A/HRC/40/39 custody as at the end of the reporting period, including 4 held under administrative detention. 42. In Gaza, two journalists were killed by Israeli security forces during the reporting period, including 25-year-old Ahmad Abu Hussein, who was shot in the abdomen with live ammunition on 13 April 2018, approximately 300 m from the fence, in Jabaliya. He died from his injuries on 25 April 2018. Evidence, including video footage, shows that when he was shot, he was photographing the demonstrations, wearing a vest marked “PRESS”. 43. In April 2018, Israeli authorities closed the Elia Association for Youth Media, an East Jerusalem-based association that trains youth on working in the media sector. The Minister of Defense of Israel ordered the closure, claiming that the organization had a hidden agenda with activities supporting acts of terrorism. 51 Earlier in 2018, Israeli security forces had prevented the association from holding a press conference in East Jerusalem and arrested two men attending the conference, as well as the director of the association. 44. In July 2018, Israeli security forces arrested the director of Al-Quds TV and two journalists working for the channel after it was banned by the Israeli authorities. The journalists were interrogated about their work, subjected to threats and accused of incitement of violence. They were all released on bail within a few weeks, while the director of the channel was banned for two months from leaving Ramallah and contacting media agencies. Restrictions on freedom of movement and on the enjoyment of economic and social rights Gaza 45. Adding to the 11-year Israeli blockade and closures of Gaza, movement restrictions were tightened during the reporting period, with devastating impact on the exercise of the rights to health, education, family life and an adequate standard of living. 52 Statements by Israeli authorities suggested these additional restrictions were imposed in response to rocket attacks and the launching of incendiary kites and balloons from Gaza towards Israel, raising further concerns of collective punishment. 53 46. Patients who need – often urgently – medical treatment continued to face difficulties in obtaining permits to exit Gaza.54 Out of the 25,260 requests, submitted mainly by the Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Office on behalf of patients, 1,741 (6.9 per cent) were denied and 8,544 (33.8 per cent) were delayed up to several months. Palestinians injured during the Great March of Return demonstrations were most affected, with only 22 per cent (74 of 335) of exit applications approved, 55 compared to the average monthly approval rate of about 58 per cent for other patients. 56 Some patients died after their permit was denied by Israel, or as they were waiting for its approval.57 47. For example, Israeli authorities delayed issuing an exit permit to a cancer patient from Gaza for a medical appointment because he did not provide information about members of armed groups in Gaza.58 Following a significant deterioration in his condition, he was eventually allowed to pass through the Erez crossing point but died in hospital 10 days later. A 14-year-old boy who was shot in the chest with live ammunition on 30 May 2018 died on 18 June 2018 after being repeatedly denied an exit permit. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 10 AvigdorLiberman@twitter.com, 16 April 2018, available at https://twitter.com/AvigdorLiberman/status/985845422739607558 (in Hebrew). A/73/420, para. 25. See also para. 10 above. See also A/HRC/37/38, para. 45 and A/73/420, para. 19. See www.ochaopt.org/content/more-casualties-sustained-during-great-march-return-gaza. See www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-strip-early-warning-indicators-september-2018. A/73/420, paras. 20–21. Ibid., para. 18.