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72 Palestinians Killed, Hundreds Injured, Hundreds Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Soldiers During October 2015

October 31, 2015 

 

72 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation soldiers during October 2015

Palestinian baby killed in Israeli gas bomb attack in a Bethlehem village

9 Palestinian protesters were injured by fire from Israeli occupation soldiers, in Jenin and Bethlehem, October 31, 2015 46 Palestinian protesters were injured inside Gaza border by fire from Israeli occupation soldiers, October 31, 2015

 

72 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation soldiers during October 2015

October 31, 2015, RAMALLAH, (PIC)--

72 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gun fire since the outbreak of Jerusalem Intifada on October 1, the Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies said.

Over the past month, 24 Palestinians were shot dead in al-Khalil while 18 others were killed in occupied Jerusalem.
14 children and five girls were among the reported victims, the sources added.

The martyrs also include 24 martyrs under the age of 24.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to detain the bodies of 25 Palestinians who were shot dead for allegedly carrying out stabbing attacks while five bodies were delivered to their families on Friday.

Israeli occupation soldiers shoot, kill Palestinian minor near Jenin

October 31, 2015, JENIN, (PIC)--

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 baby killed in Israeli gas bomb attack

October 31, 2015, BETHLEHEM, (PIC)--

An eight-month-old Palestinian baby has been killed in Beit Fujar town in Bethlehem as Israeli Occupation Forces heavily fired tear gas bombs towards Palestinian local homes during clashes in the area.

Palestinian medical sources affirmed that Ramadan Thawabta died of tear gas inhalation due to the excessive use of tear gas bombs by Israeli forces who violently stormed the town.

The baby was given immediate medical aid, however he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards, the sources added.

The baby’s family members also choked on tear gas during the attack.

Two others youths were injured during clashes in the village and detained without receiving any medical care, the sources added.

Earlier Friday, three Palestinians were injured with 0.22 caliber bullets during the clashes and taken to hospital for treatment.

Two other youths were killed while 80 others were injured as clashes have been ongoing across occupied Palestinian territory.

Injuries reported as clashes continue in West Bank

October 31, 2015, WEST BANK, (PIC)--

At least seven Palestinians were injured as clashes continued to be high on Friday in Jenin and Bethlehem in occupied West Bank.

In Bethlehem, violent clashes broke out after Friday prayers at the northern entrance to the city.
During the clashes, seven Palestinian youths were slightly and moderately injured including five with rubber bullets. Heavy firing of tear gas bombs was also reported.

Similar clashes broke out at the western entrance to Beit Fujar town and al-Khuther village south of the city.
In Jenin, local youths threw stones at an Israeli military watch tower located near the city.

Israeli forces opened their gun fire at the Palestinian stone-throwers and deployed throughout Yabad town in the city amid heavy fire of tear gas bombs.

In al-Khalil, seven Palestinians were injured as similar clashes broke out Friday afternoon throughout the city. Live bullet injuries were reported among the injured.

Along the same line, an Israeli military checkpoint erected at the entrance to Aroub refugee camp was subjected to a Molotov cocktail attack.

Two other Israeli jeeps were targeted with Molotov cocktails in two separate incidents.

IOF runs over a Palestinian, attacks medics and journalists

October 31, 2015, RAMALLAH, (PIC)--

An Israeli jeep ran over a Palestinian young man on Friday evening north of al-Bireh, near Ramallah before being brutally beaten and arrested.

Medics were also attacked while trying to reach the injured detainee, while journalists were severely beaten while covering the attack.

Footage of the incident aired by the al-Aqsa TV showed the military vehicle speeding up at a group of youths who were protesting weeks of Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

In the video, a black jeep is seen driving quickly at two people running away before hitting one. A soldier quickly jumped out of the vehicle and brutally attacked the injured protester. Medics then approached to help, but the soldier violently pushed them back.

Two journalists, who were filming the attack, were also beaten and attacked with pepper spray.

Earlier Friday, clashes broke out after Friday prayers in al-Bireh city near Beit El settlement during which Palestinian youths threw stones at the invading Israeli forces who responded by firing live and rubber bullets.

46 Palestinian protesters were injured inside Gaza border by fire from Israeli occupation soldiers

October 31, 2015, GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) showered peaceful demonstrators near the borders with Gaza Strip with live and rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters wounding 46 of them on Friday.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry spokesman, said that 17 of the casualties were wounded with live bullets while 19 were injured with rubber-coated bullets and burns as a result of direct hits by gas canisters while 10 choked on tear gas.

He said that six paramedics were among the injured, adding that an ambulance vehicle was also damaged in the heavy fire. He added two journalists were among the casualties one in eastern Khan Younis and the other in northern Gaza.

Local sources earlier told the PIC reporter that five young men were injured with live bullets east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, adding that the number rose to nine by the evening.

The sources said that a photojournalist was hit with a bullet in his chest.

Palestinian Teen Killed By Israeli Army Fire Near Jenin

Saturday October 31, 2015 13:03 by IMEMC & Agencies

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.

|Video Shows Soldiers Placing Object Near Body Of Slain Palestinian Teen|

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.


On Friday, October 30, the soldiers killed three Palestinians, including a baby who suffocated from Israeli tear gas in Bethlehem, a day after Israeli forces tore through a Bethlehem neighborhood shouting We will gas you all to death.

71 Palestinians, Including 12 Children, 2 Infants And A Pregnant Woman, Killed This Month

Saturday October 31, 2015 09:49 by Celine Hagbard - IMEMC News

Three Palestinians were killed Friday, including a baby who suffocated to death from tear gas in Bethlehem a day after Israeli forces tore through a Bethlehem neighborhood shouting "We will gas you all to death".

Baby who died in Bethlehem Friday (image from Xinhua news)

The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that 921 Palestinians have been shot and injured with live Israeli army rounds, since the beginning of this month, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, while 855 were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and 208 suffered fractures and bruises after being assaulted and beaten by soldiers and fanatic settlers.

Palestinians Killed On Friday:

Baby Suffocates to Death from Tear Gas near Bethlehem

Palestinian killed near light rail station in Jerusalem following alleged stabbing of soldier

One Palestinian Killed, Another Seriously Injured, Near Nablus

The names of those killed by the army in October:

West Bank and Jerusalem:

1. Mohannad Halabi, 19, al-Biereh – Ramallah. Shot after allegedly grabbing gun and killing two Israelis. 10/3
2. Fadi Alloun, 19, Jerusalem. Israeli claim of 'attack' contradicted by eyewitnesses and video. 10/4
3. Amjad Hatem al-Jundi, 17, Hebron.
4. Thaer Abu Ghazala, 19, Jerusalem.
5. Abdul-Rahma Obeidallah, 11, Bethlehem.
6. Hotheifa Suleiman, 18, Tulkarem.
7. Wisam Jamal Faraj, 20, Jerusalem. Shot by an exploding bullet during protest. 10/8
8. Mohammad al-Ja’bari, 19, Hebron.
9. Ahmad Jamal Salah, 20, Jerusalem.
10. Ishaq Badran, 19, Jerusalem. Israeli claim of 'attack' contradicted by eyewitnesses. 10/10
11. Mohammad Said Ali, 19, Jerusalem.
12. Ibrahim Ahmad Mustafa Awad, 28, Hebron. Shot at protest by rubber-coated steel bullet in his forehead. 10/11
13. Ahmad Abdullah Sharaka, 13, Al Jalazoun Refugee camp-Ramallah.
14. Mostafa Al Khateeb, 18, Sur-Baher – Jerusalem.
15. Hassan Khalid Manassra, 15, Jerusalem.
16. Mohammad Nathmie Shamassnah, 22, Kutneh-Jerusalem.
17. Baha’ Elian, 22, Jabal Al Mokaber-Jerusalem.
18. Mutaz Ibrahim Zawahra, 27, Bethlehem. Hit with a live bullet in the chest during a demonstration.
19. Ala’ Abu Jammal, 33, Jerusalem.
20. Bassem Bassam Sidr, 17, Hebron.
21. Ahmad Abu Sh’aban, 23, Jerusalem.
22. Riyadh Ibraheem Dar-Yousif, 46, Al Janyia village Ramallah( Killed while harvesting olives)
23. Fadi Al-Darbi , 30, Jenin – died in Israeli detention camp.
24. Eyad Khalil Al Awawdah, Hebron.
25. Ihab Hannani, 19, Nablus.
26. Fadel al-Qawasmi, 18, Hebron. Shot by paramilitary settler, Israeli soldier caught on film planting knife near his body.
27. Mo'taz Ahmad 'Oweisat, 16, Jerusalem. Military claimed he 'had a knife'. 10/17
28. Bayan Abdul-Wahab al-'Oseyli, 16, Hebron. Military claimed she 'had a knife', but video evidence contradicts that claim. 10/17
29. Tariq Ziad an-Natsha, 22, Hebron. 10/17
30. Omar Mohammad al-Faqeeh, 22, Qalandia. Military claimed he 'had a knife'. 10/17
31. Mohannad al-‘Oqabi, 21, Negev. Allegedly killed soldier in bus station in Beer Sheba.
32. Hoda Mohammad Darweesh, 65, Jerusalem.
33. Hamza Mousa Al Amllah, 25, from Hebron, killed near Gush Etzion settlement.
34. Odai Hashem al-Masalma, 24, Beit 'Awwa town near Hebron.
35. Hussam Isma’el Al Ja’bari, 18, Hebron.
36. Bashaar Nidal Al Ja’bari, 15, Hebron.
37. Hashem al-'Azza, 54, Hebron.
38. Moa’taz Attalah Qassem, 22, Eezariyya town near Jerusalem. 10/21
39. Mahmoud Khalid Eghneimat, 20, Hebron.
40. Ahmad Mohammad Said Kamil, Jenin.
41. Dania Jihad Irshied, 17, Hebron.
42. Sa’id Mohamed Yousif Al-Atrash, 20, Hebron.
43. Raed Sakit Abed Al Raheem Thalji Jaradat, 22, Sa’er – Hebron.
44. Eyad Rouhi Ihjazi Jaradat, 19, Sa’er – Hebron.
45. Ezzeddin Nadi Sha'ban Abu Shakhdam, 17, Hebron. Shot by Israeli military after allegedly wounding soldier, then left to bleed to death.
46. Shadi Nabil Dweik, 22, Hebron. Shot by Israeli military after allegedly wounding the same soldier, then left to bleed to death.
47. Homam Adnan Sa’id, 23,Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Shot by Israeli soldiers claiming 'he had a knife', but eyewitnesses report seeing soldiers throwing a knife next to his dead body. 10/27
48. Islam Rafiq Obeid, 23, Tel Rumeida, Hebron. 10/28
49. Nadim Eshqeirat, 52, Jerusalem. 10/29 - Died when Israeli soldiers delayed his ambulance.
50. Mahdi Mohammad Ramadan al-Mohtasib, 23, Hebron. 10/29
51. Farouq Abdul-Qader Seder, 19, Hebron. 10/29
52. Qassem Saba’na, 20, shot on motorcycle near Zaatara checkpoint. 10/30
53. Ahmad Hamada Qneibi, 23, Jerusalem. Soldiers claimed 'he had a knife'.
54. Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta, 8 month old baby, Bethlehem. Died of tear gas inhalation.

Gaza Strip:

55. Shadi Hussam Doula, 20.
56. Ahmad Abdul-Rahman al-Harbawi, 20.
57. Abed al-Wahidi, 20.
58. Mohammad Hisham al-Roqab, 15.
59. Adnan Mousa Abu ‘Oleyyan, 22.
60. Ziad Nabil Sharaf, 20.
61. Jihad al-‘Obeid, 22.
62. Marwan Hisham Barbakh, 13.
63. Khalil Omar Othman, 15.
64. Nour Rasmie Hassan, 30. Killed along with her child in an Israeli airstrike. 10/11
65. Rahaf Yihiya Hassan, two years old. Killed along with her mother in an Israeli airstrike. 10/11
66. Yihya Abdel-Qader Farahat, 23.
67. Shawqie Jamal Jaber Obed, 37.
68. Mahmoud Hatem Hameeda, 22. Northern Gaza. 69. Ahmad al-Sarhi, 27, al-Boreij.
70. Yihya Hashem Kreira.
71. Khalil Hassan Abu Obeid, 25. Khan Younis. Died from wounds sustained in protest earlier in the week.


Non-Palestinian killed by Israeli mob:
Eritrean asylum-seeker Haftom Zarhum killed in Beer Sheva bus station by angry mob who mistook him for a Palestinian- 10/18

Names of known Israeli casualties during the same time period:

1 & 2. 10/1 - Eitam and Na’ama Henkin, both aged around 30 years old, killed in drive-by shooting near Itamar settlement.
3. 10/3 - Nahmia Lavi, 41 - Rabbi for Israeli military. Killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack near Lion's Gate when he tried to shoot the attacker but had his weapon taken.
4. 10/3 - Aaron Bennet, 24. Killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack near Lion's Gate.
5. 10/13 - Yeshayahu Kirshavski, 60, bus shooting in East Jerusalem
6. 10/13 - Haviv Haim, 78, bus shooting in East Jerusalem
7. 10/13 - Richard Lakin, 76, bus shooting in East Jerusalem (died of wounds several days after the attack)
8. 10/18 - Omri Levy, 19, Israeli soldier with the Golani Brigade who had his weapon grabbed and turned against him by an Israeli resident.

An additional 2 Israelis that were initially claimed to have been killed in attacks were actually killed in car accidents.

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