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) 14

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