Showing posts with label palestinian civilian killed. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Gaza demo death toll rises as 7th dies from injuries

Oct. 10, 2015 9:38 A.M. (Updated: Oct. 10, 2015 5:33 P.M.)


Palestinian men carry a man wounded during clashes with Israeli security forces, outside a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 9, 2015. (AFP)
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Twenty-two year old Jihad Salim al-Ubeid died Saturday morning from wounds sustained after being shot by Israeli snipers during a demonstration Friday, Gaza's ministry of health said.

The young man's death brings the total killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations in Gaza on Friday to seven. The demonstrations were held near the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City and near Khan Younis.

A spokesman for Gaza's ministry of health, Ashraf al-Qidra, confirmed to Ma'an that al-Ubeid, from the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, succumbed to his wounds after being shot and critically injured when Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians gathered around 100 meters from the border fence.

On Friday, Shadi Hussam Dawla, 20, Ahmad al-Harbawi, 20, and Abed al-Wahidi, 20, were shot and killed east of the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood.Muhammad al-Raqeb, 15, and Ziad Nabil Sharaf, 20, were killed after being shot by Israeli forces near Khan Younis while Adnan Moussa Abu Elayyan, 22, was shot in the head and killed in the same area.

One hundred and forty-five other Palestinians were injured by live fire or rubber-coated steel bullets during the Gaza demonstrations, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an at the time that 200 Palestinians approached the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at Israeli forces.

Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.Al-Ubeid's death comes as tensions continue to rise across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories following a series of stabbing attacks by both Israelis and Palestinians, violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians, and increased restrictions on Palestinians around the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City.

Fifteen Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and around 1,000 injured with live and rubber-coated steel bullets in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since Oct. 1.Nine of those killed have been shot dead during demonstrations and clashes.Four Israelis have been killed during the same time period, two of whom were Israeli settlers.

Friday, October 9, 2015

3 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces open fire at Gaza demo


Israeli soldiers on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip. (AFP/File Menahem Kahana)
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Three Palestinians were killed and 19 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City, medics said.

Medical sources told Ma'an that Ahmad al-Harbawi, Abed al-Wahidi, and Hussam Dawla were shot and killed during the clashes east of the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood east of Gaza City.

At least 19 other Palestinians were injured.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that 200 Palestinians approached the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at Israeli forces.
Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.
The deaths in Gaza come amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday.
In the Israeli city of Dimona, an Israeli teenager stabbed four Palestinian Bedouins who worked for the local municipality, seriously injuring two.
A Palestinian was shot and killed in the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba after attempting to stab an Israeli border officer, police said, while a Palestinian woman was also shot in Afula after allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli security guard.
Tensions had been mounting steadily for weeks across the occupied Palestinian territory due to Israeli restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.
At least 900 Palestinians have been injured in seven consecutive days of demonstrations and clashes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, at least 60 with live fire, medics say.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian man in northern Gaza



Published today (updated) 23/11/2014 16:42
 
An Israeli army watch tower and a tank are seen at the border
between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 02, 2014, near
Khan Younis (AFP/File Said Khatib)
 
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical sources and witnesses said.

Witnesses said Fadil Muhammad Halawah, 32, was hunting birds east of Jabaliya when Israeli soldiers shot him dead.

Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Palestinian health ministry, said Halawah arrived at Kamal Udwan hospital in Jabaliya with a gunshot wound.

Doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an that two Palestinians approached the separation barrier in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Soldiers called on the two to stop and fired warning shots in the air, the spokesman said.

When the two Palestinians "refused to comply," soldiers "fired at the lower extremities, confirming one hit."

The spokesman could not provide any further information.

Halwah is the first Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Palestinian militants and Israel in late August, ending 50 days of violence.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Palestinian child killed by unexploded Israeli ordnance in Gaza



GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian child died on Wednesday after he touched an unexploded Israeli ordnance left over from the most recent offensive over the summer, causing it to explode.

Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that 4-year-old Muhammad Sami Abu Jrad from the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun was killed after he came into contact with the ordnance.

Muhammad was severely injured when the ordnance exploded as a result of contact, and passed away after beign transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Muhammad is at least the 10th person to be killed by unexploded Israeli ordnance, including six in August and three in September.

Watch groups have warned that the ordnance can be a particular threat to children, who often think the bombs are toys.

The Gaza Strip is currently littered with a large number of unexploded Israeli ordnance, a constant reminder of the more than 50-day Israeli offensive that left more than 2,150 dead, 11,200 injured, and more than 110,000 homeless.

Although Gaza police explosives teams have been working across the territory to destroy unexploded ordnance and prevent safety threats to locals, lack of proper equipment due to the seven-year Israeli siege as well as lack of resources more generally have hindered efforts.

Even before the most frequent Israeli assault, unexploded ordnance from the 2008-9 and 2012 offensives was a major threat to Gazans.

A 2012 report published by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that 111 civilians, 64 of whom were children, were casualties to unexploded ordnance between 2009 and 2012, reaching an average of four every month in 2012.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Crowds bury 'mentally ill' Gaza woman shot dead by Israeli forces

Published yesterday (updated) 02/03/2014 11:25
 
(MaanImages)
 
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Large crowds turned out to mourn the death of a 57-year-old Gaza woman on Saturday, hours after Israeli forces shot her dead as she walked near the separation barrier in the southern Gaza Strip.

Mourners taking part in the funeral for Aminah Qudeih in the city of Khan Younis called for a response to the killing, demanding Palestinian leadership hold Israeli authorities accountable by appealing for justice at the International Criminal Court.

Although Qudeih was shot by Israeli forces east of Khan Younis late Friday, ambulance crews were prevented from reaching her until Saturday morning, at which time they found her dead.

Abu Anas Qudeih, a relative of the woman, told Ma'an that Aminah had gotten lost on her way home from a party at her neighbors' house.

He added that although she had not approached the buffer zone that Israeli maintains near the border, Israeli forces had opened fire on her as she walked and killed her.

Qudeih added that "the policy of the enemy is blood," adding that Israel "does not understand anything except the language of resistance."



The woman's relatives told AP she was mentally ill, and assumed she wandered toward the border by mistake.

Abd al-Aziz Qudeih, a leader in the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, condemned the attack, calling upon Palestinian leadership to go the international courts and prosecute Israel for its "crimes."

He said that Israel used a policy of "intimidation" to force Palestinians to flee their lands.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that after telling the suspect to stop, and firing warning shots into the air, Israeli forces opened fire on her "lower extremities."


Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.

The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.

According to UNOCHA, 17% of Gaza's total land area and 35% of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian woman in southern Gaza

Published yesterday (updated) 01/03/2014 17:36
 
(MaanImages)
 
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday, witnesses and medics said.

Witnesses said 57-year-old Aminah Atiyeh Qudeih was shot and killed by Israeli forces east of Khan Younis when she approached the separation barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Ambulances were not allowed access to the area at the time, and when they reached the area Saturday morning, Qudeih was found dead, witnesses said.

The woman's relatives told AP she was mentally ill, and assumed she wandered toward the border by mistake.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said a suspect approached the border fence east of Khan Younis late Friday.

After telling the suspect to stop and firing warning shots into the air, "Israeli forces fired toward the lower extremities," the spokeswoman said.

"Hits were confirmed," she said.

The site of the woman's death saw demonstrations Friday, and Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and warning shots into the air. No injuries were reported.

Also Friday, a man in Beit Lahiya the northern Gaza Strip was shot in the leg by Israeli forces during a similar protest.

The man, who is in his twenties but has not been identified by name, was shot in the leg near Beit Lahiya and taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

On Feb. 13, Israeli forces killed Ibrahim Suleiman Mansour, 26, after shooting him in the head during a protest near the border east of Gaza City.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

IOF Kills One and Injures 18 East of Jabaliya

Al Mezan

16-2-2014





On Thursday and Friday, 13 and 14 February, 2014, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed one man and injured 18 people including four children. The attacks raise the death toll to 47 since the beginning of 2014, of which 7 were children. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights calls on the international community to intervene to protect civilians and ensure the respect of international humanitarian law principles in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).
At approximately 2:15 pm on Friday, 14 February, 2014, the IOF fired live ammunition and launched tear gas at tens of Palestinian youth and children who were near the separation fence east of the Islamic Cemetery east of Jabaliya, in the North Gaza district. The shooting continued until 6:00 pm. Of the 17 people injured in the attack, four were children. Nine people sustained injuries from live ammunition, one person sustained injuries from a rubber bullet, six people were injured by tear gas canisters, and one person suffered asphyxiation due to tear gas inhalation.
Just one day prior at approximately 2:30 pm on Thursday, 13 February, 2014, IOF opened fire at Ibrahim Salman Mansour, 35, and Rafeq Baker Al Houli, 21, while they were collecting rubble in the Malaka area east of Az-Zaitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City. As a result of the attack, Ibrahim was killed and Rafeq sustained a bullet injury to his right leg.
Al Mezan condemns the IOF’s deliberate attacks against Palestinian civilians in the border areas. These attacks raise questions as to Israeli continuous violations of international humanitarian law in its treatment of Palestinian civilians, who are protected and must not be attacked. These attacks signal violations of articles (3) and (32) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibit attacks against life and bodily integrity, especially acts of killing of protected persons.
Al Mezan calls on State Parties to abide by their obligations as per article (146) of the Fourth Geneva Convention and to exert pressure on Israel to cease its attacks against civilians in the Gaza Strip and ensure enforcement of international law standards and respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention. 

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Friday, January 24, 2014

Israeli forces shoot dead Gaza protester, injure another

Published Friday 24/01/2014 (updated) 27/01/2014 09:47
Palestinians carry a fellow protester wounded during clashes with
Israeli forces near east of Gaza City on January 17, 2014.
(AFP/Mohammed Abed)
 
GAZA STRIP (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot dead one Palestinian and injured another on Friday during a protest east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra, said that 20-year-old Bilal Samer Oweidah died after being shot dead in the chest by Israeli forces near the border.

Owiedah was among a group of Palestinians who had gathered near the border to protest the buffer zone imposed by Israel, al-Qidra said.

Another Palestinian was moderately injured when Israeli forces opened fire on the protesters, he said.

Locals said that Oweidah was taken to Kamal Adwan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that "Palestinians gathered in a prohibited area near the border," and began "hurling rocks and burning tires" towards Israeli forces.

She added that Israeli forces sought to break up the protest using "riot dispersal means," but "after all efforts were exhausted, they fired towards two main instigators and two hits were identified."

The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by the State of Israel since 2006.

Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.

The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.

According to UNOCHA, 17 percent of Gaza's total land area and 35 percent of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Gaza teen dies of wounds after Thursday border shooting


GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian teenager died early Friday of wounds sustained by Israeli forces the day before in the northern Gaza Strip, medics told Ma'an.

Palestinian medical sources identified the teen, who was shot Thursday at the Israeli border near Jabaliya, as 16-year-old Adnan Abu Khater.

Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the emergency services in Gaza, said in a statement that Abu Khater died of his wounds after soldiers shot him in the leg east of Jabaliya, according to AFP.

Medical sources originally told Ma'an that Abu Khater was 18.

On Thursday afternoon, the youth was shot and injured by Israeli forces after he "was damaging" the border fence, an Israeli army spokeswoman said at the time. She said that after he refused to stop, Israeli soldiers hit him in the leg with live fire.

The Israeli news site Ynet reported he was "throwing stones" at the separation barrier.

The teen's death came as Israeli airstrikes targeted the Gaza Strip, hitting agricultural land near al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, the town of Beit Hanoun in the north, and another neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, Palestinian sources said.

No injuries from the strikes have been reported.

The Israeli army said the airstrikes were in response to a rocket from Gaza that hit southern Israel, causing no injuries or damages.

On Dec. 20, a similar death to Abu Khater's was documented. Two Palestinians were collecting scrap metal and plastic in the northern Gaza Strip -- nearly a kilometer away from the border -- when 27-year-old Odeh Hamad was shot dead by Israeli forces, his brother said. An Israeli army statement said Hamad was shot because he tried to lay an explosive device at the border.

Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off limits to Palestinians.

The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.

Last week, an upheaval in violence in Gaza left two dead and several injured. On Dec. 24, Israeli airstrikes killed a 3-year-old Palestinian girl and injured several others after a Palestinian sniper killed an Israeli Civil Defense employee working at the border.

Two days later, two more Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes, after two rockets fired from Gaza hit open Israeli areas, causing no injuries or damage.

On Saturday, Israeli tank fire injured two more Palestinians in central Gaza in an attack that was unconfirmed by the Israeli army but nonetheless made international headlines.

An Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement was reached in November 2012 between Palestinian factions and Israel to end over a week of fighting which left over 170 Palestinians dead and more than a thousand injured. Six Israelis were also killed during the fighting.

Since the agreement, Israeli forces have shot dozens of Gazans in border areas, and have launched frequent incursions.

The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel since 2006.

List of Palestinians killed or injured by IOF in Gaza Strip since the November 21, 2012 ceasefire - UPDATE 1-1-2014




Hala Ahmed Abu Sbaikha

Since November 22, 2012, 13 Palestinians, including a 3-year-old girl, have been killed and at least 141 Palestinians, including 29 children, have been wounded by IOF fire in Gaza Strip. One of the above mentioned Palestinians has been wounded twice, in 2 different incidents.
Eight of the martyrs were civilians and 4 were fighters. One of the martyrs, was accused to be a Palestinian militant, but without his status being clear, at the exact moment when he was extrajudicially executed.
Seven of the wounded are fishermen who were shot in the sea, while the others are mostly protesters, workers and farmers shot in the areas close to the fence of the Green Line. Only one of the wounded is cited as a fighter. Also, 2 Palestinians have been injured by tear gas canister shot with weapon. Additionally, another 8 Palestinians (four of them fishermen), including one child, were injured not directly by the Israeli gunfire but because of Israeli shooting attacks or airstrikes.
The data are from PCHR weekly reports, unless otherwise noted. Additional links to the relevant posts of this blog, from other sources, are also provided.
This is not a complete list of Israeli violations of the ceasefire, as it contains only the incidents which resulted in injuries or deaths. 

Martyrs
  • Anwar Abdul Hadi Msallam Qdeih, 20, was wounded in the head and died directly, in the east of Abassan and Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis, on Friday 23 November.
  • Mahmoud Ali Jarghoun, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the pelvis, in al-Shouka village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012.Medical efforts to save his life failed and he was pronounced dead in the early morning on Saturday, 01 December 2012.
  • Anwar Al Malouk, 19, wounded by gunshot to the abdomen, east of Jabalya, on Friday 11 January 2013, while 40 meters from the fence. Died while evacuated to the hospital. 
  • Mustafa Abu Jarad, 20, shot in the forehead by sniper's fire, nearly 1,200 meters away from the border, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 14 January 2013, while farming. Died in hospital.  
  • Haitham Ziyad Ibrahim al-Meshal, 26, extrajudicially killed, when an Israeli warplane launched a missile, while he was riding a motorbike near Bader military site, in the northwest of Gaza, on Tuesday, 30 April 2013. Al-Meshal was affiliated to the Jihadist Salafist Group and a security officer in Shifa hospital in Gaza City. 
  • Hussein Abdul Hadi AwadAllah (al-Nouri) 34, was killed by Israeli gunfire, while he attempted to cross the border fence, northeast of al-Bureij refugee camp, on Saturday 10 August 2013.
  • Hweishel Ismail Hweishel Hanajra, 35, was killed having hit by several bullets in the back and one bullet in the back of the head, about 400 meters far from the border fence, east of al- Misreyin Street in the east of Beith Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Monday 30 September 2013.
  • Rabi’ Khalil Suleiman Baraka, 23, a member of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades, was killed by shrapnel to the head, during clashes after Israeli incursion, east of al-Qarara village, east of Khan Yunis,on Thursday, 31 October 2013.
  • As a result of the Israeli shelling during those armed clashes, another 3 members of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades were killed when a tunnel was destroyed over them by Israeli forces:
1. Khaled Mohammed Jum’a Abu Bakra, 35;
2. Mohammed Rasheed Hussein Dawood, 26; and
3. Mohammed Essam Omar al-Qassas, 23.

  • ‘Odah Jihad Hamad, 27 [name and age according to another PCHR report], a Palestinian scrap and metal collector, was killed by a bullet to the head and his brother wounded in the landfill near the border area, east of Beit Hanoun, when Israeli forces stationed at the borderline opened fire at them without any prior warning, on Friday, 20 December 2013.
  • 3-year-old Hala Ahmed Abu Sbaikha died as a result of internal haemorrhage due to the heavy explosions, when two shells hit a 2-storey house, when Israeli tanks stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of the central Gaza Strip fired a number of shells at al-Maghazi refugee camp, on Tuesday, 24 December 2013.

Wounded
  • 9 Palestinians wounded in the east of al-Faraheen area in Abassan, east of Khan Yunis, on Thursday 22 November 2012.
  • 2 Palestinian wounded in the east of al-Shouka village in the east of Rafah, on Thursday 22 November 2012.
  • 18 Palestinians wounded, including 3 children, in the east of Abassan and Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis, on Friday 23 November
  • 2 Palestinians wounded, including 1 child, Mohammed Nabil Ahmed Abu Eyadah, 14, lightly wounded in the head, east of ‘Abassan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday 25 November.
  • 2 Palestinians wounded, east of Jablya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 26 November 2012. The first sustained a bullet wound in the right thigh and shrapnel wounds in the right shoulder. The other one sustained a bullet to the left knee.
  • 1 Palestinian, an 18-year-old boy sustained a bullet wound in his right knee, east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday 27 November 2012
  • 1 Palestinian, Abdul Fattah Ashraf Zaqout, 20, was wounded by 3 bullets to the abdomen and right arm, in the east of al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, on Tuesday 27 November 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Hassan Ahmed Naseer, 26, was wounded by a bullet to the right knee, in the east of Beit Hanoun, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.
  • 8 Palestinians, including 3 children, were wounded, in the east of al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps in the central camps, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mahmoud Sami Na'im, 24, was wounded by shrapnel from a bullet in the chest, in the east of Beit Hanoun, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Suleiman Saleh al-Najadi, 42, was wounded by a bullet to the back, in the east of al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian child, Waheed Majed Adel al-Fseifis, 17, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, on Thursday, 29 November 2012.
  • 4 Palestinians, including 1 child wounded the east of Jabalya town in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012:
- Lo'ai Ahmed Kamel Abed Rabbu, 14; wounded by a bullet to the right leg;
- Ahmed Anwar al-Zaza, 18; wounded by a bullet to the right knee;
- Salman Osama Salman Abu Ajwa, 24, wounded by a bullet to the right leg;
- Ahmed Mesleh Salah, 26, wounded by a bullet to the right leg.
  • 1 Palestinian, Bassam Mohammed Abu Rjaila, 22, was wounded by a bullet to the leg, in the east of Khan Yunis, on Friday, 30 November 2012.
  • 4 Palestinians protesters wounded, in the northeast of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012:
- Hassan Hammad Ibrahim al-Tebri, 39, wounded by a bullet to the left leg;
- Ahmed Abdul Qader Omar Abu Jalal, 22, wounded by a bullet to the right leg;
- Mohammed Ahmed Sulaiman al-Awawda, 27, wounded by a bullet to the left leg;
- Mohammed As'ad Mohammed al-Bardini, 23, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh.
  • 1 Palestinian child, Jihad Iyad Mohammed Abu Ouda, 16, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, east of Beit Hanoun, on Friday, 30 November 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Nedal Mohammed Abdallah, 21, was moderately wounded by a bullet to his right foot, east of Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mahmoud Mohammed al-Adgham, 23, was wounded by a bullet to his right foot, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Sami Saeed Rabi’a Hamdiya, 28, was wounded by a bullet to his right knee, in the east of Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012. 
  •  3 Palestinians, wounded by Israeli gunfire, in the vicinity of their homes about one kilometer away from the separation fence  between Gaza Strip and Israel northeast of Wadi As-Salqa village, on Saturday 1 December 2012:
    • Rabah Ahmed Khammash, 27;
    • His brother Jihad, 23; and
    • Ahmed Naief Al Louh, 25.  [Al Mezan]
 
  • 1 Palestinian child shepherd, Jihad Mesbah Salim al-Sawarka, 16, wounded him in the left knee, while grazing sheep 300 meters away from the border fence, in the east of al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Monday, 03 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian worker, Abdullah Salim Abu Jari, 23, sustained injuries in his left leg, while he was 300 meters away from the border fence, in northwestern Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, 09 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian worker, Hamza Mohammed Rajab Ma’arouf, 19, wounded during IOF incursion, northwest of “Elissenai” settlement, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, 12 December 2012. He was 500 meters away from the border fence when they started firing.
  • 1 Palestinian, Asef Rasmi Ibrahim al-Khaldi, 19, wounded by a bullet to the right arm, while  collecting aluminum and metal pieces from the landfill, which is 150 meters away from the border fence, in Wadi Gaza (Juhor al-Deek), on Thursday, 13 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mohammed Salah Qdeih, 22, was wounded by a bullet to the right hand, in the east of Khan Yunis, east of al-Faraheen area, 200 meters to the west of the border fence, on Friday, 14 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mo'men Mohammed al-Abed Nawwarah, 19, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the right leg, in the east of Jabalya, 150 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 14 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian farmer, Khaled Sulaiman Abdul Karim Mhanna, 25, was seriously wounded by a bullet to abdomen that exited the back, while working at his farm, located 500 meters away from the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, on Sunday, 16 December 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Mos'ad Abdul Razeq Baker, 38, wounded by a bullet to the left thigh, while sailing 7 nautical miles of Wadi Gaza shore, on Monday, 17 December 2012.
  • 2 Palestinians protesters, including a child, were wounded, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, 30 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 21 December 2012:
-Mohammed Ahmed Mahmoud ‘Ebeid, 21 was wounded by a bullet that penetrated his 2 legs.
-Mazen Jamal Mohammed Mesleh, 17 was seriously wounded by a bullet to the right and left knees.
  • 2 Palestinians protesters, including a child, were wounded, north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, 50 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 21 December 2012:
-Mohammed Mostafa Mohammed ‘Ashour, 31, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg; and
-Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Salman, 15, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg (entered and exited).
  • 1 Palestinian child worker, Ramzi Mohammed Rajab Ma'rouf, 17, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, in the northern Gaza Strip, 500 meters away from the border fence, on Monday, 31 December 2012. 
  •  1 Palestinian worker, Awad Abdullah Ali al-Za'anin, 36 wounded by shrapnel from a bullet in the right side of the head, while in a waste truck 150 meters away from the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in Beit Hanoun landfill, on Saturday 5 January 2013. 
  •  1 Palestinian, Omar Wadi, 21, wounded by shrapnel in both legs, east of Jabalya, on Friday 11 January 2013, while trying to save Anwar Al Malouk (martyr), who was 40 meters from the fence. 
  • 1 Palestinian child, Mohammed Samir Ahmed Sorour, 17 wounded in the foot, by gunfire, north of Beit Lahiya, on Friday 18 January 2013.  
  • 1 Palestinian child, Nahed Ahmed al-'Edini, 2, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, east of Wadi al-Salqa village in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday 19 January 2013. 
  • 1 Palestinian worker, Abdullah Mohammed Sofian Mahmoud Ma’arouf, 18, was injured in the right leg that led to damaging it, north of al-Ghoul land, north of the former location of “Eli Sinai” settlement, northwest of Beit Lahiah in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 21 January 2013. 
  • 4 Palestinians, including 2 children, injured by Israeli gunfire, while a few meters away to the west of the border fence, northeast of Islamic Martyrs cemetery, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 25 January 2013: 
1- Baker Hashem al-Fayoumi, 20, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, sustained shrapnel injuries in the left side of his neck in the right thigh;
2- Mohammed Hatem Mohammed Eidal-Summery, 16, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, sustained a seven centimeter long and 2 centimeter deep cut in the left cheek;
3- Faisal Naser Yousif al-Summery, 18, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, injured with a gunshot in his right thigh; 
4- Nidal Hussein Ahmed Nofal, 12, from Block 9 in Jabalya, injured with a gunshot in the left hand.

  • 1 Palestinian, Mamdouh Muhanna Mansour al-Kafarnah, 19, was wounded by a bullet in the left thigh, north of Dimrah area, northeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday 29 January 2013
  • 2 Palestinian children, wounded by Israeli gunfire,  while few meters away from the west of the border fence, east of Abu Safia area, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 1 February 2013:

    1- Ahmed Ra’afat Harb Abu Namous, 14, from Jabalya, seriously wounded by a bullet to his right leg which was severely damaged.  

    2- Ibrahim Akram Hassan Nassar, 16, wounded by a bullet in the right leg.  
  •  2 Palestinian scrap and rubble collectors, wounded by Israeli gunfire, while 300 meters to the west of the border fence, east of al-Douh valley, northeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, 14 February 2013 :
    1. Hosam Samih Zaki al-Kafarna, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the left hand (entered and exited) and a bullet to 2 fingers in the right hand; and  2. Kamel Adham Hussein al-Kafarna, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the abdomen. 
  • 2 Palestinian fishermen, including a child, wounded by Israeli Navy's gunfire while on a fishing boat, approximately 3 nautical miles off al-Sudaniya shore, north of Gaza City, on Monday, 18 February 2013:   
1. Abdul Razeq Mahmoud Jarbou', 16, from Gaza City, was wounded by a shrapnel in his right leg; and 2. Abdullah Mas'oud al-Ghoul, 24, from Gaza City, was wounded by a shrapnel in the left leg.
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Ayman Adnan Mohammed Kabaja, 37, lightly wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right leg and by shrapnel in the left hand, while on board of a fishing boat that was sailing 3 nautical miles of Beit Lahia shore in the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, 21 February 2013. 
  • 2 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire, while they were about 50 meters to the northeast of al-Shuhada' cemetery near the border fence,  east of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip,
    on Friday, 22 February 2013:  
1. Ali Hassan Abdul Rahman Mohammed Khalil, 20, from bloc (1) in Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a bullet (entered and exited) to the left leg; and
2. Amen Rabah Abdul Khaleq Ali Hussein, 20, from al-Mahkama streets in Jabalya, wounded by a bullet to the left foot.


  • 1 Palestinian, Montaser Samir Ali Mas'oud, 18, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, while he was about 100 meters to the west of the fence, east of Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 22 February 2013.
  •  3 Palestinians wounded, while 100-300 meters away from the border fence, in the east of Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalya, on Friday, 01 March 2013: 
1. Jehad Nasser Jawdat Hmeid, 18, from Ijdaida area in al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, wounded by a bullet to both legs (he suffers from a mental disorder);
2. Abdul Rahman Sa'id Abu Jalhoum, 23, from bloc "9" in Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a bullet to the left leg that caused fractures.
3. Ahmed Abdul Fattah Ibrahim 'Ebeid, 20, from al-Na'ayma streets in Beit Hanoun, wounded by a bullet to the right leg.


  •  1 Palestinian, Mohammed Samir Abdul Jawwad al-Taramsi, 19, lightly wounded in the buttocks, by Israeli gunfire, while a few meters away from the border fence, north of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 01 March 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Omar Isma'il Omar Wadi, 20, seriously wounded by a bullet to the chest, east of Jabalya in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 08 March 2013.
    It should be noted that on 11 January 2013,  Wadi was wounded by bullet shrapnel in both legs when he attempted to rescue Anwar Mohammed Elian al-Mamlouk, 19, who was killed in the northeast of al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia. 
  • 1 Palestinian child, Yazeed Mohammed Abu Khader, 16, sustained a bullet wound in the right leg, when IOF opened fire towards a group of Palestinians who were between 20 and 400 meters away from the separation fence, east of the Islamic Cemetery east of Jabaliya in North Gaza district, on Friday 5 April 2013. [Al Mezan] [ see also OCHA] [PCHR factsheet]
  • 1 Palestinian shepherd, Mohammed Mahmoud Mussallam Abu S'ayed, 32, wounded by a bullet in the back that exited from the chest, while around 400 meters away from the fence, east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, 16 April 2013. [The date is according to Al Mezan and OCHA]
  • 1 Palestinian child, Jamil Wa'el Jamil Risha, 17, wounded by an explosive bullet to the left leg, near al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 26 April 2013. [The correct date is according to Al Mezan , OCHA and PCHR factsheet]
  •  1 Palestinian, Ahmed Emad al-Hamadeen, 21, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh while he was riding a cart 300 meters away from the border fence, east of Abu Safiya area to the east of Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday, 02 June 2013. 
  • 1 Palestinian worker, Amer Mazen Abu Hadyed, 20, wounded by a bullet that entered into his left shoulder and exited from the chest, while working in gravel collecting, 80 meters away from the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, 10 June 2013. 
  • 1 Palestinian farmer, Omar Gayad Abu Mohareb, 47, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh while he was irrigating his land that is about 400 meters away from the border fence, east of al-Salqa valley, southeast of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Friday, 14 June 2013. 
  • 1 Palestinian worker, Khaled Shehada Hamad, 18, wounded by a bullet to the left thigh (entered and exited), while collecting metal pieces in the landfill, northeast of Beit Hanoun, about 400 meters away from the border fence, on Sunday 14 July. 
  • 1 Palestinian worker, ‘Awadh R’fat ‘Abdul ‘Aati, 19, wounded by 2 bullets to the right thigh and leg, and shrapnel from a bullet to the abdomen, while collecting wood, approximately 500 meters away from the border, northwest of Beit Hanoun, on Thursday, 25 July 2013.   
  • 1 Palestinian with psychological disorder, Fadi Waleed ‘Eissa, 29, wounded with 2 bullets to the legs, when he approached the border in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 27 July 2013.  
  • 2 fishermen were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, fired by Israeli gunboats, while on a fishing boat sailing 7 nautical miles off Gaza Valley shore, on Tuesday 6 August 2013.
 1. Khader Marwan al-Sa'idi (26), was wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets to the hands and chest;
2. Mohammed Jamal al-No'man (28), was wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets to the back, abdomen and chest;
  • 1 Palestinian farmer, Hamada Samir Jneid (21) was wounded by a live bullet to the left leg (entered and exited), while harvesting on a farmland that is 400 meters away from the fence, on Sunday, 11 August 2013.
  • 2 Palestinian children where wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of Jabalia, opened fire at a group of boys, 300 meters away from the fence in the area between al-Shuhada' cemetery and Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, 20 August 2013. The wounded were:
1. Lo'ay Tal'at al-Mabhouh (17), from Jabalia refugee camp. He was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, another bullet to the right thigh and shrapnel in the head. Medical sources described his wounds as moderate; and
2. Hassan Soheil Abu Aita (16), from Jabalia refugee camp. He was wounded by a bullet to the left leg. Medical sources described his wound as moderate as well.
  • 1 Palestinian, Yusef Kamel Sa'd (20) sustained a bullet wound in the left thigh while he was with his friends on a farmland, near al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia,  500 meters away from the Israeli forces, on Friday, 30 August 2013.
  • 2 Palestinians were wounded, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuhada cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of young men who were 100 meters away from the above-mentioned fence. The young men threw stones at Israeli soldiers who stepped out of their military jeeps. The incident happened on Friday, 20 September 2013, and the wounded are:
1. Jehad Rashed al-Haddad (18), from al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City. He sustained a bullet wound in the left leg; and
2. Kamal Na'im al-'Attar (18), from Jabalia. He sustained a bullet wound in the right leg.
  • 1 Palestinian, Subhi Hussein Salem Abudib, 36, wounded and arrested by IOF, east of al- Misreyin Street in the east of Beith Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Monday 30 September 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian fighter moderately wounded during clashes after Israeli incursion, east of al-Qarara village, east of Khan Yunis,on Thursday, 31 October 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Mahmoud Saleh Abu Warda, 18, was wounded with shrapnel to the abdomen, and abducted along with his brother, when Israeli gunboats stationed opposite to Beit Lahia seashore in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing 3 nautical miles offshore, on Sunday, 10 November 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Ashraf Fayez Abu Zaher, 23, who got as close as to 80 meters from the border to the east of al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis, was wounded with a bullet to the right leg, when Israeli forces positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at him, on Wednesday, 13 November 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian farmer, Abdullah Mohammed Abu Mnaifi, 25, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the chest, when Israeli forces positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of al-Musaddar village fired at a number of Palestinian farmers who were working nearly 500 meters away from the border on Wednesday, 13 November 2013.
  • 2 Palestinians, were wounded when Israeli forces stationed at the border fence, east of al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of young men, who were few meters to the west of the border fence, on Friday 22 November 2013:
1. Mohammed Adel Afana (23), from Beit Lahia, wounded by a bullet to the right leg (entered and exited); and
2. Sami Ashour Alloush (34), from Jabalia, wounded by bullet shrapnel to the head.
  • 1 Palestinian, Jebril Ahmed al-Najjar, 21, was seriously wounded by 2 bullets to the legs, when Israeli soldiers positioned at the border, fired in response at Palestinian civilians who were gathered to the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, nearly 30 meters away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel and they threw stones and empty bottles at Israeli soldiers positioned at the border, on Friday, 29 November 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Naji Rajab al-Qassas 22, was wounded by a bullet to the right knee and 2 bullet shrapnel to the same leg, while he was about 200 meters away from the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, when Israeli forces opened fire on Saturday, 14 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian child farmer, Mohammed Rafiq al-Shenbari 17, was wounded by a bullet (entered and exited) to his left leg, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, northeast of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of farmers in a farmland belonging to Nafez Abu Shammas that is about 500 meters away from the border fence, northeast of Beit Lahia, on Sunday, 15 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian farmer, Yehia Amjad al-Herthani 19, was wounded by a bullet (entered and exited) to his left leg, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of farmers who were in a land belonging to Mohammed al-Herthani  that is about 600 meters away from the border fence, on Monday, 16 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian scrap and metal collector, Raddad Jihad Hamad, 22, [name and age according to another PCHR report] was wounded by a bullet to the right hand while trying to reach his wounded brother to rescue him (he was finally killed) in the landfill near the border area, east of Beit Hanoun, when Israeli forces stationed at the borderline opened fire at them without any prior warning, on Friday, 20 December 2013.
  • 3 Palestinians, 2 stone throwers, including a child, and a coal-supplier standing in front of his shop around 70 meters away from the borderline were wounded, when Israeli soldiers opened fire directly at them after they had started throwing stones at Israeli soldiers stationed along the border fence as the civilians were 50-70 meters away from the fence near the Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday, 20 December 2013. The persons who were wounded were identified as:
1. Diaa’ Ahmed As’ad al-Natour, 17, from Jabalia refugee camp, sustained a bullet wound to the left leg;
2. ‘Ali Hasan ‘Abdel Rahman Khalil, 20, from Jabalia refugee camp, sustained a bullet wound to the left thigh; and
3. Mohammed Hamoudah Ayyoub, 23, from Jabalia refugee camp, a coal-supplier, sustained a bullet wound to the right leg.
  • 2 Palestinians, Omar Ahmed Isma'il Subuh, 21, was wounded by a bullet to the right thigh and Abdul Halim Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Naqa, 23, was wounded by shrapnel to the right leg, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of civilians, who were present on agricultural lands to the west of the border fence, on Friday, 20 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Isma'il Ibrahim Isma'il al-Najjar, 21, was wounded by a bullet to the right thigh, when he was 600 meters away from the fence, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of civilians who were present on agricultural lands and streets to the south of the fence, on Saturday, 21 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mo'men al-Sayed Ahmed al-Halhouli, 27, was wounded by 3 bullets: one entered his back and exited his belly and other two ones hit the left leg, while he was on Beit Lahia beach about 50 meters away from the border, when Israeli forces stationed on the northern borders in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at him, on Monday, 23 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Ali Bashir Rehan, 18, was wounded by 2 bullets to the right thigh and hand, when Israeli forces stationed along the northern borders of the Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of labourers collecting metal pieces while they were present in al-Ghoul area, northwest of Beit Lahia, about 200 meters away from the border, on Tuesday, 24 December 2013.
  • 3 Palestinians, Buthaina Talal Abu Sbaikha, 28, and her two children: Bilal, 4, and Mohammed, 6, were wounded by shrapnel to the lower limbs, when two shells hit a 2-storey house, when Israeli tanks stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of the central Gaza Strip fired a number of shells at al-Maghazi refugee camp, on Tuesday, 24 December 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian worker sustained fractures in the right leg, when Israeli warplanes raided against a concrete factory in Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah, on Tuesday, 24 December 2013.


Injured by tear gas canisters

  •  1 Palestinian, Yousif Soliman Hamdan Abu Odah, 21, was injured with a tear gas canister in the head,  north of the Islamic Martyrs cemetery, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, while 100 meters from the fence, on Friday 18 January 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Adham Abdullah Salim al-Dabji, 18, sustained injuries in his lips as he was hit by a tear gas canister at the mouth, a few meters away from the border fence, north of Bouret Abu Samrah, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 25 January 2013. 
Other Palestinians injured because of Israeli attacks


  • 1 Palestinian, Basel Mohammed Abu Al Qoumasan, 23, sustained a fracture in the left elbow while he was trying to help one of the injured persons, in Hamdoush agricultural area north of Beit Lahiya, in North Gaza district, on Friday 21 December 2012. [Al Mezan]
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Adel Abdul Karim Baker, 50, sustained serious injuries, when the sail of a boat fell on his head, when Israeli gunboats stationed off Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2 nautical miles of the shore, on Wednesday, 01 May 2012.
  • 1 Palestinian woman, Alaa' Jihad al-'Amawi, 19, sustained a fracture in the left leg as a door of a closet fell over her when she was sleeping at home, during an Israeli airstrike, in al-Zawayda village, in the central Gaza Strip, on Monday, 24 June 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Sharif Hussein Khalil ‘Arafat, 29, was injured while he was trying to hide from Israeli shooting, when Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in al-Soudaniya area 6 nautical miles off the shore, on Sunday, 30 June 2013. His right leg stuck in the fishing spinner which wrapped around it causing the leg to bleed. Medical sources in the hospital stated that there is an urgent need for amputation of his right leg. However, the family of the fisherman refused and he was transferred in Israel to receive treatment.
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Hassan Ali Murad, 27, was injured as his face was hit by the boat, during an attack of Israeli gunboats, while sailing 7 nautical miles off Gaza Valley shore, on Tuesday 6 August 2013.
  • 1 Palestinian, Mohammed Atta Shabat, 25, was injured in the left hand due to smash of windowpanes, when an Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area about 500 meters away from the northern separation fence between Gaza Strip and Israel, southeast of Erez crossing, on Wednesday 14 August 2013. [Al Mezan]
  • 1 Palestinian fisherman, Saleem Khaleel Al Faseeh, 58 was injured when Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at a Palestinian fishing boat, off the coast west of Gaza city, causing damage to the winch which fall and hurt him, on Wednesday 18 September 2013. He was referred to Shifa hospital and one of his fingers was amputated. [Al Mezan]
  • 1 Palestinian child, Hamada Suleiman al-Barrawi, 15, fractured his right arm and some veins, and later underwent operations, after he fell while fleeing panicked from the scene of the incident where 2 Palestinians were shot, east of al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 22 November 2013. [ISM]