fought back against the Israeli soldiers surrounding the camp.

Injured during the early hours of confrontation, Hashash was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.

"The Balata Brigade is currently doing battle in the streets and alleys of the camp with the Zionist Israeli forces," the group reported at approximately 3:30 a.m. Moments later, it reported that its confrontations with the army "are at point zero."

The Israeli army reported that the young fighter was killed after he had opened fire on Israelis visiting Joseph's Tomb that evening, including a Knesset member. Similar reports were made when Israeli forces were concentrating their assaults on the Lions' Den.

However, contradicting reports also indicate that the Israeli army had been conducting a military operation targeting the refugee camp.

The gathering of comrades
For days, the Israeli army has been escalating its attacks on the areas surrounding Balata refugee camp.

This comes a few short weeks after the Israeli army launched an intensified campaign of assassinations to liquidate key members of the Lions' Den. Yet despite the uninterrupted killing spree, Palestinian resistance fighters continue to show up for one another.

The raid of Wednesday morning was allegedly to target the wanted Palestinian fighter, Mohammad Abu Draa — going by the nomme de guerre, Al-Zankloni.

In a show of community and solidarity across armed groups, fighters of the Lions' Den also joined in armed confrontations on Wednesday morning, acting as back-up for their comrades in the camp.

On social media, the Lions' Den and the Balata Brigade published photos of the slain Hashash as he stood flanked on either side by early members of the Lions' Den, Adham Mabroukah and Muhammad Dakhil, who were assassinated on February 8 along with Ashraf Mubaslat in one of the first targeted assassinations to take place in Nablus this year.

One after the other, comrades and close friends of Hashash held the pale body of their slain comrade, taking turns to kiss his forehead farewell.

Al-Zankloni was able to survive the assassination attempt due to the protection provided by the armed groups of Nablus. Hours after the battle, at approximately 5:00 a.m, videos of Al-Zankloni show him still wearing an armored vest and rifle on his back.

"We tell the filthy dogs," the Balata Brigade warned in a statement published on its Telegram account at 6:28 a.m. "We will conjure hell on you and your soldiers."

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PALESTINIANS CARRY THE BODY OF RAAFAT ISSA, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES GOING THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE APARTHEID WALL OUTSIDE OF JENIN. (PHOTO: AHMED IBRAHIM/APA IMAGES)

Palestinian worker killed by Israeli forces in Jenin becomes "the martyr of daily bread"
Ra'afat Al-Issa was killed by Israeli soldiers as he travelled through a breach in the apartheid wall on his way to work. He is now known as the "martyr of daily bread."
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/11/israel-kills-palestinian-worker-second-within-12-hours/?ml_recipient=71483793805936208&ml_link=71483121894164066&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2022-11-11&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines

On Wednesday afternoon, November 9, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in Jenin — the second in the span of 12 hours. Ra'afat Al-Issa was 29 years old and shot near an opening in the apartheid wall west of Jenin.

His body remained in the morgue until his parents, who live in Jordan, were able to arrive to bury their young son, who was killed for the sake of earning a living.

On Thursday, November 10, Al-Issa's father kissed his son's cold forehead before being laid to rest in his home village of Sannour, 26 km southeast of Jenin. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, 50 of whom were killed in Jenin, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Medical negligence and intentional delay
Al-Issa was shot near the Israeli apartheid wall located in the western part of Jenin. A Palestinian worker attempting to reach his place of employment, Al-Issa was not only shot, but later denied medical care by soldiers as he bled out.

"Al-Issa's leg was blown up like a balloon," Mahmoud Al-Saadi, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jenin, told Mondoweiss. "He was shot in his thighs, hitting a primary artery, which resulted in internal bleeding, and it eventually cost him his life."

According to Al-Saadi, the injured man was delayed medical care for almost an hour and a half before finally being handed over to Palestinian medical services. "[Al-Issa's] face was pale," Al-Saadi recalled of the slain man. "He was thirsty and asking for water, which soldiers didn't seem to have given him," he said.

As a Palestinian with West Bank identification, the Israeli military would not take him for care at an Israeli hospital, despite being responsible for his injury. This practice, which extends beyond the killing of Al-Issa, has become defined as "conditional" healthcare by Palestinian analysts.

"Issa's case is threefold," Al-Saadi explained to Mondoweiss. "First is the shooting of Issa, then the movement of Issa and provision of care on the spot, and the third is the ways in which the injured man was handed to us by the Israeli army."

However, in addition to the way in which Al-Issa was mistreated, his case also sheds light on a fourth layer — the condition of Palestinian laborers working in Israel. Al-Issa, who became known as "the martyr of daily bread," exemplifies the painful cost of securing daily bread in Palestine, and the impact of the apartheid wall on the safety and financial security of Palestinians.

The martyr of "daily bread": livelihood in context
Even before the economic crisis produced by the global COVID-19 pandemic, almost 47 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and besieged Gaza were impoverished or below the poverty line. In the past decade, this phenomenon has increased at an alarming rate in the West Bank.

The apartheid wall impedes Palestinian access from the West Bank, Jerusalem, and historic Palestine (the lands now making up what is now the State of Israel).

Erected during the early 2000s, the concrete wall was ostensibly built as a strategy to deter Palestinian armed resistance. Two decades later, however, it has clearly been unsuccessful in this objective, especially in light of the resurgence of Palestinian armed resistance in the West Bank.

The apartheid wall — part of the illegal military occupation of the West Bank — also allows for better control of Palestinian movement, especially Palestinian laborers.

Palestinian laborers, even children, are often subject to systemic abuse by their Israeli employees, but also by soldiers manning the checkpoints through which they must pass. More than this, Israel holds Palestinians captive by using its permit system to deny or allow formal employment.

This forces a large segment of Palestinians to search for alternative ways of securing a livelihood, even if through informal employment. Many sneak through openings made in the apartheid wall in order to get to their place of work. The danger they face in going through these breaches has considerably increased during the past year.

Only last July, Israeli soldiers lynched and murdered 32-year-old Ahmad Ayyad from Gaza as he was going through a breach in the wall outside of Tulkarem. Ayyad had a permit to work in Israel and was battling a colon disease. As of the time of writing, there has been no accountability for the crime of his murder..

"The events are repeating themselves," Al-Saadi told Mondoweiss as he reflected on his years as a medic during the early 2000s in Jenin. "It's horrifying."

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MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL ERECTED AROUND THE SITE OF FULLA MASALMA'S DEATH (PHOTO: VIVIAN TABAR/MONDOWEISS)

Palestinian girl killed by Israeli soldiers a day before turning 16
Fulla Masalma would have turned 16 today. Instead, she was brutally murdered yesterday by Israeli soldiers for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/11/palestinian-girl-killed-by-israeli-soldiers-a-day-before-turning-16/?ml_recipient=71936679746733448&ml_link=71936106078144258&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2022-11-16&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines

At approximately 3:30 a.m. on November 14, Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood of Betunia in the Ramallah district to arrest Tareq Imwasi, 28, from his home.

During the operation, Israeli soldiers saw a Palestinian car driving on the road and opened fire from at least two directions. The passenger, 15-year-old Fulla Masalma, was killed, while the driver was injured and arrested by the Israeli army. Today would have been Masalma's 16th birthday.

"They didn't stop at killing her," Bakr Armoush, 35, told Mondoweiss. "They took her corpse and dragged it around, only to throw her in the back of the military jeep with six other soldiers and the driver, who was also injured and bleeding," he said.

With the children of the neighborhood surrounding him, Bakr recalls the image of Imwasi, blindfolded and under the rain during the dawn hours of Monday as Israeli soldiers invaded Imwasi's home. "I remember the bang of the stun grenades," Amir, 9, says as he looks at the stones marking the location where 15-year-old Fulla was killed earlier that morning in his neighborhood.

Arrest turns into slaughter
Just behind the trail of blood and the Palestinian flag is the Imwasi home.

"I woke up to the sound of banging. I checked the door and found soldiers surrounding the house," Umm Muhammad, 54, recalled to Mondoweiss.

Israeli forces had invaded the Betunia neighborhood and bombed the doors to the apartment building in which Imwasi lives. According to the family, soldiers took the cell phones of everyone in the family and forced the women to sit on the couch at gunpoint, while Abu Mohammad, Imwasi's father, was taken outside to stand in the rain amid a thunderstorm.

The black metal gate still has the scars from the assault at dawn. Next to it, a striped orange and white cat wakes up, stretches, yawns, and escapes to the living room behind the door. The smell of dinner still cooking is welcoming, while the evaporating steam contrasted with the rainy wind outside.

"They forced us all outside. I begged them to be able to go inside, because my husband is on kidney dialysis, and he can't be kept out in the rain," the Imwasi's mother said. Sitting on the same couch on which his wife and daughter were earlier being held captive, Imwasi's 60-year-old father held his head in his palms.

Almost ashamed that he was crying, Abu Mohammad tells Mondoweiss: "I told him, I'll kiss your hand, your feet," his voice broke. "I told the commander, just please stop beating my son."

Israeli search-and-arrest operations in civilian homes often mean that women are held in a room while the men are often beaten, blindfolded, and at times stripped to their underwear and forced to sit in stress positions.

"I kept telling the commander, I am sick, look at the tube," Abu Mohammad said, moving his sweater to expose the yellow tube attached to a hole in his right shoulder. "I told him, if this tube is not in me, I will die."

As his older daughter heard her father speak, her eyes swelled.

"[The soldier] put his hand on my shoulder, by the tube, and began to squeeze," Abu Mohammad said, his grimace emphasizing the deep network of wrinkles on his face.

"You will not come to my home upstairs," Tareq yelled to soldiers from his apartment on the second floor. Upstairs, five-year-old Hani and two-year-old Alma were asleep when soldiers came for their father.

"There are children here and you will not come upstairs," Tareq had repeated to the soldiers. "I will come down," he said as his children woke to the sound of sound grenades and their grandparents screaming in pain and fear.

"They took Tareq outside in handcuffs, and before putting him in the jeep, they began beating him over and over again," Umm Mohammad said. Almost 12 hours after their father's arrest, Hani's face is still pale. His eyes seem to hardly blink, as if his attention is elsewhere.

"The kids are still traumatized," their grandmother says, as the children play with their cousins in the small living room.

"All of a sudden I hear the bullets," Umm Mohammad says, turning her attention away from her son to remember that beyond their tragedy, someone was killed just outside their home. For almost four minutes, Israeli soldiers kept shooting.
"They came here to arrest the neighbor," Armoush explained as he stood on the street overlooking the site where Masalma was killed. "They took the man out in handcuffs and blindfolded him," he continued.

Bearing witness to the invasion, Armoush recollects a horrifying scene of soldiers firing live ammunition non-stop at the car. "The car was driving slowly," he explained, pointing at the direction in which the soldiers fired. "They fired from multiple directions, and they riddled the car with bullets," he said.

"If anything, it was clear that the car was trying to turn around once noticing that there was a raid," he pointed.

A CCTV video shows the moment Israeli soldiers fired at the car. Other videos provided by eyewitnesses and residents of the area also corroborated Armoush's version of events.

"They killed her," Armoush told Mondoweiss. Pausing for a short moment, he repeated, "they killed her and just walked off like that."

No mercy
"[The soldiers] showed me no mercy," Abu Mohammad said sorrowfully. "No mercy. None," he reiterated.

The soldiers not only assaulted Tareq Imwasi's family and then beat him in front of them, but no medic was called after they shot at the car carrying Masalma. The body of the young girl was taken while the injured driver was dragged up and down the street as he bled.

Just last week in Jenin, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 29-year-old Rafaat Al-Issa — a Palestinian worker who was trying to earn a living. According to the medics in Jenin, Al-Issa was also denied medical care, despite the possibility that his life could have been spared had the soldiers responded properly to the man's injuries, according to Mahmoud Al-Saadi, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Jenin.

A few meters outside Imwasi's home, those that bore witness to the arrest and the killing shared similar sentiments. Umm Darwish, Armoush's 67-year-old mother, looked at the trail of blood on the street as cars shuffled by. In a low tone she smiled ruefully and said: "there is no humanity, no safety, nothing."

Since the beginning of the year, more than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces.

"Anything that moves becomes a target," Armoush said. "If you saw the site of the car afterwards, the blood still on the shawarma sandwich, and the bullet holes in the car," he said, almost trying to comprehend his own words. "You move, you get killed," he said as his youngest son jumped around him.

In a moment of tenderness, Armoush's eyes loosen as he watches his son.

"Look at the kids," he says in a firm voice. "Look at what they keep getting exposed to. Even the way they moved the young girl's body shows you that these stories are repeating themselves every day. Every single day," he says.