31 oct 2015
Mahmoud Talal Abdul-Karim Nazzal 17
A 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed Saturday morning by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at al-Jalama crossing north of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint opened heavy fire towards a Palestinian boy while passing near the crossing, eyewitnesses said.
The boy was left bleeding for long time without receiving any medical help till he breathed his last, the sources added.
His body was then delivered to the Palestinian Red Crescent before being transferred to Talal Suleiman Public Hospital.
Following the incident, Israeli forces closed the crossing and prevented local residents’ movement.
Israeli medical sources claimed that the Palestinian boy attempted to stab Israeli soldiers before being shot dead. There were no Israeli injuries in the alleged stabbing attack.
Local sources identified the Palestinian boy as Mahmoud Talal Mahmoud Nazzal, 17, from the town of Qabatiya south of Jenin.
Last week Ahmad Muhammad Said Kamil, 16, was also killed at the al-Jalama crossing after Israeli soldiers said he attempted an attack.
Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, earlier Saturday, a Palestinian teenager in the al-Jalama Israeli military roadblock, north of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition on the child, inflicting several serious gunshot injuries, causing him to die of his wounds later.
The Red Crescent Society in Jenin said the soldiers prevented its medics from reaching the seriously wounded teen, and left him to bleed, before dragging his body behind the main gate of the military terminal.
The army completely sealed the terminal from both directions, and an hour later said the Palestinian died of his wounds.
The slain Palestinian teen has been identified as Mahmoud Talal Abdul-Karim Nazzal, 18, years of age, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin. The army later handed his body to Red Crescent Society medics.
The Israeli claimed the Palestinian attempted to "stab a soldier on the roadblock, before another soldier shot him dead."
Last Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child, identified as Ahmad Kamil, on the same roadblock.
Despite Israeli claims of a widespread wave of 'knife attacks' by Palestinians against Israelis, many of the alleged knife attacks were later disproved by video evidence and eyewitness accounts.
There have also been several proven incidents of Israeli soldiers planting knives on the bodies of Palestinians they had killed.
In related news, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, Saturday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Barta'a village, isolated behind Israel’s Apartheid Wall, southwest of Jenin.
The soldiers clashed with local youths, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
On Friday, October 30, the Israeli army transferred the body of slain child Ahmad Mohammad Kamil, who was shot dead by army fire on the same roadblock, last Saturday, October 24th. Kamil is from Qabatia town, near Jenin.
A 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed Saturday morning by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at al-Jalama crossing north of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers stationed at the checkpoint opened heavy fire towards a Palestinian boy while passing near the crossing, eyewitnesses said.
The boy was left bleeding for long time without receiving any medical help till he breathed his last, the sources added.
His body was then delivered to the Palestinian Red Crescent before being transferred to Talal Suleiman Public Hospital.
Following the incident, Israeli forces closed the crossing and prevented local residents’ movement.
Israeli medical sources claimed that the Palestinian boy attempted to stab Israeli soldiers before being shot dead. There were no Israeli injuries in the alleged stabbing attack.
Local sources identified the Palestinian boy as Mahmoud Talal Mahmoud Nazzal, 17, from the town of Qabatiya south of Jenin.
Last week Ahmad Muhammad Said Kamil, 16, was also killed at the al-Jalama crossing after Israeli soldiers said he attempted an attack.
Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, earlier Saturday, a Palestinian teenager in the al-Jalama Israeli military roadblock, north of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition on the child, inflicting several serious gunshot injuries, causing him to die of his wounds later.
The Red Crescent Society in Jenin said the soldiers prevented its medics from reaching the seriously wounded teen, and left him to bleed, before dragging his body behind the main gate of the military terminal.
The army completely sealed the terminal from both directions, and an hour later said the Palestinian died of his wounds.
The slain Palestinian teen has been identified as Mahmoud Talal Abdul-Karim Nazzal, 18, years of age, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin. The army later handed his body to Red Crescent Society medics.
The Israeli claimed the Palestinian attempted to "stab a soldier on the roadblock, before another soldier shot him dead."
Last Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child, identified as Ahmad Kamil, on the same roadblock.
Despite Israeli claims of a widespread wave of 'knife attacks' by Palestinians against Israelis, many of the alleged knife attacks were later disproved by video evidence and eyewitness accounts.
There have also been several proven incidents of Israeli soldiers planting knives on the bodies of Palestinians they had killed.
In related news, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, Saturday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Barta'a village, isolated behind Israel’s Apartheid Wall, southwest of Jenin.
The soldiers clashed with local youths, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades.
On Friday, October 30, the Israeli army transferred the body of slain child Ahmad Mohammad Kamil, who was shot dead by army fire on the same roadblock, last Saturday, October 24th. Kamil is from Qabatia town, near Jenin.
30 oct 2015
Ahmad Hamada Qneibi 23
A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli soldiers after stabbing two settlers in occupied Jerusalem at noon Friday.
The Palestinian youth was shot and left bleeding on the ground. He was proclaimed dead of serious gunshot wounds shortly after arrival at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital.
Hebrew media reported that the incident occurred in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, adding that the two Israelis sustained light to moderate wounds.
Media sources said that the Palestinian young man was from Kufur Akeb village, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Martyrdom of Ahmad Hamada Qneibi after being shot by the light rail’s guards
Ahmad Hamada Yousef Qneibi passed away on Friday afternoon after being shot by the light rail’s guards in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem under the pretext of carrying out a stabbing attack.
The occupation police said that the young man stabbed one settler and attempted to stab another in the light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah, and one guard opened fire towards him and critically injured him; he was transferred to the hospital for treatment and was announced dead later on.
The police added that the young man is the 23-year old Ahmad Qneibi; a resident of the neighborhood of Kufor Aqab north of Jerusalem.
The police explained that one settler was injured shot by mistake by the light rail guard when he opened fire towards the young man.
A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli soldiers after stabbing two settlers in occupied Jerusalem at noon Friday.
The Palestinian youth was shot and left bleeding on the ground. He was proclaimed dead of serious gunshot wounds shortly after arrival at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital.
Hebrew media reported that the incident occurred in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, adding that the two Israelis sustained light to moderate wounds.
Media sources said that the Palestinian young man was from Kufur Akeb village, north of occupied Jerusalem.
The Martyrdom of Ahmad Hamada Qneibi after being shot by the light rail’s guards
Ahmad Hamada Yousef Qneibi passed away on Friday afternoon after being shot by the light rail’s guards in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem under the pretext of carrying out a stabbing attack.
The occupation police said that the young man stabbed one settler and attempted to stab another in the light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah, and one guard opened fire towards him and critically injured him; he was transferred to the hospital for treatment and was announced dead later on.
The police added that the young man is the 23-year old Ahmad Qneibi; a resident of the neighborhood of Kufor Aqab north of Jerusalem.
The police explained that one settler was injured shot by mistake by the light rail guard when he opened fire towards the young man.
Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta eight months
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday, from tear gas inhalation, in Beit Fajjar village, to the south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The ministry said in a statement that Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta died after inhaling tear gas when clashes erupted nearby between Palestinians and Israeli military forces.
Thawabta's body is being transported to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital.
Three Palestinians were injured with 0.22 caliber bullets during clashes in the village, the ministry added.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not have any immediate information but told Ma'an News Agency that they were looking into the incident.
The eight-month-old child's death brings the total number of Palestinians killed this month to 67, at least ten of whom have been children.
At least nine Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians during the same time period. Earlier Friday, Qassem Mahmoud Sabaneh was shot dead after an alleged attack on an Israeli border policeman in Nablus, and Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, died from his injuries hours after attacking and injuring an Israeli in occupied East Jerusalem.
Clashes across occupied Palestinian territory initially began to escalate following the fatal shooting of two Israeli settlers on Oct. 1 as well as increased restrictions on Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
Near-daily clashes in the Bethlehem area have left at least three Palestinians dead, including a 13-year-old.
On Thursday, Israeli military forces told residents of Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem over a loudspeaker that unless they stopped throwing stones, the forces would gas them until they die.
“Inhabitants of Aida, we are the Israeli occupation forces, if you throw stones we will hit you with gas until you die. The children, the youth, and the old people, all of you – we won’t spare any of you."
An eight-month-old Palestinian baby died Friday, from tear gas inhalation, in Beit Fajjar village, to the south of Bethlehem during clashes in the area, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The ministry said in a statement that Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta died after inhaling tear gas when clashes erupted nearby between Palestinians and Israeli military forces.
Thawabta's body is being transported to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital.
Three Palestinians were injured with 0.22 caliber bullets during clashes in the village, the ministry added.
An Israeli army spokesperson did not have any immediate information but told Ma'an News Agency that they were looking into the incident.
The eight-month-old child's death brings the total number of Palestinians killed this month to 67, at least ten of whom have been children.
At least nine Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians during the same time period. Earlier Friday, Qassem Mahmoud Sabaneh was shot dead after an alleged attack on an Israeli border policeman in Nablus, and Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, died from his injuries hours after attacking and injuring an Israeli in occupied East Jerusalem.
Clashes across occupied Palestinian territory initially began to escalate following the fatal shooting of two Israeli settlers on Oct. 1 as well as increased restrictions on Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
Near-daily clashes in the Bethlehem area have left at least three Palestinians dead, including a 13-year-old.
On Thursday, Israeli military forces told residents of Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem over a loudspeaker that unless they stopped throwing stones, the forces would gas them until they die.
“Inhabitants of Aida, we are the Israeli occupation forces, if you throw stones we will hit you with gas until you die. The children, the youth, and the old people, all of you – we won’t spare any of you."
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Warning: This article contains graphic video and images of violence.
Israeli occupation forces executed an injured Palestinian in Hebron on Thursday, an eyewitness has told The Electronic Intifada. Video corroborates this clear case of extrajudicial execution, a war crime and part of a pattern of such killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces. Five Palestinians have been killed since Thursday, bringing the total this month to 71, according to the Palestinian Authority health ministry. This number includes five Palestinians who died as a possible result of tear |
gas inhalation, delayed medical treatment due to checkpoints and medical neglect by prison authorities.
Fifteen of the dead are children. Nine Israelis were slain in the same period.
More than 1,200 Palestinians, including at least 256 children, have been injured by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 20 October, the United Nations monitoring group OCHA reported.
Summary execution
Mahdi Muhammad Ramadan al-Muhtasib, 23, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Hebron on Thursday after he allegedly lightly injured an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint with a knife.
This video published at the Facebook page “Ramallah Mix” shows the injured al-Muhtasib lying on the ground.
An Israeli soldier stands at a distance of several meters. Al-Muhtasib moves and the soldier, still at a distance of several meters, aims his rifle at him and fires. Al-Muhtasib continues to writhe on the ground as the soldier moves around him.
Two more soldiers then approach al-Muhtasib but at no point is he provided medical assistance.
The one-and-a-half minute video shows one shot clearly being fired at the already injured and immobilized al-Muhtasib, but an eyewitness told The Electronic Intifada that many more shots had been fired.
Isa Ajlouni, who lives in an apartment building next to the checkpoint, told The Electronic Intifada that he heard approximately five shots in close succession. “I went to the window and saw the young man wounded, lying on the ground,” he said.
He added that he looked around and saw an Israeli soldier walk over to al-Muhtasib’s fallen body. The soldier stood right above al-Muhtasib, who was still moving, and fired six bullets into his body.
Ajlouni said that he also saw a bleeding Israeli officer by the checkpoint.
Fifteen of the dead are children. Nine Israelis were slain in the same period.
More than 1,200 Palestinians, including at least 256 children, have been injured by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 20 October, the United Nations monitoring group OCHA reported.
Summary execution
Mahdi Muhammad Ramadan al-Muhtasib, 23, was killed by Israeli soldiers in Hebron on Thursday after he allegedly lightly injured an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint with a knife.
This video published at the Facebook page “Ramallah Mix” shows the injured al-Muhtasib lying on the ground.
An Israeli soldier stands at a distance of several meters. Al-Muhtasib moves and the soldier, still at a distance of several meters, aims his rifle at him and fires. Al-Muhtasib continues to writhe on the ground as the soldier moves around him.
Two more soldiers then approach al-Muhtasib but at no point is he provided medical assistance.
The one-and-a-half minute video shows one shot clearly being fired at the already injured and immobilized al-Muhtasib, but an eyewitness told The Electronic Intifada that many more shots had been fired.
Isa Ajlouni, who lives in an apartment building next to the checkpoint, told The Electronic Intifada that he heard approximately five shots in close succession. “I went to the window and saw the young man wounded, lying on the ground,” he said.
He added that he looked around and saw an Israeli soldier walk over to al-Muhtasib’s fallen body. The soldier stood right above al-Muhtasib, who was still moving, and fired six bullets into his body.
Ajlouni said that he also saw a bleeding Israeli officer by the checkpoint.
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A second video, published by the Hebron group Youth Against Settlements, shows al-Muhtasib lying on the ground with soldiers milling around him. It then shows another close-up of al-Muhtasib, but this time he is covered in much more blood. Israeli personnel then drag his body, put it on a stretcher, photograph and cover it.
It also clearly shows the faces of soldiers and officers involved in this slaying. The soldiers are wearing vests that identify them as belonging to Israel’s paramilitary Border Police. After al-Muhtasib’s killing, youths began throwing stones at the checkpoint and Israeli forces opened fire. Throughout the day, the Israeli military fired sound grenades, tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at protesters in the Old City of Hebron. |
On 27 October, Amnesty International said it had documented at least four other recent instances “in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead by Israeli forces when they posed no imminent threat to life, in what appear to have been extrajudicial executions.”
Three of the killings were in Hebron and one was in occupied East Jerusalem.
Hisham Sharabati, a field researcher with the human rights group Al-Haq, told The Electronic Intifada that he believes Israel’s shoot-to-kill policy is intended to deter Palestinians from resisting.
Another factor, he said, is that Israeli soldiers at the checkpoints are trigger happy, a situation likely made worse by the inciting portrayals of knife-wielding Palestinians in the Israeli media.
Human rights groups have condemned top Israeli police and political leaders for inciting summary executions.
On Wednesday, Israeli authorities announced that Isra Abed had not attempted, and had no intention, of stabbing anyone before she was shot multiple times and seriously injured in Afula, a city in the north of present-day Israel, earlier this month. The Palestinian citizen of Israel from Nazareth will be released without charge.
Meanwhile, Israel has charged 13-year-old Ahmad Manasra with attempted murder for his part in an alleged stabbing attack at an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem earlier this month. Mansara was seen in a video lying on the ground covered in blood as Israelis shouted obscenties at him and told him to die.
His 15-year-old cousin Hasan Khalid Manasra was shot dead by police during the incident.
Hebron youth slain
Later on Thursday, Israeli forces in Hebron shot dead 19-year-old Farouq Abdulqadir Omar Sidr near the Beit Hadassah settlement.
Israel claimed he tried to stab a soldier at a checkpoint.
A Palestinian woman in the area at the time told the Ma’an News Agency that she “heard gunshots and saw Israeli soldiers and settlers firing at a young Palestinian man while he was walking down a staircase,” adding that she did not see anything in his hands.
Three of the killings were in Hebron and one was in occupied East Jerusalem.
Hisham Sharabati, a field researcher with the human rights group Al-Haq, told The Electronic Intifada that he believes Israel’s shoot-to-kill policy is intended to deter Palestinians from resisting.
Another factor, he said, is that Israeli soldiers at the checkpoints are trigger happy, a situation likely made worse by the inciting portrayals of knife-wielding Palestinians in the Israeli media.
Human rights groups have condemned top Israeli police and political leaders for inciting summary executions.
On Wednesday, Israeli authorities announced that Isra Abed had not attempted, and had no intention, of stabbing anyone before she was shot multiple times and seriously injured in Afula, a city in the north of present-day Israel, earlier this month. The Palestinian citizen of Israel from Nazareth will be released without charge.
Meanwhile, Israel has charged 13-year-old Ahmad Manasra with attempted murder for his part in an alleged stabbing attack at an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem earlier this month. Mansara was seen in a video lying on the ground covered in blood as Israelis shouted obscenties at him and told him to die.
His 15-year-old cousin Hasan Khalid Manasra was shot dead by police during the incident.
Hebron youth slain
Later on Thursday, Israeli forces in Hebron shot dead 19-year-old Farouq Abdulqadir Omar Sidr near the Beit Hadassah settlement.
Israel claimed he tried to stab a soldier at a checkpoint.
A Palestinian woman in the area at the time told the Ma’an News Agency that she “heard gunshots and saw Israeli soldiers and settlers firing at a young Palestinian man while he was walking down a staircase,” adding that she did not see anything in his hands.
Israeli forces stand near the body of Farouk Sidr, shot dead after he allegedly tried to stab a soldier at a Jewish settlement in the center of Hebron on 29 October.
Today, Amnesty International called on Israel to “protect Palestinian civilians from attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and ensure effective investigation of all attacks.”
It noted in particular the killing of 18-year-old Palestinian Fadil Qawasmi by a settler in Hebron on 17 October.
“Settlers have long attacked and harassed Palestinians in Hebron and the rest of the occupied West Bank with impunity, and sometimes with the apparent assistance or acquiescence of Israeli forces,” Amnesty said.
International activists reported Friday that Israel has declared the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron’s Old City a closed military zone to Palestinians, except for residents who will have to register with the army in order to access their homes.
Baby suffocates
On Friday, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians and an infant died after inhaling tear gas.
Eight-month-old Ramadan Muhammad Faisal Thawabta died after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli military at nearby protestors in Beit Fajjar, a village south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health ministry sources said.
Earlier on Friday, at a checkpoint near Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces shot two Palestinians after they allegedly tried to stab a Border Police officer.
Qasim Mahmoud Sabaneh, 20, was immediately killed, while another youth was left in critical condition. The name of the injured youth was not immediately available, but Palestinian media reported that he was 17 years old.
After noon prayers the same day, Israeli forces shot Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli near a light rail station outside the French Hill settlement in East Jerusalem.
Israeli police later announced that the critically injured Qneibi died after they took him into custody.
Children’s bodies returned
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Hebron on Friday evening as the bodies of five slain Palestinian children, which had been withheld by Israeli forces, were transferred.
The teenagers, all killed by Israeli forces this month in apparent extrajudicial executions, were Dania Irsheid, 17, Bayan al-Esseili, 16, Tariq Ziyad al-Natshe, 16, Husam Ismail al-Jabari, 17, and 15-year-old Bashar Nidal al-Jabari. They will be buried on Saturday.
Children in “administrative detention”In an escalation of its crackdown on Palestinians, Israel has reintroduced administrative detention, incarceration without charge or trial, for children.
In the early hours of 19 October, Israeli forces arrested Fadi Hasan Abassi, 17, and Muhammad Saleh Ghaith, 17, from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, according to Defence for Children International – Palestine.
A third boy, Mahmoud Sbaih, 17, was seized at his home in a predawn raid on 16 October in the city’s Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood. All three youths are to be held for three to six months without trial on the orders of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, allegedly for throwing stones.
Israel currently holds hundreds of Palestinian adults in administrative detention, a practice widely condemned by human rights groups.
It has not been used against any Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since 2011, according to Defence for Children International – Palestine.
The children’s rights group says it has no record of administrative detention ever being used against children in East Jerusalem, part of the West Bank that Israel purports to have annexed in violation of international law.
The UN also noted this week that investigations by several human rights organizations regarding an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 11 October that killed a pregnant Palestinian and her baby had “found that the missiles had directly hit the victims’ home, not weapon production sites belonging to members of armed forces,” as Israel had previously claimed.
Charlotte Silver reported from Hebron.
Video: "Soldier Fires Fatal Shot On Wounded Palestinian In Hebron"
After the Israeli army shot and killed a young Palestinian man, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, October 29, 2015, a video was published by the Ramallah Mix Media Agency, showing a soldier approaching the neutralized Palestinian, before firing the fatal shot.
The video shows the fatal shooting of Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib, 23 years of age, who was shot near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
Al-Mohtasib was first shot and wounded, and was already on the ground in pain, when a soldier approached him and fired a second deadly shot.
The Israeli army claimed the young man was shot after stabbing and mildly wounding a settler with a cut to his arm. Video
Today, Amnesty International called on Israel to “protect Palestinian civilians from attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and ensure effective investigation of all attacks.”
It noted in particular the killing of 18-year-old Palestinian Fadil Qawasmi by a settler in Hebron on 17 October.
“Settlers have long attacked and harassed Palestinians in Hebron and the rest of the occupied West Bank with impunity, and sometimes with the apparent assistance or acquiescence of Israeli forces,” Amnesty said.
International activists reported Friday that Israel has declared the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron’s Old City a closed military zone to Palestinians, except for residents who will have to register with the army in order to access their homes.
Baby suffocates
On Friday, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians and an infant died after inhaling tear gas.
Eight-month-old Ramadan Muhammad Faisal Thawabta died after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli military at nearby protestors in Beit Fajjar, a village south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health ministry sources said.
Earlier on Friday, at a checkpoint near Nablus in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces shot two Palestinians after they allegedly tried to stab a Border Police officer.
Qasim Mahmoud Sabaneh, 20, was immediately killed, while another youth was left in critical condition. The name of the injured youth was not immediately available, but Palestinian media reported that he was 17 years old.
After noon prayers the same day, Israeli forces shot Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli near a light rail station outside the French Hill settlement in East Jerusalem.
Israeli police later announced that the critically injured Qneibi died after they took him into custody.
Children’s bodies returned
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Hebron on Friday evening as the bodies of five slain Palestinian children, which had been withheld by Israeli forces, were transferred.
The teenagers, all killed by Israeli forces this month in apparent extrajudicial executions, were Dania Irsheid, 17, Bayan al-Esseili, 16, Tariq Ziyad al-Natshe, 16, Husam Ismail al-Jabari, 17, and 15-year-old Bashar Nidal al-Jabari. They will be buried on Saturday.
Children in “administrative detention”In an escalation of its crackdown on Palestinians, Israel has reintroduced administrative detention, incarceration without charge or trial, for children.
In the early hours of 19 October, Israeli forces arrested Fadi Hasan Abassi, 17, and Muhammad Saleh Ghaith, 17, from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, according to Defence for Children International – Palestine.
A third boy, Mahmoud Sbaih, 17, was seized at his home in a predawn raid on 16 October in the city’s Jabal al-Mukabir neighborhood. All three youths are to be held for three to six months without trial on the orders of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, allegedly for throwing stones.
Israel currently holds hundreds of Palestinian adults in administrative detention, a practice widely condemned by human rights groups.
It has not been used against any Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since 2011, according to Defence for Children International – Palestine.
The children’s rights group says it has no record of administrative detention ever being used against children in East Jerusalem, part of the West Bank that Israel purports to have annexed in violation of international law.
The UN also noted this week that investigations by several human rights organizations regarding an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 11 October that killed a pregnant Palestinian and her baby had “found that the missiles had directly hit the victims’ home, not weapon production sites belonging to members of armed forces,” as Israel had previously claimed.
Charlotte Silver reported from Hebron.
Video: "Soldier Fires Fatal Shot On Wounded Palestinian In Hebron"
After the Israeli army shot and killed a young Palestinian man, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, October 29, 2015, a video was published by the Ramallah Mix Media Agency, showing a soldier approaching the neutralized Palestinian, before firing the fatal shot.
The video shows the fatal shooting of Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib, 23 years of age, who was shot near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
Al-Mohtasib was first shot and wounded, and was already on the ground in pain, when a soldier approached him and fired a second deadly shot.
The Israeli army claimed the young man was shot after stabbing and mildly wounding a settler with a cut to his arm. Video
Qassem Saba’na 20
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man, and seriously wounded another, near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Qassem Saba’na, 20 years of age, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
The army claims the two attempted to stab soldiers.
The soldiers completely closed the roadblock, and prevented the residents from crossing in both directions, while more units were deployed in the area.
Abdul-Halim Ja’afra, head of the Red Crescent Emergency Services, said the soldiers allowed its medics to provide the young man with first aid, before an Israeli military ambulance moved him to an Israeli hospital.
Israel said the body of the slain Palestinian will be handed to the Palestinian side approximately at 4 P.M.
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man, and seriously wounded another, near the Za’tara roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Qassem Saba’na, 20 years of age, from Qabatia town, south of Jenin.
The army claims the two attempted to stab soldiers.
The soldiers completely closed the roadblock, and prevented the residents from crossing in both directions, while more units were deployed in the area.
Abdul-Halim Ja’afra, head of the Red Crescent Emergency Services, said the soldiers allowed its medics to provide the young man with first aid, before an Israeli military ambulance moved him to an Israeli hospital.
Israel said the body of the slain Palestinian will be handed to the Palestinian side approximately at 4 P.M.
29 oct 2015
Amnesty International has strongly denounced Israel for carrying out unlawful and extrajudicial killings against the Palestinians and using lethal force without justification.
In a press release, the human rights organization said it had documented at least four incidents in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead by Israeli forces when they posed no imminent threat to life.
It added that in some cases, the person shot was left bleeding to death on the ground and was not given immediate medical assistance in violation of the international prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.
"We are increasingly seeing Israeli forces recklessly flouting international standards by shooting to kill in situations where it is completely unjustified. Israeli forces must end this pattern of unlawful killings and bring all those responsible to justice," the human rights group underlined.
The group also accused Israel of utilizing investigation systems perpetuating impunity for unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli military and police forces.
In a press release, the human rights organization said it had documented at least four incidents in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead by Israeli forces when they posed no imminent threat to life.
It added that in some cases, the person shot was left bleeding to death on the ground and was not given immediate medical assistance in violation of the international prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.
"We are increasingly seeing Israeli forces recklessly flouting international standards by shooting to kill in situations where it is completely unjustified. Israeli forces must end this pattern of unlawful killings and bring all those responsible to justice," the human rights group underlined.
The group also accused Israel of utilizing investigation systems perpetuating impunity for unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli military and police forces.
Nadim Eshqeirat 52
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, on Thursday morning, after the ambulance was unable to reach him in time, due to the extensive military blockade, and roadblocks isolating Palestinian communities in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
The sources said resident Nadim Eshqeirat, 52 years of age, suffered a heart attack approximately at 6:30 in the norming, before his family, in Jabal al-Mokabber, called the Nuran Charitable Association Emergency Services.
The dispatched ambulance was held due to traffic jams resulting from the numerous Israeli military roadblocks.
Nuran’s spokesperson Mohammad Bashir said, in normal conditions, an ambulance should reach the home of any patient in Jabal al-Mokabber within 5 to 7 minutes, but in this case it was delayed at least 7 minutes.
"Our medics tried to provide the patient with the needed urgent care, including electric shocks" he said, "The difference between life and death is just a few minutes, the first minutes after a heart attack are very essential, but we got delayed due to Israel’s roadblocks."
He added that he also contacted the Israeli medical rescue services but they refused to enter the town without "military protection," and said they will wait near the Police station at the main entrance of Jabal al-Mokabber.
"Our ambulance took the patient to the specified location where the Israeli ambulance was waiting,” Bashir stated, “That was approximately 40 minutes after he suffered the heart attack; he was already dead.”
On Sunday at night, October 18, an elderly Palestinian woman from the al-’Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, died on a military roadblock, after Israeli soldiers delayed a car moving her to a hospital.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a man died, on Thursday morning, after the ambulance was unable to reach him in time, due to the extensive military blockade, and roadblocks isolating Palestinian communities in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
The sources said resident Nadim Eshqeirat, 52 years of age, suffered a heart attack approximately at 6:30 in the norming, before his family, in Jabal al-Mokabber, called the Nuran Charitable Association Emergency Services.
The dispatched ambulance was held due to traffic jams resulting from the numerous Israeli military roadblocks.
Nuran’s spokesperson Mohammad Bashir said, in normal conditions, an ambulance should reach the home of any patient in Jabal al-Mokabber within 5 to 7 minutes, but in this case it was delayed at least 7 minutes.
"Our medics tried to provide the patient with the needed urgent care, including electric shocks" he said, "The difference between life and death is just a few minutes, the first minutes after a heart attack are very essential, but we got delayed due to Israel’s roadblocks."
He added that he also contacted the Israeli medical rescue services but they refused to enter the town without "military protection," and said they will wait near the Police station at the main entrance of Jabal al-Mokabber.
"Our ambulance took the patient to the specified location where the Israeli ambulance was waiting,” Bashir stated, “That was approximately 40 minutes after he suffered the heart attack; he was already dead.”
On Sunday at night, October 18, an elderly Palestinian woman from the al-’Eesawiyya town, in occupied Jerusalem, died on a military roadblock, after Israeli soldiers delayed a car moving her to a hospital.
Eyewitnesses also said Israeli soldiers, and extremist colonizers attacked the dead body of the slain Palestinian, and opened fire on the home of resident Hajj Mofeed Sharabati.
The army claims several Palestinian activists, of the Independent Human Rights Committee and Youth Coalition against Settlements, "were hiding in the Sharabati home."
Farid al-Atrash, head of the Independent Committee for Human Rights in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers attacked him and many Palestinians who were with him when they rushed to the scene, where the Palestinian was killed, after hearing gunshots.
“The soldiers attacked us, and we ran to the home of Mofeed Sharabati,” he stated, “The soldiers and fanatic settlers followed us, and attacked us in his home.”
"We are here, and will remain here; we document the Israeli violations; we defend the legitimate rights of the Palestinians to live in peace and dignity," he added, "The soldiers also fired a gas bomb targeting the Sharabati home, and surrounded it."
Also Thursday, soldiers shot and killed Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib, 23 years of age, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron.
The latest fatal shootings on Thursday bring the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire in occupied Palestine since the beginning of this month to 68, including 14 children.
49 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, 17 in the Gaza Strip, including a mother and her two years of age child, and one in the Negev, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
The Ministry added that at least 914 have been shot by live Israeli army fire, while 878 were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
It also said that 206 Palestinians suffered fractures and bruises after being beaten by Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers, 14 suffered burns due to Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades, and more than 5000 Palestinians received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The army claims several Palestinian activists, of the Independent Human Rights Committee and Youth Coalition against Settlements, "were hiding in the Sharabati home."
Farid al-Atrash, head of the Independent Committee for Human Rights in the southern part of the West Bank, said the soldiers attacked him and many Palestinians who were with him when they rushed to the scene, where the Palestinian was killed, after hearing gunshots.
“The soldiers attacked us, and we ran to the home of Mofeed Sharabati,” he stated, “The soldiers and fanatic settlers followed us, and attacked us in his home.”
"We are here, and will remain here; we document the Israeli violations; we defend the legitimate rights of the Palestinians to live in peace and dignity," he added, "The soldiers also fired a gas bomb targeting the Sharabati home, and surrounded it."
Also Thursday, soldiers shot and killed Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib, 23 years of age, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron.
The latest fatal shootings on Thursday bring the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire in occupied Palestine since the beginning of this month to 68, including 14 children.
49 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, 17 in the Gaza Strip, including a mother and her two years of age child, and one in the Negev, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
The Ministry added that at least 914 have been shot by live Israeli army fire, while 878 were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
It also said that 206 Palestinians suffered fractures and bruises after being beaten by Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers, 14 suffered burns due to Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades, and more than 5000 Palestinians received treatment for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib 22
A Palestinian young man was shot and killed by an Israeli border policeman near a military checkpoint in al-Khalil after an alleged stabbing attack on an Israeli soldier.
However, eyewitness affirmed that the Israeli soldiers, who were stationed at the checkpoint, opened fire at the victim while he was approximately 50 meters away from the checkpoint.
He was then left to bleed for long hours as ambulances were prevented by Israeli forces from transferring him, the sources added.
Another eyewitness told the PIC reporter that the victim, in his twenties, fell to the ground then the soldiers took off his clothes and wrapped him in a black sack.
He added that an Israeli soldier approached the youth and shot him in the head, he added.
A third eyewitness said that students of a nearby elementary school threw stones at the Israeli soldiers who responded by firing live rounds at them. An Israeli soldier was slightly injured after a stone hit his head.
The victim was passing near the checkpoint at that time, the eyewitness continued, when the soldiers shot and killed him. Video Video
A Palestinian young man was shot and killed by an Israeli border policeman near a military checkpoint in al-Khalil after an alleged stabbing attack on an Israeli soldier.
However, eyewitness affirmed that the Israeli soldiers, who were stationed at the checkpoint, opened fire at the victim while he was approximately 50 meters away from the checkpoint.
He was then left to bleed for long hours as ambulances were prevented by Israeli forces from transferring him, the sources added.
Another eyewitness told the PIC reporter that the victim, in his twenties, fell to the ground then the soldiers took off his clothes and wrapped him in a black sack.
He added that an Israeli soldier approached the youth and shot him in the head, he added.
A third eyewitness said that students of a nearby elementary school threw stones at the Israeli soldiers who responded by firing live rounds at them. An Israeli soldier was slightly injured after a stone hit his head.
The victim was passing near the checkpoint at that time, the eyewitness continued, when the soldiers shot and killed him. Video Video
28 oct 2015
Homam Adnan Sa’id 23
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinians near the Gush Etzion junction, north of Hebron, and one Palestinian in Hebron city. The soldiers also kidnapped a child, 11 years of age, and a young man, near Hebron.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers shot Ezzeddin Nadi Sha'ban Abu Shakhdam, 17, and Shadi Nabil Dweik, 22, both from Hebron, and left them to bleed to death.
WAFA added that a Red Crescent ambulance rushed to the scene to attempt to help the wounded Palestinians, but the soldiers prevented it from reaching them.
The Israeli army claimed that the two attacked and stabbed a soldier before the soldiers shot them dead.
In addition, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, identified as Homam Adnan Sa’id, 23, in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city.
At first, the Palestinians did know the identity of the slain Palestinian as the soldiers sealed the area and prevented medics from reaching him; his family managed to identify him after the army published photos of the incident.
Coordinator of the Youth Coalition against Settlements Issa Amro said the slain Palestinian was crossing the road when the soldiers shot him, and that locals and international activists said the soldiers placed a knife next to his body.
The families of the two slain Palestinians demanded the army to hand them the bodies of their slain children, and added that the Israeli “justifications” of those repeated executions are becoming exposed, and are desperate attempts to cover-up the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.
“Every time they kill someone, they throw a knife next to his body, and claimed he, or she, attempted to stab them,” the father of Ezzeddin Abu Shakhdam, one of the slain Palestinians, told the Wattan News Agency.
The father of Shadi Dweik also denounced the latest Israeli crime, and demanded Israel to allow the transfer of the bodies of their slain Palestinians to their families for proper burial ceremonies.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Malek Ayesh Abu Mariya, 11, in the Etzion military base, after he was ordered to head there for interrogation.
The child went to Etzion along with father, and the soldiers told him he needed to pay a 500 New Israeli Shekels fine, but when the father went to bring the money, the soldiers placed the child under arrest.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man from the al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, after violently assaulting and beating him in Beit Za'ta area, east of Beit Ummar town.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 61 including 14 children; Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of this month. 43 of them have been killed in the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem, 17 in the Gaza Strip, including a pregnant woman and her two years of age child, and one in Houra, in the Negev.
Moreover, 2120 have been injured by Israeli army gunfire since October 1, including 820 with live gunfire and more than 900 by rubber-coated steel bullets.
On October 17, The Youth Against Settlements Coalition in Hebron published a video of the fatal shooting a Palestinian youth on the hands of an armed Israeli paramilitary settler, and showing a soldier placing a sharp object next to the dead Palestinian teen.
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinians near the Gush Etzion junction, north of Hebron, and one Palestinian in Hebron city. The soldiers also kidnapped a child, 11 years of age, and a young man, near Hebron.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers shot Ezzeddin Nadi Sha'ban Abu Shakhdam, 17, and Shadi Nabil Dweik, 22, both from Hebron, and left them to bleed to death.
WAFA added that a Red Crescent ambulance rushed to the scene to attempt to help the wounded Palestinians, but the soldiers prevented it from reaching them.
The Israeli army claimed that the two attacked and stabbed a soldier before the soldiers shot them dead.
In addition, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, identified as Homam Adnan Sa’id, 23, in Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city.
At first, the Palestinians did know the identity of the slain Palestinian as the soldiers sealed the area and prevented medics from reaching him; his family managed to identify him after the army published photos of the incident.
Coordinator of the Youth Coalition against Settlements Issa Amro said the slain Palestinian was crossing the road when the soldiers shot him, and that locals and international activists said the soldiers placed a knife next to his body.
The families of the two slain Palestinians demanded the army to hand them the bodies of their slain children, and added that the Israeli “justifications” of those repeated executions are becoming exposed, and are desperate attempts to cover-up the ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people.
“Every time they kill someone, they throw a knife next to his body, and claimed he, or she, attempted to stab them,” the father of Ezzeddin Abu Shakhdam, one of the slain Palestinians, told the Wattan News Agency.
The father of Shadi Dweik also denounced the latest Israeli crime, and demanded Israel to allow the transfer of the bodies of their slain Palestinians to their families for proper burial ceremonies.
On Tuesday evening, the soldiers kidnapped a child, identified as Malek Ayesh Abu Mariya, 11, in the Etzion military base, after he was ordered to head there for interrogation.
The child went to Etzion along with father, and the soldiers told him he needed to pay a 500 New Israeli Shekels fine, but when the father went to bring the money, the soldiers placed the child under arrest.
In addition, soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man from the al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, after violently assaulting and beating him in Beit Za'ta area, east of Beit Ummar town.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 61 including 14 children; Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of this month. 43 of them have been killed in the occupied West Bank, and occupied Jerusalem, 17 in the Gaza Strip, including a pregnant woman and her two years of age child, and one in Houra, in the Negev.
Moreover, 2120 have been injured by Israeli army gunfire since October 1, including 820 with live gunfire and more than 900 by rubber-coated steel bullets.
On October 17, The Youth Against Settlements Coalition in Hebron published a video of the fatal shooting a Palestinian youth on the hands of an armed Israeli paramilitary settler, and showing a soldier placing a sharp object next to the dead Palestinian teen.
27 oct 2015
Ezzedine Sha’ban Abu Shakhdam 17
Shadi Nabil Dweik 22
Two Palestinian youths were fatally shot by the Israeli occupation troops at a hitch-hiking stop in Gush Etzion on Tuesday afternoon on account of their involvement in anti-occupation stabbing.
Israeli news outlets claimed the occupation soldiers stopped two Palestinians at a bus station on allegations that they seemed suspicious.
The Palestinian youths then attacked and stabbed a soldier and were shot dead on the spot.
Sometime later, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain youths as Ezzedine Sha’ban Abu Shakhdam and Shadi Nabeel al-Qudusi, both natives of the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Activist Mohamed Awad said an ambulance rushed from Beit Ummar to Gush Etzion to assist the casualties but were denied access into the area by the occupation troops.
Paramedics reportedly caught sight of the youngsters who were left on the ground bleeding. Israeli video
Shadi Nabil Dweik 22
Two Palestinian youths were fatally shot by the Israeli occupation troops at a hitch-hiking stop in Gush Etzion on Tuesday afternoon on account of their involvement in anti-occupation stabbing.
Israeli news outlets claimed the occupation soldiers stopped two Palestinians at a bus station on allegations that they seemed suspicious.
The Palestinian youths then attacked and stabbed a soldier and were shot dead on the spot.
Sometime later, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain youths as Ezzedine Sha’ban Abu Shakhdam and Shadi Nabeel al-Qudusi, both natives of the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil.
Activist Mohamed Awad said an ambulance rushed from Beit Ummar to Gush Etzion to assist the casualties but were denied access into the area by the occupation troops.
Paramedics reportedly caught sight of the youngsters who were left on the ground bleeding. Israeli video
The occupation forces raided on Tuesday the houses of Jabal Al-Mukabber Martyrs as well as the house of prisoner Shurouq Dwayyat.
Local sources from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber said that the occupation forces raided the houses of Martyrs Mu’taz Aweisat (minor), Mustafa Khatib (minor) and Baha’ Alayan in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and also the house of prisoner Shurouq Dwayyat in the village of Sur Baher; special crews took pictures and measurements of the houses and also checked their walls.
Sources explained that the forces raided the surroundings of Khatib family house since no one was home and they don’t own the house; they’ve rented it for tens of years.
• Mu’taz Aweisat was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 17/10/2015 in the settlement established on the lands of the village under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; the occupation authorities did not reveal any evidence to prove their claims.
• Mustafa Khatib was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 12/10/2015 in the area of Lions’ Gate (one of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Gates) under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; the occupation authorities did not reveal any evidence to prove their claims.
• Baha’ Alayan was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 13/10/2015 after carrying out a dual attack in an Israeli bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber.
• 18-year old Prisoner Shurouq Dwayyat was accused of attempting to stab a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem on 7/10/2015 and was shot in her shoulder by the settler.
The occupation authorities are still detaining the Martyrs’ bodies (Aweisat, Khatib and Alayan) and have been raiding their houses every now and then to take pictures and measurements.
Local sources from the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber said that the occupation forces raided the houses of Martyrs Mu’taz Aweisat (minor), Mustafa Khatib (minor) and Baha’ Alayan in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber and also the house of prisoner Shurouq Dwayyat in the village of Sur Baher; special crews took pictures and measurements of the houses and also checked their walls.
Sources explained that the forces raided the surroundings of Khatib family house since no one was home and they don’t own the house; they’ve rented it for tens of years.
• Mu’taz Aweisat was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 17/10/2015 in the settlement established on the lands of the village under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; the occupation authorities did not reveal any evidence to prove their claims.
• Mustafa Khatib was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 12/10/2015 in the area of Lions’ Gate (one of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Gates) under the pretext of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack; the occupation authorities did not reveal any evidence to prove their claims.
• Baha’ Alayan was killed by the occupation’s bullets on 13/10/2015 after carrying out a dual attack in an Israeli bus in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber.
• 18-year old Prisoner Shurouq Dwayyat was accused of attempting to stab a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem on 7/10/2015 and was shot in her shoulder by the settler.
The occupation authorities are still detaining the Martyrs’ bodies (Aweisat, Khatib and Alayan) and have been raiding their houses every now and then to take pictures and measurements.