Karim Sobhi Abu Sbeih 17
Died of his wounds 1 sept 2013
suffered on Aug 31, 2013 after dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp
Died of his wounds 1 sept 2013
suffered on Aug 31, 2013 after dozens of soldiers invaded the Jenin refugee camp
OPERATION PILLAR OF CLOUD 14-21 NOV 2012
Ahmed Tawfeeq Al Nasasra 17
Killed 19 nov 2012
Killed 19 nov 2012
OPERATION PILLAR OF CLOUD 14-21 NOV 2012
Muhammad Hararah 17
Killed 10 nov 2012
Four Palestinians, including two brothers, were killed and dozens injured in the Israeli occupation forces’ artillery shelling of Gaza city on Saturday evening, medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the health ministry, said that more than 30 casualties were admitted into Shifa hospital in Gaza while more are still being evacuated from Shujaia suburb, east of Gaza city. He charged the IOF with using internationally-banned weapons in the attack.
The PIC reporter said that two brothers of Harara family, 15 and 17 years respectively, were killed in the shelling in addition to a teenager and a 20-year-old youth.
He said that 27 others were wounded including six in critical condition, adding that casualties were still arriving to the hospital.
Killed 10 nov 2012
Four Palestinians, including two brothers, were killed and dozens injured in the Israeli occupation forces’ artillery shelling of Gaza city on Saturday evening, medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the health ministry, said that more than 30 casualties were admitted into Shifa hospital in Gaza while more are still being evacuated from Shujaia suburb, east of Gaza city. He charged the IOF with using internationally-banned weapons in the attack.
The PIC reporter said that two brothers of Harara family, 15 and 17 years respectively, were killed in the shelling in addition to a teenager and a 20-year-old youth.
He said that 27 others were wounded including six in critical condition, adding that casualties were still arriving to the hospital.
Suraqa Qudaih 17
Killed 1 june 2012
On 1 June 2012, a 17-year-old boy and his cousin are killed in an air strike on Gaza as they walk home from a funeral.
On 1 June 2012, Mohammad Q. awoke around 4:00 am to attend the morning prayers with his father. After prayers, Mohammad returned to his home, while his father left for their fields, located about 800 meters from the border. Mohammad remembers his father returning from the fields too soon after having left to report the fields had been burned and that the Israeli military was operating in the area. “I started hearing drone planes and Apache helicopters hovering in the sky, as well as shooting near the border. I turned on the radio to hear what was going on,” says Mohammad.
Mohammad met his cousins Naji Q. and Suraqa to discuss the morning’s events and listen to radio reports. They learned that a neighbour had been killed in the incident, so around 10:00 am, they set out to pay their respects to his family at their home.
After visiting the family, the three cousins set off home to prepare for Friday prayers. On their way, they met another of their cousins, Suheib Q., driving his cart to the fields for work. The four briefly discussed the morning’s incident and then went on their way. “I was walking fast, about five metres ahead of Suraqa and Naji,” says Mohammad. “I wanted to get back home quickly, take a shower and go to the mosque early. It was around 10:00 am, when suddenly I felt something lifting me and throwing me against the ground. I felt my right shoe flying off as well as a great pressure in my ears. Then, a terrifying explosion took place and smoke and dust filled the air.”
Suheib, who had just met the cousins, also remembers the moment of the explosion: “after speaking with Suraqa, Mohammad and Naji for a short time I continued on in my cart for two or three minutes before hearing an explosion behind me. I returned to see what had happened and saw Suraqa’s legs were in terrible condition. He had a hole in his head and his right eye. His body was full of shrapnel.”
“I looked at my cousins and saw them on the ground next to me, covered in blood,” Mohammad recalls. “Naji’s legs were cut off and his body coloured black. Suraqa was covered in blood and was raising his finger and praying.” Mohammad was carried to a taxi and driven to the hospital. Mohammad awoke in Nasr Hospital to find that he had lost his right foot and suffered serious injury to his right hand. He was later told both his cousins, Suraqa and Naji, had been killed by the missile.
“I do not know why we were targeted,” says Mohammad. “We were walking on the street in civilian clothes, carrying absolutely nothing. I was told that an Israeli drone plane targeted us with a missile. I heard it circling the sky. I still hear the missile. I will never forget that sound.”
Killed 1 june 2012
On 1 June 2012, a 17-year-old boy and his cousin are killed in an air strike on Gaza as they walk home from a funeral.
On 1 June 2012, Mohammad Q. awoke around 4:00 am to attend the morning prayers with his father. After prayers, Mohammad returned to his home, while his father left for their fields, located about 800 meters from the border. Mohammad remembers his father returning from the fields too soon after having left to report the fields had been burned and that the Israeli military was operating in the area. “I started hearing drone planes and Apache helicopters hovering in the sky, as well as shooting near the border. I turned on the radio to hear what was going on,” says Mohammad.
Mohammad met his cousins Naji Q. and Suraqa to discuss the morning’s events and listen to radio reports. They learned that a neighbour had been killed in the incident, so around 10:00 am, they set out to pay their respects to his family at their home.
After visiting the family, the three cousins set off home to prepare for Friday prayers. On their way, they met another of their cousins, Suheib Q., driving his cart to the fields for work. The four briefly discussed the morning’s incident and then went on their way. “I was walking fast, about five metres ahead of Suraqa and Naji,” says Mohammad. “I wanted to get back home quickly, take a shower and go to the mosque early. It was around 10:00 am, when suddenly I felt something lifting me and throwing me against the ground. I felt my right shoe flying off as well as a great pressure in my ears. Then, a terrifying explosion took place and smoke and dust filled the air.”
Suheib, who had just met the cousins, also remembers the moment of the explosion: “after speaking with Suraqa, Mohammad and Naji for a short time I continued on in my cart for two or three minutes before hearing an explosion behind me. I returned to see what had happened and saw Suraqa’s legs were in terrible condition. He had a hole in his head and his right eye. His body was full of shrapnel.”
“I looked at my cousins and saw them on the ground next to me, covered in blood,” Mohammad recalls. “Naji’s legs were cut off and his body coloured black. Suraqa was covered in blood and was raising his finger and praying.” Mohammad was carried to a taxi and driven to the hospital. Mohammad awoke in Nasr Hospital to find that he had lost his right foot and suffered serious injury to his right hand. He was later told both his cousins, Suraqa and Naji, had been killed by the missile.
“I do not know why we were targeted,” says Mohammad. “We were walking on the street in civilian clothes, carrying absolutely nothing. I was told that an Israeli drone plane targeted us with a missile. I heard it circling the sky. I still hear the missile. I will never forget that sound.”
Hashem Sa'ed 17
Killed 4 apr 2012
Hashem walks towards the border fence between Gaza and Israel and is killed after being hit by Israeli tank shells.
Hashem lived in Gaza City with his family. “During the war on Gaza in 2008-2009, our house was bombed,” says Hashem’s older brother, I.S. “Nadia, my 12-year old sister, was killed, and four of my cousins were injured. The incident affected my brother Hashem very much. After that, he was always sad and bitter. He dropped out of school and started working as a tiler.”
According to I.S., Hashem was never able to overcome the trauma of the war, and was always talking about taking revenge for his sister’s death. “The closest Israeli military base to our neighbourhood is the Nahal Oz base. Hashem was convinced that the shell that killed Nadia was fired from there. He always talked about carrying out a military operation inside the base, but I never took him seriously,” says I.S.
On 3 April, Hashem left the house at around 7:00 pm. “That was the last time I saw him alive,” says I.S. “We were all sick with worry about him, so I went out to look but I could not find him. Then I heard three explosions caused by Israeli tank shells, and I became even more worried,” recalls I.S..
The next morning, I.S. and his father went to their relatives to tell them Hashem was missing. “We were all sitting in the living room and the T.V. was on,” says I.S.. “At around 10:30 am, they said on the news that a body had been found near the cemetery in North Gaza. ‘That's my son Hashem!’ my father screamed.”
I.S., his father and uncles rushed to the hospital where the body had been taken. “My uncle entered the morgue first; I stayed outside trying to calm my father, who was screaming, crying and shivering. When my uncle came out his face suggested that it was Hashem. Then I entered and saw his body. His head had shrapnel injuries.” I.S. and his family were told that Hashem’s body had been found about 300 metres from the border fence. “They also found next to him two Molotov cocktails, four lighters, a knife, a screwdriver, and pliers,” says I.S., who adds, “we buried him next to my sister Nadia, whom he loved very much. He was killed wanting to avenge her death.”
Killed 4 apr 2012
Hashem walks towards the border fence between Gaza and Israel and is killed after being hit by Israeli tank shells.
Hashem lived in Gaza City with his family. “During the war on Gaza in 2008-2009, our house was bombed,” says Hashem’s older brother, I.S. “Nadia, my 12-year old sister, was killed, and four of my cousins were injured. The incident affected my brother Hashem very much. After that, he was always sad and bitter. He dropped out of school and started working as a tiler.”
According to I.S., Hashem was never able to overcome the trauma of the war, and was always talking about taking revenge for his sister’s death. “The closest Israeli military base to our neighbourhood is the Nahal Oz base. Hashem was convinced that the shell that killed Nadia was fired from there. He always talked about carrying out a military operation inside the base, but I never took him seriously,” says I.S.
On 3 April, Hashem left the house at around 7:00 pm. “That was the last time I saw him alive,” says I.S. “We were all sick with worry about him, so I went out to look but I could not find him. Then I heard three explosions caused by Israeli tank shells, and I became even more worried,” recalls I.S..
The next morning, I.S. and his father went to their relatives to tell them Hashem was missing. “We were all sitting in the living room and the T.V. was on,” says I.S.. “At around 10:30 am, they said on the news that a body had been found near the cemetery in North Gaza. ‘That's my son Hashem!’ my father screamed.”
I.S., his father and uncles rushed to the hospital where the body had been taken. “My uncle entered the morgue first; I stayed outside trying to calm my father, who was screaming, crying and shivering. When my uncle came out his face suggested that it was Hashem. Then I entered and saw his body. His head had shrapnel injuries.” I.S. and his family were told that Hashem’s body had been found about 300 metres from the border fence. “They also found next to him two Molotov cocktails, four lighters, a knife, a screwdriver, and pliers,” says I.S., who adds, “we buried him next to my sister Nadia, whom he loved very much. He was killed wanting to avenge her death.”
Bilal Yousef Ibrahim al-Sa’aida 17
Killed 31 mar 2012
suspected of trying to plant explosives beneath a fence at the border with Gaza, the Israeli military said Sunday.
Soldiers on Sunday recovered the remains of the Palestinian alongside an assault rifle, a statement from the Israeli military spokesperson's office said. "Following a search, conducted this morning, the body was found with an AK-47 rifle," a statement said.
"It should be noted that during the past week, IDF soldiers uncovered three explosive devices adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip. All three devices were diffused in a controlled manner."
None of the armed groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip claimed responsibility for the purported incident on Saturday, which Israel said occurred after dark.
Killed 31 mar 2012
suspected of trying to plant explosives beneath a fence at the border with Gaza, the Israeli military said Sunday.
Soldiers on Sunday recovered the remains of the Palestinian alongside an assault rifle, a statement from the Israeli military spokesperson's office said. "Following a search, conducted this morning, the body was found with an AK-47 rifle," a statement said.
"It should be noted that during the past week, IDF soldiers uncovered three explosive devices adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip. All three devices were diffused in a controlled manner."
None of the armed groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip claimed responsibility for the purported incident on Saturday, which Israel said occurred after dark.
Sa’d Abdul Rahim Mahmoud al-Majdalwai 17
Killed 16 aug 2011
a 17-year-old schizophrenic boy was killed by Israeli forces when he approached the border between Gaza and Israel.
Sa’d (17) lived with his family in An Nuseirat refugee camp, Central Gaza. When he was three years old he suffered from meningitis and was left with mental health problems. One week before he was killed, his father took him to a psychiatrist. ‘I met a psychiatrist at the public clinic and he told me Sa’d had schizophrenia,’ explains Sa’d’s father. ‘He gave me some medication to calm him down, to make him move less and to stop the hallucinations.’
‘At around 10:00 am on 14 August I saw Sa’d leaving the house. That was the last time I saw him alive,’ his father continues. ‘At around 6:00 pm on 16 August, I heard on the radio that someone had been killed in the east of Al Masdar village. The person hadn’t been yet identified... As a father, I felt something wrong had happened to Sa’d. I got on my car with my son Mohammad (23) and headed immediately to the hospital in Deir Al Balah. I found Sa’d in the morgue. His face was covered in blood. There was a big hole in the upper side of his head. His chest and arms were also covered in blood and bullet holes. I sat for a while next to his body and cried.’
Talking to DCI on 18 August 2011, his father says: ‘I still don’t know why Sa’d went to Al Masdar village. It’s true he used to move a lot and go to different places, but why did he chose that particular place to die? I don’t know. Did the ghosts in his mind asked him to go there? Was it his insanity? At the end of the day, Israeli soldiers don’t differentiate between ghosts and sick people. They kill anyone who approaches them.’
12 sept 2012
Occupied Lives: No Justice for My Son’s Death
by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights/ Narratives
On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Saad al-Majdalawi, a 17-year-old mentally disabled boy, died when he was targeted with live fire by Israel's forces positioned on the border between Nusseirat, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, and Israel. Saad was unarmed and posed no threat to Israeli soldiers when he was shot and killed.
Abdul Rahim al-Majdalawi last saw his son on Saturday, 12 August: "Saad left the house at around 8 p.m. He did not come back that night and we assumed he had gone to visit a relative or friend. The next day, he still had not come back, so we started looking for him. On Tuesday night, some of my relatives got news that a member of the al-Majdalawi family had been killed at the border and that the body was in Al-aqsa hospital. Nobody told me anything until 12 pm, so I went to the hospital when I heard the news from relatives and neighbors."
Abdul Rahim went to the morgue, afraid that it was his son who had been killed: "Saad usually left home for maybe a day when he went to see relatives and friends. He had never gone missing for 3 days before. This is why I went to the hospital to see which member of the al-Majdalawi family had been killed. I viewed the body and realized that it was my son Saad. He had a bullet hole at the top of his head and his nose had been torn off by bullets. There were more wounds on his chest, shoulder, leg and left elbow."
Abdul Rahim does not believe that Saad would have posed a threat to Israel's forces: "I do not know how far he had been from the border when he was killed, but Saad had never caused problems for anyone. He had never harmed anyone in the house or in the neighborhood, and yet he was dead. Up until now, it is really not clear to me what happened that night. I cannot even tell the total number of bullets that were in his body. He was alone when he was killed."
The death of Saad has been particularly hard for his father, given that they were very close: "Saad was in secondary school, but he dropped out because of his mental condition. He also had a speech impairment and was punished at school for it. He was very sociable though and liked interacting with people, even though sometimes they would laugh at him or even hit him when they heard him speak. This made him very depressed and increased his psychological problems. We had started seeking treatment for his mental condition a month before he got killed. I wanted better treatment for him. I understood his suffering and we were very close because of this. Now, he is gone."
The possibility of filing a legal complaint evokes strong emotions in Abdul Rahim: "What happened to my son still makes me sad. He is gone and nothing can change that. It is very hard for me to talk about it. He was respectful and always made us laugh. The house feels empty without him. His brothers miss him very much and they are still greatly affected by his death. I wanted the best for him. I don't believe anything will come out of a complaint or lawsuit. I do not want compensation and nobody can give me excuses for why they killed my son. I do not have faith in any legal procedures, because nobody can accuse Israel and nobody can prosecute them even when they are wrong. It is unfortunate, but nothing will come out of this."
On 21 September 2011, PCHR submitted a civil complaint to the Ministry of Defense, which so far has not lead to a positive outcome. Additionally, on 25 September 2011, PCHR submitted a criminal complaint to the Military Prosecutor of the Israeli military, which has been rejected on 07 May 2012. On behalf of the al-Majdalawi family, PCHR also submitted an Individual Complaint to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on 10 September 2012.
The targeting and killing of a child, a protected civilian, is a war crime, as codified in Articles 8(2)(a )(i) and 8(2)(b)(i) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Killed 16 aug 2011
a 17-year-old schizophrenic boy was killed by Israeli forces when he approached the border between Gaza and Israel.
Sa’d (17) lived with his family in An Nuseirat refugee camp, Central Gaza. When he was three years old he suffered from meningitis and was left with mental health problems. One week before he was killed, his father took him to a psychiatrist. ‘I met a psychiatrist at the public clinic and he told me Sa’d had schizophrenia,’ explains Sa’d’s father. ‘He gave me some medication to calm him down, to make him move less and to stop the hallucinations.’
‘At around 10:00 am on 14 August I saw Sa’d leaving the house. That was the last time I saw him alive,’ his father continues. ‘At around 6:00 pm on 16 August, I heard on the radio that someone had been killed in the east of Al Masdar village. The person hadn’t been yet identified... As a father, I felt something wrong had happened to Sa’d. I got on my car with my son Mohammad (23) and headed immediately to the hospital in Deir Al Balah. I found Sa’d in the morgue. His face was covered in blood. There was a big hole in the upper side of his head. His chest and arms were also covered in blood and bullet holes. I sat for a while next to his body and cried.’
Talking to DCI on 18 August 2011, his father says: ‘I still don’t know why Sa’d went to Al Masdar village. It’s true he used to move a lot and go to different places, but why did he chose that particular place to die? I don’t know. Did the ghosts in his mind asked him to go there? Was it his insanity? At the end of the day, Israeli soldiers don’t differentiate between ghosts and sick people. They kill anyone who approaches them.’
12 sept 2012
Occupied Lives: No Justice for My Son’s Death
by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights/ Narratives
On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Saad al-Majdalawi, a 17-year-old mentally disabled boy, died when he was targeted with live fire by Israel's forces positioned on the border between Nusseirat, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, and Israel. Saad was unarmed and posed no threat to Israeli soldiers when he was shot and killed.
Abdul Rahim al-Majdalawi last saw his son on Saturday, 12 August: "Saad left the house at around 8 p.m. He did not come back that night and we assumed he had gone to visit a relative or friend. The next day, he still had not come back, so we started looking for him. On Tuesday night, some of my relatives got news that a member of the al-Majdalawi family had been killed at the border and that the body was in Al-aqsa hospital. Nobody told me anything until 12 pm, so I went to the hospital when I heard the news from relatives and neighbors."
Abdul Rahim went to the morgue, afraid that it was his son who had been killed: "Saad usually left home for maybe a day when he went to see relatives and friends. He had never gone missing for 3 days before. This is why I went to the hospital to see which member of the al-Majdalawi family had been killed. I viewed the body and realized that it was my son Saad. He had a bullet hole at the top of his head and his nose had been torn off by bullets. There were more wounds on his chest, shoulder, leg and left elbow."
Abdul Rahim does not believe that Saad would have posed a threat to Israel's forces: "I do not know how far he had been from the border when he was killed, but Saad had never caused problems for anyone. He had never harmed anyone in the house or in the neighborhood, and yet he was dead. Up until now, it is really not clear to me what happened that night. I cannot even tell the total number of bullets that were in his body. He was alone when he was killed."
The death of Saad has been particularly hard for his father, given that they were very close: "Saad was in secondary school, but he dropped out because of his mental condition. He also had a speech impairment and was punished at school for it. He was very sociable though and liked interacting with people, even though sometimes they would laugh at him or even hit him when they heard him speak. This made him very depressed and increased his psychological problems. We had started seeking treatment for his mental condition a month before he got killed. I wanted better treatment for him. I understood his suffering and we were very close because of this. Now, he is gone."
The possibility of filing a legal complaint evokes strong emotions in Abdul Rahim: "What happened to my son still makes me sad. He is gone and nothing can change that. It is very hard for me to talk about it. He was respectful and always made us laugh. The house feels empty without him. His brothers miss him very much and they are still greatly affected by his death. I wanted the best for him. I don't believe anything will come out of a complaint or lawsuit. I do not want compensation and nobody can give me excuses for why they killed my son. I do not have faith in any legal procedures, because nobody can accuse Israel and nobody can prosecute them even when they are wrong. It is unfortunate, but nothing will come out of this."
On 21 September 2011, PCHR submitted a civil complaint to the Ministry of Defense, which so far has not lead to a positive outcome. Additionally, on 25 September 2011, PCHR submitted a criminal complaint to the Military Prosecutor of the Israeli military, which has been rejected on 07 May 2012. On behalf of the al-Majdalawi family, PCHR also submitted an Individual Complaint to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on 10 September 2012.
The targeting and killing of a child, a protected civilian, is a war crime, as codified in Articles 8(2)(a )(i) and 8(2)(b)(i) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
On 15 May 2011, Salah went down to the garage to work. ‘Khamis came down with me and sat with me for a short time, not more than 15 minutes... He left and I thought he was going upstairs to the house.’ At noon, Salah started to look for Khamis but could not find him. ‘There were lots of people in the street because of the commemorations to mark Nakba day. The mosques were announcing the events through their loudspeakers. Also, there were buses about 500 metres from our house taking people to the demonstrations. I started worrying that he might have gone to the commemorations with strangers... and I was very scared he might get lost.’
Salah headed to Erez border crossing with Israel, where protests were being held, but couldn’t find Khamis. After reporting to the police in Jabalia and Gaza City, Salah went home to continue searching in his neighbourhood. ‘At around 8:00 pm,’ Salah recalls, ‘I heard on the news that an unknown martyr had been killed near the border area of Nahal Oz, east of Gaza city, and that he had been transferred to Shifa Hospital.’ Salah rushed to Shifa Hospital and found his son in the morgue. ‘It was Khamis. There was a small hole in his head, and a big hole in his chest and his left fingers were wounded. I thought from his wounds that he had been shot dead. I cried a lot.’
According to the coroner’s report, Khamis died as a result of shrapnel wounds from an artillery shell. The report states that ‘gunshots don’t cause such holes unless there are exit wounds, which is not the case with Khamis. Also, the entry wound of a gunshot is narrow, not big as in the case of Khamis.’
Speaking to DCi, Salah says: ‘Why was Khamis killed? He had an intellectual disability and was small. He looked like a small child. Even though he was 17, people thought he was 13 or 14. The Israeli occupation army killed him, but I don’t know why.’ The ambulance driver testified that he had found Khamis 50 metres from the border, eight kilometres from his home.
According to the UN, ‘Israeli forces injured 204 Palestinians, including at least 60 children, the majority of them in demonstrations commemorating the 63rd anniversary of what Palestinians refer to as the 1948 Nakba.’
Salah headed to Erez border crossing with Israel, where protests were being held, but couldn’t find Khamis. After reporting to the police in Jabalia and Gaza City, Salah went home to continue searching in his neighbourhood. ‘At around 8:00 pm,’ Salah recalls, ‘I heard on the news that an unknown martyr had been killed near the border area of Nahal Oz, east of Gaza city, and that he had been transferred to Shifa Hospital.’ Salah rushed to Shifa Hospital and found his son in the morgue. ‘It was Khamis. There was a small hole in his head, and a big hole in his chest and his left fingers were wounded. I thought from his wounds that he had been shot dead. I cried a lot.’
According to the coroner’s report, Khamis died as a result of shrapnel wounds from an artillery shell. The report states that ‘gunshots don’t cause such holes unless there are exit wounds, which is not the case with Khamis. Also, the entry wound of a gunshot is narrow, not big as in the case of Khamis.’
Speaking to DCi, Salah says: ‘Why was Khamis killed? He had an intellectual disability and was small. He looked like a small child. Even though he was 17, people thought he was 13 or 14. The Israeli occupation army killed him, but I don’t know why.’ The ambulance driver testified that he had found Khamis 50 metres from the border, eight kilometres from his home.
According to the UN, ‘Israeli forces injured 204 Palestinians, including at least 60 children, the majority of them in demonstrations commemorating the 63rd anniversary of what Palestinians refer to as the 1948 Nakba.’
Israel is claiming that the minor was shot by Israeli security forces but eyewitness and activists on the ground are claiming that he was shot by private settler security guards around the large settlement, Beit Yonatan, in the heart of Silwan. According to the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, the bullet extracted from Ayyash's abdomen has been found to belong to a handgun. This type of bullet is scarcely used by the Israeli police in crowd control situations. The bullet therefore indicates the likelihood that the youth was shot by one of the settlers security guards.
Israel's heavy handed response to demonstrations was not limited to East Jerusalem yesterday. In Nabi Saleh, one Israeli suffered a broken arm after border police officers fired a tear gas canister directly at him from a distance of 5 meters. The activist was forced to hike two kilometres in order to reach a car that would take him to hospital because the ranking commander in Nabi Saleh would not allow anyone to pick him from the outskirts of the village. An American activist was also hit directly in the head with a tear gas canister from a distance of 15 meters resulting in sustained but stable head injury. Injuries were reported in Qlandiya, al Ma'asara, Bil'in and Nablus in Nakba related clashes with the Israeli military.
In the current climate of revolution against tyranny in the Middle East, Israel has chosen violence to handle popular unarmed demonstration. Israeli military planners understand that there is likely one outcome of killing minors involved in demonstrations in East Jerusalem; continued and strengthening clashes. By killing a minor in East Jerusalem, Israel is sending a message to Palestinians (and to the international community) that it is interested and willing to fight.
In a sea of emerging democracies, Israel is behaving like a tyrant using harsh military force against a movement of people's unarmed resistance to occupation and control. Demonstrations are planned throughout the West Bank tomorrow and Palestinians in Silwan will hold a demonstration after the funeral of Milad Ayyash this afternoon. The likely outcome is violence.
In the following video from Nabi Saleh yesterday, you can see the Israeli army attacking unarmed woman and the shooting of the Israeli peace activist. What you are watching are crimes which will most likely go unpunished.
Israel's heavy handed response to demonstrations was not limited to East Jerusalem yesterday. In Nabi Saleh, one Israeli suffered a broken arm after border police officers fired a tear gas canister directly at him from a distance of 5 meters. The activist was forced to hike two kilometres in order to reach a car that would take him to hospital because the ranking commander in Nabi Saleh would not allow anyone to pick him from the outskirts of the village. An American activist was also hit directly in the head with a tear gas canister from a distance of 15 meters resulting in sustained but stable head injury. Injuries were reported in Qlandiya, al Ma'asara, Bil'in and Nablus in Nakba related clashes with the Israeli military.
In the current climate of revolution against tyranny in the Middle East, Israel has chosen violence to handle popular unarmed demonstration. Israeli military planners understand that there is likely one outcome of killing minors involved in demonstrations in East Jerusalem; continued and strengthening clashes. By killing a minor in East Jerusalem, Israel is sending a message to Palestinians (and to the international community) that it is interested and willing to fight.
In a sea of emerging democracies, Israel is behaving like a tyrant using harsh military force against a movement of people's unarmed resistance to occupation and control. Demonstrations are planned throughout the West Bank tomorrow and Palestinians in Silwan will hold a demonstration after the funeral of Milad Ayyash this afternoon. The likely outcome is violence.
In the following video from Nabi Saleh yesterday, you can see the Israeli army attacking unarmed woman and the shooting of the Israeli peace activist. What you are watching are crimes which will most likely go unpunished.