A/HRC/40/74 international news agencies, standing around 300 m from the separation fence. He survived. • Journalist (34) On 14 May, Israeli forces shot a journalist from Khan Younis in the lower abdomen at the Malaka site while he was approximately 150 m from the separation fence. He was wearing a blue helmet and a blue vest clearly marked “Press”. He received intensive medical treatment that saved his life. 74. The commission found reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers shot journalists intentionally, despite seeing that they were clearly marked as such. D. Persons with disabilities 75. Persons with disabilities are entitled to special protection under international law. The commission investigated several emblematic cases of persons with disabilities who were killed by Israeli forces. • Fadi Abu Salmi (29, double amputee) Fadi, from Khan Younis, had had both legs amputated following an Israeli airstrike in 2008. On 14 May, Israeli snipers shot him in the chest at the Abasan Al-Jadida protest site, where he was sitting in his wheelchair with two friends approximately 300 m from the separation fence. He died immediately. • Ahmad Abu Aqel (24, walked with crutches) Ahmad, from the Jabaliya refugee camp, walked with crutches, having been injured by Israeli forces during a demonstration in 2017. On 20 April, Israeli forces shot him in the back of the head as he sat on a hill approximately 150 m from the separation fence. He died that day. • Mohammad Abdulnaby (27, walked with crutches) Mohammad, from the Jabaliya refugee camp, walked with crutches. On 26 October, Israeli forces killed him with a shot to the head, approximately 200 m from the separation fence. 76. The commission found reasonable grounds to believe that the Israeli snipers shot these demonstrators intentionally, despite seeing that they had visible disabilities. 77. The Israeli forces also unlawfully shot other demonstrators with disabilities. • Shadi Kashef (23, hearing disability) Shadi was from Rafah. He was deaf. On 30 March, Israeli snipers shot him in the head. According to a witness, Shadi was standing about 150 m from the separation fence. He died on 5 April. • Tahrir Wahba (18, hearing disability) Tahrir was deaf. On 1 April, Israeli forces shot him in the back of the head with a single bullet at the Khuzaa demonstration site. He was at least 150 m from the separation fence. He died on 23 April. E. Amputations and other life-changing injuries 78. The use of live ammunition by Israeli forces inflicted life-changing injuries on demonstrators. Some 21 people became paralysed by injuries to the spinal cord and 9 people suffered permanent loss of vision. 79. More people lost limbs during the demonstrations than during the entire Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014. As at 31 December 2018, 122 demonstrators had undergone amputations, including 20 children and a woman; of these, 98 were lower-limb amputations. 16