26 oct 2018
Othman Ahmad Ladadweh, 33
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, killed one Palestinians and injured dozens, including eight who were shot with live fire, while the soldiers also assaulted journalists, and shot one.
Media sources in Ramallah said several army jeeps invaded the village, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who were holding a nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies, leading to confrontations.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed a former political prisoner, identified as Othman Ahmad Ladadweh, 33.
It stated that Ladadweh was shot with a live round in the upper thigh, but the bullet went through his spleen and liver, causing a very serious injury before he was rushed to the Istishari Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The soldiers also shot eight Palestinians with live fire, including one who suffered a serious gunshot wound in the head, and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Among the wounded is a journalist identified as Ahmad Shreiteh, who was shot with a live round in the thigh and suffered a moderate injury.
In addition, the soldiers fired gas bombs at media crews, and assaulted several journalists while trying to stop them from documenting the unfolding events.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, the al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiyya village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, killed one Palestinians and injured dozens, including eight who were shot with live fire, while the soldiers also assaulted journalists, and shot one.
Media sources in Ramallah said several army jeeps invaded the village, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, who were holding a nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies, leading to confrontations.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers killed a former political prisoner, identified as Othman Ahmad Ladadweh, 33.
It stated that Ladadweh was shot with a live round in the upper thigh, but the bullet went through his spleen and liver, causing a very serious injury before he was rushed to the Istishari Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
The soldiers also shot eight Palestinians with live fire, including one who suffered a serious gunshot wound in the head, and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Among the wounded is a journalist identified as Ahmad Shreiteh, who was shot with a live round in the thigh and suffered a moderate injury.
In addition, the soldiers fired gas bombs at media crews, and assaulted several journalists while trying to stop them from documenting the unfolding events.
16 oct 2018
(photo: Issam Al-Rimawi, photographer of the AFP after being injured by a rubber-coated bullet in Ras Karkar, PNN)
September of 2018 has witnessed a rise in the number of violations committed against media freedoms in Palestine, compared to those committed in the previous month of August. During September, the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms “MADA” has monitored a total of 48 attacks committed against media freedoms in Palestine, 39 of which were committed by the Israeli Occupation while various Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have committed a total of six violations. It should be noted that the preceding month, August has registered 46 attacks.
The Israeli occupation has committed most of the attacks against media freedoms registered in September totaled to 39 attacks, while various Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have committed a total of nine attacks.
Most of the attacks over September, especially those committed by the Israeli occupation, were registered as the most serious attacks against the lives of journalists and media freedoms.
The Israeli Violations:
During September 2018, Israeli forces have committed 39 attacks against media freedoms in Palestine, which is a greater number of Israeli attacks compared to those committed during August (totaled to 35 attacks). It should be noted that most of the Israeli violations during both months fall under the serious physical attacks against the lives and jobs of journalists.
Israeli occupation attacks registered during September were distributed to 24 attacks committed by the occupation authorities and forces in the West Bank, and fifteen attacks committed in Gaza Strip.
Most of the 39 Israeli attacks fall under the extremely serious types of attacks. It is worthy to mention that 25 of these attacks were mostly physical injuries inflicted upon both female and male journalists while they covered field events in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; sixteen of these injuries were caused by live, explosive, and rubber bullets, as well as gas bombs fired directly at the bodies of the journalists.
- Notable among the Israeli attacks monitored and documented during September was the injury of the photographer of Safad Press, Mahmoud Mohammad Saed Shata, by a gunshot (causing an entry and exit) while he was covering a demonstration close to the separating fence to the east of Gaza Strip;
-the injury of the photojournalist of Al-Manara Agency, Attia Nassir Ahmad Hijazi, by a gunshot above the knee (causing an entry and exit) which lodged fragments in his knee, while he was covering a demonstration taking place at Zikim Beach to the northwest of Beit Lahia in Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the freelance photographer, Bilal Loay Abdelaziz Alabadsa, by a gunshot in his right foot and a fragment in his left foot while he was covering a demonstration taking place as part of the peaceful return marches at Khuza’a to the east of Khan Younes;
- the injury of the Chinese News Agency photographer, Nidal Shafeq Taher Ishtaya, by a rubber bullet deliberately fired at him by the occupation soldiers while he was covering the weekly demonstration protesting against the settlements activities in Kafr Qaddum in the West Bank;
- the injury of Sawt Al-Ribat Radio photographer, Mazin Sulaiman Mahmoud Qudaih, by a gunshot in the palm of his hand while he was covering a demonstration taking place in Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Younes in Gaza Strip;
-the injury of the photographer, Thaer Khalid Fahmi Abu Rayash, by a gas bomb in his head, fired by one of the occupation soldiers while he was covering a demonstration taking place to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the photographer and reporter of the Iranian TV, Khalid Ali Sabarna, by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his right leg while he was covering a demonstration protesting against the settlement activities at Al-Risan Mountain in the villages located to the west of Ramallah in the West Bank;
- the injury of the photographer of Shamal Online Network and Al-Aqsa TV Facebook Page, Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, by a fragment of an explosive bullet in his abdomen while he was covering events east of Jabalia;
- the injury of the photographer of Nour News Network and Palestine Breaking News Network (two local platforms on the social media), Akram Ramadan Anas Shaber, by a gunshot in his left foot;
- the injury of the volunteering photographer of Al-Risala Newspaper in Gaza, Ismail Maher Khamees Al-Ghoul, by gunshot fragments in his right hand fingers, while he was covering a demonstration as part of the peaceful return marches taking place to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the videographer of Anatolia Turkish Agency, Montaser Mustafa Husni Al-Sawaf, by a gas bomb in his left foot while he was covering a demonstration to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the freelance photographer, Mahmoud Fawzi Abdelghani, by two rubber bullets below the knee and on the face (below his eye);
- the injury of An-Najah TV photographer, Omair Jamal Lutfi Istaita, by rubber bullets in the left thigh while they were covering the clashes triggered due to invading Balata Camp in Nablus by the occupation soldiers and the settlers;
- the injury of Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Newspaper and Anatolia Agency photographer, Issam Huda Al-Rimawi, by metal gunshot in his right leg (below the knee);
- the injury of the French Press Agency AFP, Abbas Abdelwahab Al-Momani, by metal bullet in his left leg, while they both were covering a demonstration against settlement activities at Al-Risan Mountain in the villages located to the west of Ramallah in the West Bank;
- the injury of the photojournalist, Mueen Tayseer Al-Dabba, by a fragment of an explosive bullet in his shoulder, while he was covering the demonstration taking place in Malka east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of Reuters Agency photographer, Mohammad Turkman, by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his leg while he was covering the invasion by one of the occupation army forces to Batn Al-Hawa area in Ramallah under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority;
- the injury of the photographer, Hanin Mahmoud Salman Baroud, by a gas bomb in her head fired directly at her while she was covering events taking place to the east of Gaza Strip, which caused her wounds stitched with eight stitches;
- this all in addition to the detention of the author and blogger Isra Khader Ahmad from her house, located in Souref in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Violations:
The number of Palestinian violations has dropped slightly from eleven attacks committed during August to nine committed during September. Three of which were committed in Gaza Strip while nine in the West Bank.
These attacks included: issuing subpoenas by the Public Prosecution Office in Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, against three Palestine TV staff members — namely:
- the Director of Palestine TV in Gaza Strip, Rafat Hammad Abdelmajeed Al-Qidra, the producer, Yousef Mohammad Ahmad Abu Maghsib, and the journalist, Momen Al-Shobaki — to complete their investigation against the backdrop of broadcasting a report on 22nd August 2018 about a child named Mohammad Abu Anza from Absan, who was extremely beaten by some of Hamas members in Gaza Strip;
- the arrest of the television presenter of Marah Radio in Hebron and the reporter of the British Newspaper “Arab Weekly”, Mohammad Saed Khalil Jahaysha, in front of his house, by Palestinian intelligence officers;
- as well as the arrest of the journalist of Al-Hadath Newspaper, Musab Abdelsamad Shawer Al-Tamimi, (27 years old), from Hebron, after being summoned via phone;
- invading the headquarters of the photographic studio of the freelance photographer, Nidal Mahmoud Al-Natsheh in Hebron by a force of the Palestinian Intelligence Services;
- and the summoning of freelance journalist, Musab Khamees Qufaisha, by Palestinian Intelligence Services, to force him to shut down and delete a newsgroup;
- this in addition to summoning journalist Thaer Ziad Al-Fakhouri, by the Palestinian Intelligence Services, and questioning him.
September of 2018 has witnessed a rise in the number of violations committed against media freedoms in Palestine, compared to those committed in the previous month of August. During September, the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms “MADA” has monitored a total of 48 attacks committed against media freedoms in Palestine, 39 of which were committed by the Israeli Occupation while various Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have committed a total of six violations. It should be noted that the preceding month, August has registered 46 attacks.
The Israeli occupation has committed most of the attacks against media freedoms registered in September totaled to 39 attacks, while various Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have committed a total of nine attacks.
Most of the attacks over September, especially those committed by the Israeli occupation, were registered as the most serious attacks against the lives of journalists and media freedoms.
The Israeli Violations:
During September 2018, Israeli forces have committed 39 attacks against media freedoms in Palestine, which is a greater number of Israeli attacks compared to those committed during August (totaled to 35 attacks). It should be noted that most of the Israeli violations during both months fall under the serious physical attacks against the lives and jobs of journalists.
Israeli occupation attacks registered during September were distributed to 24 attacks committed by the occupation authorities and forces in the West Bank, and fifteen attacks committed in Gaza Strip.
Most of the 39 Israeli attacks fall under the extremely serious types of attacks. It is worthy to mention that 25 of these attacks were mostly physical injuries inflicted upon both female and male journalists while they covered field events in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; sixteen of these injuries were caused by live, explosive, and rubber bullets, as well as gas bombs fired directly at the bodies of the journalists.
- Notable among the Israeli attacks monitored and documented during September was the injury of the photographer of Safad Press, Mahmoud Mohammad Saed Shata, by a gunshot (causing an entry and exit) while he was covering a demonstration close to the separating fence to the east of Gaza Strip;
-the injury of the photojournalist of Al-Manara Agency, Attia Nassir Ahmad Hijazi, by a gunshot above the knee (causing an entry and exit) which lodged fragments in his knee, while he was covering a demonstration taking place at Zikim Beach to the northwest of Beit Lahia in Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the freelance photographer, Bilal Loay Abdelaziz Alabadsa, by a gunshot in his right foot and a fragment in his left foot while he was covering a demonstration taking place as part of the peaceful return marches at Khuza’a to the east of Khan Younes;
- the injury of the Chinese News Agency photographer, Nidal Shafeq Taher Ishtaya, by a rubber bullet deliberately fired at him by the occupation soldiers while he was covering the weekly demonstration protesting against the settlements activities in Kafr Qaddum in the West Bank;
- the injury of Sawt Al-Ribat Radio photographer, Mazin Sulaiman Mahmoud Qudaih, by a gunshot in the palm of his hand while he was covering a demonstration taking place in Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Younes in Gaza Strip;
-the injury of the photographer, Thaer Khalid Fahmi Abu Rayash, by a gas bomb in his head, fired by one of the occupation soldiers while he was covering a demonstration taking place to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the photographer and reporter of the Iranian TV, Khalid Ali Sabarna, by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his right leg while he was covering a demonstration protesting against the settlement activities at Al-Risan Mountain in the villages located to the west of Ramallah in the West Bank;
- the injury of the photographer of Shamal Online Network and Al-Aqsa TV Facebook Page, Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, by a fragment of an explosive bullet in his abdomen while he was covering events east of Jabalia;
- the injury of the photographer of Nour News Network and Palestine Breaking News Network (two local platforms on the social media), Akram Ramadan Anas Shaber, by a gunshot in his left foot;
- the injury of the volunteering photographer of Al-Risala Newspaper in Gaza, Ismail Maher Khamees Al-Ghoul, by gunshot fragments in his right hand fingers, while he was covering a demonstration as part of the peaceful return marches taking place to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the videographer of Anatolia Turkish Agency, Montaser Mustafa Husni Al-Sawaf, by a gas bomb in his left foot while he was covering a demonstration to the east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of the freelance photographer, Mahmoud Fawzi Abdelghani, by two rubber bullets below the knee and on the face (below his eye);
- the injury of An-Najah TV photographer, Omair Jamal Lutfi Istaita, by rubber bullets in the left thigh while they were covering the clashes triggered due to invading Balata Camp in Nablus by the occupation soldiers and the settlers;
- the injury of Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Newspaper and Anatolia Agency photographer, Issam Huda Al-Rimawi, by metal gunshot in his right leg (below the knee);
- the injury of the French Press Agency AFP, Abbas Abdelwahab Al-Momani, by metal bullet in his left leg, while they both were covering a demonstration against settlement activities at Al-Risan Mountain in the villages located to the west of Ramallah in the West Bank;
- the injury of the photojournalist, Mueen Tayseer Al-Dabba, by a fragment of an explosive bullet in his shoulder, while he was covering the demonstration taking place in Malka east of Gaza Strip;
- the injury of Reuters Agency photographer, Mohammad Turkman, by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his leg while he was covering the invasion by one of the occupation army forces to Batn Al-Hawa area in Ramallah under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority;
- the injury of the photographer, Hanin Mahmoud Salman Baroud, by a gas bomb in her head fired directly at her while she was covering events taking place to the east of Gaza Strip, which caused her wounds stitched with eight stitches;
- this all in addition to the detention of the author and blogger Isra Khader Ahmad from her house, located in Souref in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Violations:
The number of Palestinian violations has dropped slightly from eleven attacks committed during August to nine committed during September. Three of which were committed in Gaza Strip while nine in the West Bank.
These attacks included: issuing subpoenas by the Public Prosecution Office in Khan Younes, Gaza Strip, against three Palestine TV staff members — namely:
- the Director of Palestine TV in Gaza Strip, Rafat Hammad Abdelmajeed Al-Qidra, the producer, Yousef Mohammad Ahmad Abu Maghsib, and the journalist, Momen Al-Shobaki — to complete their investigation against the backdrop of broadcasting a report on 22nd August 2018 about a child named Mohammad Abu Anza from Absan, who was extremely beaten by some of Hamas members in Gaza Strip;
- the arrest of the television presenter of Marah Radio in Hebron and the reporter of the British Newspaper “Arab Weekly”, Mohammad Saed Khalil Jahaysha, in front of his house, by Palestinian intelligence officers;
- as well as the arrest of the journalist of Al-Hadath Newspaper, Musab Abdelsamad Shawer Al-Tamimi, (27 years old), from Hebron, after being summoned via phone;
- invading the headquarters of the photographic studio of the freelance photographer, Nidal Mahmoud Al-Natsheh in Hebron by a force of the Palestinian Intelligence Services;
- and the summoning of freelance journalist, Musab Khamees Qufaisha, by Palestinian Intelligence Services, to force him to shut down and delete a newsgroup;
- this in addition to summoning journalist Thaer Ziad Al-Fakhouri, by the Palestinian Intelligence Services, and questioning him.
15 oct 2018
A number of Palestinians, including officials who defied an Israeli army order to close al-Sawiyeh/al-Lubban School in the northern occupied West Bank province of Nablus, were injured on Monday when Israeli soldiers attacked protesters.
Local sources said the head of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyeh village council, Samer Owais, was injured after Israeli soldiers hit the locals with bullet fire and teargas. Many others choked on teargas.
Photojournalist Jaafar Eshtiyeh, working for France Press, was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his head. video
Dozens of schoolchildren were prevented from joining their classes.
Israeli soldiers closed off the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired teargas canisters at the students, their parents as well as the teaching staff, causing several injuries and suffocation cases. They also closed the school gates locking the students and people inside.
The Israeli occupation authorities decided on Sunday to shut down the school until further notice under the pretext that students threw stones at Israeli soldiers. video
Local sources said the head of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyeh village council, Samer Owais, was injured after Israeli soldiers hit the locals with bullet fire and teargas. Many others choked on teargas.
Photojournalist Jaafar Eshtiyeh, working for France Press, was also hit with a teargas canister and injured in his head. video
Dozens of schoolchildren were prevented from joining their classes.
Israeli soldiers closed off the roads leading to the school to prevent the students from reaching it and fired teargas canisters at the students, their parents as well as the teaching staff, causing several injuries and suffocation cases. They also closed the school gates locking the students and people inside.
The Israeli occupation authorities decided on Sunday to shut down the school until further notice under the pretext that students threw stones at Israeli soldiers. video
13 oct 2018
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The Palestinian Center For Human Rights: On Friday afternoon, 12 October 2018, using excessive force against the peaceful protesters in the eastern Gaza Strip for the 29th Friday in a row, Israeli forces Killed 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and and wounded 224 others, including 42 children, 3 women, 3 journalists, and a paramedic with live bullets and direct tear gas canisters. Ten of those wounded sustained serious wounds. Sixteen of those wounded sustained serious wounds.
According to PCHR fieldworkers’ observations, the border area witnessed heavy deployment of the Israeli forces this week as the latter heavily fired live bullets, increasing the number of causalities. According to PCHR fieldworkers’ observations, the border area witnessed heavy deployment of the Israeli forces this week as the latter heavily fired live bullets, increasing the number of causalities . |
The Israeli forces continued to use upon highest military and political echelons excessive force against the peaceful demonstrators who posed no threat or danger to the life of Israeli soldiers in the areas of demonstrations.
Investigations and observations by PCHR’s fieldworkers emphasize that the demonstrations in all areas were as always fully peaceful, and neither weapons nor armed persons were seen. However, the Israeli forces’ snipers continued to position on the hills, behind the sand berms and in military jeeps along the border fence.
The incidents today, 12 October 2018, were as follows:
At approximately 14:00, thousands of civilians, including women, children and entire families, started swarming to the 5 encampments established by the Supreme National Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege along the border fence, east of the Gaza Strip governorates.
They raised flags and chanted national songs. Hundreds, including children and women, approached the border fence with Israel, set fire to tires and gathered 300 meters away from the main border fence.
Some of them attempted to throw stones at the Israeli forces, pulled parts of the second barbed-wire few meters away from the fence established inside the Palestinian territories few meters away from the border fence and in limited cases, they threw Molotov Coctail along the border fence. Some of the protestors also attempted to cross the border fence, particularly in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp.
However, there was no threat posed on the lives of Israeli soldiers stationed behind barracks and sand berms, 70 meters along the border fence.
The Israeli shooting, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the killing of 7 civilians, including a child. Four of them were killed in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp, 2 were killed in eastern Gaza City and on in eastern Rafah.
The persons killed were identified as:
Moreover, 224 civilians, including 42 children, 3 women, 3 journalists and a paramedic, were hit with live bullets and direct tear gas canisters. Sixteen of theose wounded sustained serious wounds in addition dozens suffering tear gas inhalation and seizures after tear gas canisters were heavily fired by the Israeli soldiers from the military jeeps and riffles in the eastern Gaza Strip.
Table of Civilian Casualties due to the Israeli Suppression since the Beginning of the Great March of Return on 30 March:
Notes Medical Crews Journalists Women Children Total Casualties
Among those Killed, there are 3
Persons with Disabilities and a
child suffers from a mental disorder,
while among the children killed,
there is a girl. 3 2 1 34 161 Killed
Among those wounded, 469
are in serious condition and 76
had their lower or upper limbs
amputated. The number of those
wounded only include those wounded
with live bullet and directly hit with
tear gas canisters as there have
been thousand others who suffered
tear gas inhalation and sustained
bruises. 117 103 229 1455 8409 Wounded
PCHR hereby condemns the crimes committed by the Israeli forces, believing it is as a result of Israel’s enjoying impunity thanks to the U.S. and so encouraging the Israeli forces to commit further crimes upon an official decision by the highest military and political echelons.
PCHR emphasizes that continuously inflicting casualties, either killed or wounded, is unjustified, and using lethal force to target and kill civilians, who exercise their right to peaceful assembly or while carrying out their humanitarian duty, is a serious violation of the rules of international law, international humanitarian law, the ICC Rome Statute and Fourth Geneva Convention. Thus, PCHR calls upon the ICC Prosecutor to open an official investigation in these crimes and to prosecute and hold accountable all those applying or involved in issuing orders within the Israeli Forces at the security and political echelons.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
PCHR calls upon Switzerland, in its capacity as the Depository State for the Convention, to demand the High Contracting Parties to convene a meeting and ensure Israel’s respect for this Convention, noting that these grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the occupied territories.
Investigations and observations by PCHR’s fieldworkers emphasize that the demonstrations in all areas were as always fully peaceful, and neither weapons nor armed persons were seen. However, the Israeli forces’ snipers continued to position on the hills, behind the sand berms and in military jeeps along the border fence.
The incidents today, 12 October 2018, were as follows:
At approximately 14:00, thousands of civilians, including women, children and entire families, started swarming to the 5 encampments established by the Supreme National Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege along the border fence, east of the Gaza Strip governorates.
They raised flags and chanted national songs. Hundreds, including children and women, approached the border fence with Israel, set fire to tires and gathered 300 meters away from the main border fence.
Some of them attempted to throw stones at the Israeli forces, pulled parts of the second barbed-wire few meters away from the fence established inside the Palestinian territories few meters away from the border fence and in limited cases, they threw Molotov Coctail along the border fence. Some of the protestors also attempted to cross the border fence, particularly in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp.
However, there was no threat posed on the lives of Israeli soldiers stationed behind barracks and sand berms, 70 meters along the border fence.
The Israeli shooting, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the killing of 7 civilians, including a child. Four of them were killed in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp, 2 were killed in eastern Gaza City and on in eastern Rafah.
The persons killed were identified as:
- Ahmed Ibrahim Zaki al-Taweel (23), from Deir al-Balah, was hit with a live bulllet to the chest ineastern al-Buraij refugee camp.
- Mohammed Abdul Hafith Yusuf Isam’il (29), from Deir al-Balah, was hit with a live bullet to the chest in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp.
- Ahmed Ahmed Abullah Abu Na’im (17), from al-Nuseirat refugee camp, was hit with a live bullet to the chest and incised wound to the left arm in eastern al-Buraij refugee camp.
- Abdullah Barham Suleiman al-Daghmah (25), from ‘Abasan al-Jadidah in Khan Younis, was hit with a live bullet that peneterated the right side of the abdomen and exited the left side in eastern al-Buraji refugeec amp.
- Tamer Iyad Mahmoud Abu ‘Armanah (21) from Rafah, was hit with a live bullet to the head in eastern Rafah.
- ‘Afifi Mahmoud ‘Ata al-‘Afifi (18), from Gaza City, was hit with a live bullet to the abdomen in eastern al-Sheja’eiyah neighborhood.
- Mohammed ‘Essam Mohammed ‘Abbas (20), from Sheikh Redwan neighborhood was hit with a live bullet to the head and succumbed to his wounds he sustained in the evening in eastern al-Sheja’eiyah neighborhood.
Moreover, 224 civilians, including 42 children, 3 women, 3 journalists and a paramedic, were hit with live bullets and direct tear gas canisters. Sixteen of theose wounded sustained serious wounds in addition dozens suffering tear gas inhalation and seizures after tear gas canisters were heavily fired by the Israeli soldiers from the military jeeps and riffles in the eastern Gaza Strip.
Table of Civilian Casualties due to the Israeli Suppression since the Beginning of the Great March of Return on 30 March:
Notes Medical Crews Journalists Women Children Total Casualties
Among those Killed, there are 3
Persons with Disabilities and a
child suffers from a mental disorder,
while among the children killed,
there is a girl. 3 2 1 34 161 Killed
Among those wounded, 469
are in serious condition and 76
had their lower or upper limbs
amputated. The number of those
wounded only include those wounded
with live bullet and directly hit with
tear gas canisters as there have
been thousand others who suffered
tear gas inhalation and sustained
bruises. 117 103 229 1455 8409 Wounded
PCHR hereby condemns the crimes committed by the Israeli forces, believing it is as a result of Israel’s enjoying impunity thanks to the U.S. and so encouraging the Israeli forces to commit further crimes upon an official decision by the highest military and political echelons.
PCHR emphasizes that continuously inflicting casualties, either killed or wounded, is unjustified, and using lethal force to target and kill civilians, who exercise their right to peaceful assembly or while carrying out their humanitarian duty, is a serious violation of the rules of international law, international humanitarian law, the ICC Rome Statute and Fourth Geneva Convention. Thus, PCHR calls upon the ICC Prosecutor to open an official investigation in these crimes and to prosecute and hold accountable all those applying or involved in issuing orders within the Israeli Forces at the security and political echelons.
PCHR also reiterates its call upon the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under Article 1; i.e., to respect and ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances and their obligations under Article 146 to prosecute persons alleged to commit grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
PCHR calls upon Switzerland, in its capacity as the Depository State for the Convention, to demand the High Contracting Parties to convene a meeting and ensure Israel’s respect for this Convention, noting that these grave breaches constitute war crimes under Article 147 of the same Convention and Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions regarding the guarantee of Palestinian civilians’ right to protection in the occupied territories.
