A/HRC/40/74
• Suhaib Abu Kashef (16)
On 3 August, Israeli forces shot Suhaib, from Khan Younis, in the neck. According
to one source, he had crossed the barbed wire coils inside Gaza, and thrown stones at
Israeli forces. He died on 15 September.
• Bilal Khafaja (16)
On 7 September, Israeli forces shot Bilal, from Rafah, in the chest when he was
walking towards the separation fence approximately 300 m away. He died that day.
• Ahmad Abu Tyoor (16)
Ahmad was from Rafah. On 7 September, Israeli forces shot him in the thigh as he
performed a traditional Palestinian dance, alone with his hands in the air, around 15
m from the separation fence, severing his femoral artery. He died the following day.
• Mohammad Hoom (14)
On 28 September, Israeli forces shot Mohammad, from the Bureij camp, in his chest
as he ran away from the separation fence. The bullet hit his heart; he died the same
day.
• Nasser Mosabeh (11)
Nasser was from Khan Younis. On 28 September, Israeli forces shot him in the back
of the head as he stood 250 m from the separation fence. He died the same day.
• Fares Sirsawi (13)
Fares was from Gaza City. On 5 October, Israeli forces shot him in the chest when
he was approximately 10 m from the separation fence. Fares had been among a
group of youths dragging tyres to the fence. He died that day.
• Mohammad Jahjouh (16)
On 21 December, Israeli forces shot Mohammad, from Gaza City, in the neck as he
stood in a crowd approximately 150 m from the separation fence. He died the same
day.
67.
The commission found that Israeli security forces used lethal force against children
who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to its soldiers. Four of the
children were shot as they walked or ran away from the fence.
68.
Several children were recognizable as such when they were shot. The commission
finds reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers shot them intentionally, knowing
that they were children.
B.
Medical personnel
69.
The Occupied Palestinian Territory is one of the most dangerous places in the world
to be a health worker. During the demonstrations, Israeli forces killed three clearly marked
paramedics:
• Musa Abu Hassainen (35)
On 14 May, Israeli forces killed Musa, who was wearing a high-visibility paramedic
vest, with a shot to the chest approximately 300 m from the separation fence. Shortly
beforehand, he had been treating wounded demonstrators near the Shuhada cemetery
in North Gaza. He died on the way to hospital.
• Razan Najar (20)
On 1 June, an Israeli sniper bullet hit Razan, of the Palestinian Medical Relief
Society and who at the time was wearing a white paramedic vest and standing with
other volunteer paramedics approximately 110 m from the separation fence, in the
chest at the Khuzaa site, east of Khan Younis. She died in hospital.
• Abed Abdullah Qotati (22)
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