Terrorism and Human Rights at the UN

Glorifying Terrorism at the UN

    2018

  • October 1, 2018
    A/ES-10/797 Identical letters dated 1 October 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "Friday, 28 September 2018... In this latest onslaught, the occupying forces killed seven Palestinian civilians."
    Times of Israel
    "Over 100 improvised bombs and grenades were hurled at Israeli troops during Friday's riots at the Gaza border, the military said Saturday. The army released footage of the violent demonstrations, which it said were the worst in two months, depicting attempts to breach and sabotage the security fence."

  • June 11, 2018
    A/ES-10/791 Identical letters dated 11 June 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "On 6 June, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed 21-year-old Izz al-Din al-Tamimi, in the village of Nabi Salih, north-west of Ramallah."
    Jerusalem Post
    "Soldiers had entered the village to arrest a suspect, according to the IDF. A group of more than 10 Palestinians threw stones at them and the army responded with riot dispersal methods. According to the army, Tamimi threw a stone that hit a soldier in the head."

  • May 22, 2018
    A/ES-10/782 Identical letters dated 22 May 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    I must inform you that on 15 May, the day following the massacre, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed two more Palestinian civilians, Bilal Budeir Hussein al-Ashram, age 17, and Naser Ahmad Mahmoud Ghurab, age 51...
    The names of the Palestinian civilian protesters executed on 14 May are the following:
    Ahmed Adel Musa Alshaer, age 16
    Saeed Mohamed Abu Alkheir, age 16
    Saadi Said Fahmi Abu Salah, age 16
    ...
    Ibrahim Ahmed Alzarqa, age 18
    Abdulrahman Sami Abu Mattar, age 18
    Bilal Badeer Hussein al-Ashram, age 18
    Eman Ali Sadiq Alsheikh, age 19
    ...
    Zayid Mohamed Hasan Omar, age 19
    ...
    Anas Hamdan Salim Qadeeh, age 21
    Ali Mohamed Ahmed Khafajah, age 21
    ...
    Mahmoud Wael Mahmoud Jundeyah, age 21
    Yehia Ismail Rajab Aldaqoor, age 22
    Mustafa Mohamed Samir Mahmoud Almasry, age 22
    ...
    Ahmed Fayez Harb Shahadah, age 23
    ...
    Ahmed Zahir Hamid Alshawa, age 24
    Mahmoud Yahya Abdawahab Hussain, age 24
    Khalil Ismail Khalil Mansor, age 25
    Mohamed Hasan Mustafa Alabadilah, age 25
    ...
    Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Hamdan, age 27
    Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Alrantisi, age 27
    ...
    Musab Yousef Abu Leilah, age 28
    Ahmed Fawzy Altetr, age 28
    ...
    Alaa Alnoor Ahmed Alkhatib, age 28
    Obaidah Salim Farhan, age 30
    Jihad Mufid al-Farra, age 30
    Ismail Khalil Ramadhan Aldaahuk, age 30
    Omar Jomaa Abu Ful, age 30
    Ahmed Abdullah Aladini, age 30
    Fadi Hassan Abu Salah, age 30
    Motaz Bassam Kamil al-Nunu, age 31
    Mohammed Riyad Abdulrahman Alamudi, age 31
    Jihad Mohammed Othman Mousa, age 31
    Shahir Mahmoud Mohammed Almadhoon, age 32
    Mahmoud Sulayman Ibrahim Aql, age 32
    Mohammed Hani Hosni Alnajjar, age 33
    Fadl Mohamed Ata Habshy, age 34
    Mousa Jabr Abdulsalam Abu Hasnayn, age 35

    Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
    "Ahmad Adel Moussa al-Shaer...16 years old...The military wing of the PIJ [Palestinian Islamic Jihad] reported he was an operative in its ranks..."
    "Sayid Muhammad Abu al-Kheir...16 years old...His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial. Hamas' military wing issued a death notice for him."
    "Saadi Sayid Fahmi Abu Salah...16 years old...Hamas produced a video dedicated to his memory showing him participating with a group of other adolescents in an attempt to cut through the border security fence. In the video his father says his son always spoke of his desire to be a shaheed. He said that from the beginning his son had always attended the 'return marches.' His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial..."
    "Ibrahim Ahmad al-Zarqa...18 years old... His mother said that since the beginning of the "return marches" he had gone to the area east of Gaza City every Friday...and that he often said he hoped to become a shaheed... Was active in Hamas' media bureau in the al-Tufah region..."
    "Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel Abu Matar...18 years old...His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial..."
    "Bilal Badeir Hussein al-Ashram...The Fatah branch in central Gaza Strip issued a death notice for him saying he was a Fatah operative..."
    "Imad Ali Sadeq al-Sheikh...19 years old...His parents said he left home while on a fast to clash with IDF soldiers with the intention of becoming a shaheed. Family members issued a death notice for him with a picture of him holding a rifle. The picture was taken while he was at a Hamas military youth camp in the Gaza Strip..."
    "Zayid Muhammad Hassan Omar...19 years old...Wearing a Hamas headband and wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial..."
    "Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih...21 years old... According to the social networks, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing (the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades)..."
    "Ali Muhammad Ahmad Khafaja...21 years old... Hamas banners and flags were hung at the entrance to the mourning tent erected for him."
    "Mahmoud Wael Mahmoud Jundiya...21 years old...Was a Fatah operative. The branch of the Fatah movement in eastern Gaza City posted to its Facebook page that it mourned the death of its 'heroic shaheed sons'...Fatah also issued a poster with Jundiya's picture (Facebook page of Yusuf Jundiya, May 15, 2018). The body of Mahmoud Jundiya was wrapped in a Fatah flag for burial..."
    "Yahya Isma'il Rajib al-Daqur (Abu Hamza)...22 years old... Was an operative in Hamas' military wing..."
    "Mustafa Muhammad Samir Mahmoud al-Masri (Abu Suheib)...22 years old...Was an operative in Hamas' military wing..."
    "Ahmad Fayiz Harb Shihadeh (Abu Musab)...23 years old...His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial and he was wearing an Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades headband."
    "Ahmad Zuheir Hamed al-Shawwa (Abu Dia')...24 years old...His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag and he was wearing a Hamas military wing headband for burial. Hamas issued a death notice for him (along with four other operatives from the al-Daraj area)."
    "Mahmoud Yahya Hussein...24 years old...His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial. According to a Gazan Twitter account, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing..."
    "Khalil Isma'il Khalil Mansour...25 years old...A relative recounted that a few hours before his death he played with his young daughter and sang to her that he was going to paradise..."
    "Muhammad Hassan Mustafa al-Abdallah...25...or 26 years old...According to the social networks, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing (Facebook page of Mohammed O. Alabadla, May 15, 2018). His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial."
    "Ahmad Muhammad Ibrahim Hamdan...27 years old...Was an operative in the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades' nukhba elite unit..."
    "Ahmad Mahmoud Muhammad al-Rantisi...27 years old...His body was wrapped in a green Hamas flag for burial. According to pictures posted on the social networks, he was also an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Musab Youssef Abu Laila...28 or 29 years old...According to the death notice issued by the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, he was a lieutenant in military intelligence in the Gaza Strip..."
    "Ahmad Fawzi al-Tatar...28 years old...Was a Fatah operative..."
    "Alaa Anwar Ahmad al-Khatib...28 years old...Belonged to the branch of the Fatah movement in eastern Gaza City..."
    "Ubaida Salem Abd Rabbo Farhan...30 years old...The military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) issued a notice referring to him as an operative in its ranks..."
    "Jihad Mufid Abd al-Mun'em al-Farra...30 years old...According to the social networks, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Isma'il Khalil Ramadan al-Dahuk...30 years old...Was an operative in the Palestinian police force (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018) and also an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Omar Jumaa Abu Fol...30 years old...Was an operative in Hamas' military wing. He wore a Hamas military wing headband and his body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial. His funeral was attended by operatives of Hamas' military wing..."
    "Ahmad Abdallah al-Adini...30 or 36 years old...Belonged to the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Deir al-Balah. The PFLP in the Gaza Strip issued a death notice for him..."
    "Fadi Hassan Salman Abu Salmi (Abu Salah)...29 or 30 years old...The military wing of the PIJ claimed him as an operative and said he stood in the front line in every clash in eastern Khan Yunis..."
    "Mu'taz Bassem Kamel al-Nunu (Abu Bassem)...30 or 31 years old...Was a captain in Hamas' security forces in the Gaza Strip (Facebook pages of the ministry of the interior and the spokesman for the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). Was also an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Muhammad Riyadh Abd al-Rahman al-Aamoudi (Abu Ubaida)...31 years old...Worked for the office of the inspector general of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip...Was also a field commander in Hamas' military wing..."
    "Jihad Muhammad Othman Moussa (Abu Muhammad)...30 or 31 years old...Was a second lieutenant in the internal security apparatus of Hamas' ministry of the interior (Facebook pages of the spokesmen of the ministry of the interior and the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). He was also an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Shaher Mahmoud Muhammad al-Madhoun (Abu Abdallah)...32 years old...Was an operative in Hamas' military wing. A posting to the al-Madhoun family Facebook page (May 14) showed him in military uniform and called him a "jihadi shaheed." According to the Facebook page of Abu Ubaida Muhammad from Gaza, whose pictures indicate the two were friends, Shaher alMadhoun was a commander in the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades..."
    "Muhammad Suleiman Aqel...32 or 33 years old...Was a captain in the Palestinian police force in Khan Yunis..."
    "Muhammad Hani Husni al-Najjar...33 years old...Was a second lieutenant in the Hamas naval police (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Hamas banners were hung in the mourning tent erected for him. According to the social networks, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing."
    "Fadhel Muhammad Atta Habshi (Abu Ahmad)...34 years old...Was a major in the Hamas security and protection forces..."
    "Moussa Jaber Hasanein...36 years old...Operative in the security forces of the Hamas ministry of the interior."

  • April 27, 2018
    A/ES-10/777 Identical letters dated 27 April 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "Ahmad Abu Hussein, a photojournalist, age 24, died on 25 April, succumbing to injuries sustained while covering protests on 13 April"
    Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
    "An examination of Ahmed Abu Hussein's identity revealed that in addition to being a media person, he was also a PFLP member.[1] That was manifested in several ways: the PFLP's military wing issued formal death notices for him; at his funeral red PFLP flags were carried; and the Ahmed Abu Hussein's Facebook page posted notices glorifying the PFLP, its leaders and terrorist attacks..."

  • April 13, 2018
    A/ES-10/776 Identical letters dated April 13, 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "We must also draw attention to the deliberate killing of Yaser Murtaja, a young journalist and documentary filmmaker who was shot dead by Israeli occupying forces on 6 April 2018..."
    Jerusalem Post
    "...Murtaja was a Hamas activist and active in the Hamas 'security apparatus's work on a daily basis' to help the terrorist organization with intelligence gathering. Prime Minister's Office spokesmen Ofir Gendelman and David Keyes both tweeted that Murtaja was not only on the Hamas payroll since 2011 but that he held the rank of captain and had a 'prior association with the military wing [the Izzadin Kassam Brigades].'"

  • April 13, 2018
    A/ES-10/775 Identical letters dated April 6, 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "The names of those killed today are...Majdi Ramadan Shabat, 38,...Osama Khamees Qadiyeh, 38,...Sidqi Faraj Abu Outawi, 45,... Thaer Mohammed Rabaa, 30, succumbed to the wounds he sustained last week."
    Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
    "Majdi Ramadan Musa Shabat...38 years old...Was an operative in the Palestinian police, holding the rank of captain (website of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, April 6, 2018). Hamas flags were held by marchers at his funeral."
    "Usama Khamis Musalam Qudieh...38 years old...Was apparently an operative in Hamas' security forces. A military-type funeral was held for him, attended by security force operatives..."
    "Sidki Faraj (or Taleb) Abu Atiwi...45 years old...Was apparently a Hamas operative. His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial..."
    "Tha'er Muhammad Rabi'h...30 years old...Was an operative in Fatah's military wing (al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade)..."

  • March 30, 2018
    A/ES-10/773 Identical letters dated 30 March 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "The names of some of the Palestinians tragically killed are: Mohammed Najjar (age 25); Mahmoud Muammar (age 38); Mohammed Abu Omar (age 22); Ahmed Oudeh (age 19); Jihad Freneh (age 33); Mahmoud Saadi Rahmi (age 33); Abdelfattah Abdelnabi (age 22); Ibrahim Abu Shaar (age 20); as well as Iyad Abdelal, Abdelqad er al-Hawajiri, Sari Abu Odeh, Hamdan Abu Amsheh, Jihad Abu Jamous, Bader al-Sabbagh and Naji Abu Hjai, whose ages remain unknown. Earlier on Friday..."
    Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
    "Muhammad Kamal al-Najar...25 years old...According to the Palestinian media, he was killed by IDF fire in eastern Jabaliya, after he and those with him approached the fence...It was later reported that the was killed while trying to pass through an opening that had been cut in the fence and enter Israeli territory (Palestine Online, April 8, 2018)...A death notice was posted by the Abu Khiris-al-Najar clan. The Shaheed Suheil Abu Zaida Brigade of Hamas military wing issued a condolence notice which was hung in the family's mourning tent during a condolence call paid by Isma'il Haniyeh (Hamas website, April 1, 2018)."
    "Amin Mansour Abu Muammar/Amin Mahmoud Mansour Muammar...22 or 25 years old...Operative in the military wing of the PFLP, according to a statement from the organization..."
    "Ahmed Ibrahim 'Ashour Odeh...19 years old...Operative in Hamas' military wing. A picture of him armed and in uniform was posted to the website of Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, March 31, 2018)."
    "Jihad Ahmed Farina...35 years old...Field commander in Hamas' military wing. A picture of him armed and in uniform was posted to the website of Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, March 31, 2018). He was the most senior Hamas terrorist operative killed during the events of March 30, 2018."
    "Mahmoud Sa'adi Younes Rahmi...33 or 34 years old...Apparently affiliated with Hamas. His name appeared on a Hamas notice in the Shejaiya region inviting the public to participate in a memorial service for him and for another military wing operative killed on March 30, 2018 (Facebook page of the Anas bin Malek mosque in Gaza City, April 1, 2018). There is a picture of him armed in a video issued to commemorate him."
    "Abd al-Qader Murdhi Suleiman al-Hawajri...42 years old...Senior operative in the DFLP and one of the founders of the organization's branch in the al-Bureij refugee camp (qassem.net and quds.net, March 31,2018). The DFLP issued a death notice for him."
    "Sari Walid Abu Odeh...27 years old...Killed with Hamdan Isma'il Abu 'Amsha by IDF fire at a Hamas observation post in the al-Amal neighborhood in northeastern Beit Hanoun...Operative in Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, March 31, 2018; al-Haqq, April 1, 2018). The Hamas military wing's website posted a picture of him armed and in uniform."
    "Hamdan Isma'il Saber Abu 'Amsha...23 years old...Killed with Sari Walid Abu Odeh by IDF fire at a Hamas observation post in the al-Amal neighborhood in northeastern Beit Hanoun (al-Haqq, April 1, 2018)...Operative in Fatah's military wing (the Nabil Masoud units /al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade) (fatehmedia.net, March 31, 2018). The northern branch of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade issued a death notice for him."
    "Jihad Zuhair Abu Jamous "al-Najar" (Abu al-Mu'atassem)...30 years old...Operative in Fatah's military wing (website of the alAqsa Martyrs' Brigade/Shaheed Nidal al-'Amoudi Battalion, March 30, 2018). The wing issued a death notice for him showing him in uniform with a red beret. The eastern Khan Yunis branch also issued a death notice for him."
    "Bader Fayek Ibrahim al-Sabagh...19 or 22 years old...Was apparently a Hamas operative. Hamas flags and a Hamas death notice were placed at the entrance to the family's mourning tent..."
    "Naji Abdallah Shahadeh Abu Hujair...25 years old...Was apparently a Hamas operative. His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial..."

  • February 12, 2018
    A/ES-10/767 Identical letters dated 12 February 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "On 7 February 2018, a young Palestinian man, Khaled Walid Tayeh (aged 22), died after succumbing to wounds he sustained earlier that day during a military raid by Israeli occupying forces in the Al-Jabal al-Shamali area of Nablus in the West Bank.
    Times of Israel
    "A Palestinian was killed... in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday evening, according to the Palestinian health ministry, as Israeli troops pursued the terrorist behind the killing of a rabbi on Monday...'During the activity, a violent riot was instigated as approximately 500 Palestinians hurled rocks, firebombs and explosive devices and fired live rounds at IDF soldiers,' the army said."

  • January 5, 2018
    A/ES-10/765 Identical letters dated 5 January 2018 from the Palestinian representative
    "Musab Firas Al-Tamimi, also aged 17, from the village of Deir Nitham, was killed after being shot in the neck by Israeli occupying forces."
    Jerusalem Post
    "The youth was identified by Palestinian news agency Wafa as 17-year-old Musab Firas Tamimi from the village of Deir Nitham, north of Ramallah...[T]he teenager was taking part in a violent protest of about 30 Palestinians and was holding a gun, which led to troops opening fire with live ammunition."

    2017

  • July 17, 2017
    A/ES-10/757 Identical letters dated 17 July 2017 from the Palestinian representative
    On 12 July, occupying forces shot and killed two young Palestinians, Aws Muhammad Youssif Salameh (age 17) and Saad Nasser Hassan Abd al-Fattah Salah (age 20), and injured at least two other people after a violent military raid into Jenin refugee camp. Two days later, on 14 July, a Palestinian youth, Barra' Hamamdeh (age 18) was shot dead and two others sustained gunshot wounds fired by occupying forces in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.
    Jerusalem Post
    "IDF soldiers came under fire overnight Tuesday during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, according to the army. An IDF statement said that Palestinian gunmen opened fire at the forces and hurled explosive devices toward them. The soldiers returned fire. Palestinian media reported of two killed and one injured in the exchange of gunfire."

  • May 25, 2017
    A/ES-10/754 Identical letters dated 24 May 2017 from the Palestinian representative
    "On 18 May 2017... a terrorist settler, who was driving on a road where demonstrations were taking place, got out of his car and shot at Palestinian protestors. He shot a Palestinian, Muataz Hussein Hilal Bani Shamsa (age 23)..."
    "These incidents come on the heels of the Israeli shooting and killing an unarmed, young Palestinian fisherman, Muhammad Majid Bakr (age 23), off the coast of Gaza at a distance of just 3 metres just last week."
    Times of Israel
    "An Israeli man whose car was attacked by rioters shot dead a Palestinian man and injured an Associated Press photojournalist during a violent protest in the northern West Bank town of Hawara on Thursday, officials said. His car was pelted with stones and he said he believed he was going to be killed, and that he fired in self-defense."
    Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (U.S.-designated terrorist organization) "With great pride, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) mourns its son, the heroic martyr Mohammed Majid Bakr..."

  • May 17, 2017
    A/ES-10/753 Identical letters dated 12 May 2017 from the Palestinian representative
    "This past Sunday, 7 May 2017 another Palestinian child was killed in Occupied East Jerusalem ... Fatima Abed el-Rahman Hjeiji (age 16)..."
    Haaretz
    "A statement by the police said Hajiji 'approached a police and Border Police force stationed at the site, drew a knife and tried to attack them while calling out 'Allah Akhbar.' The force acted determinedly and professionally and neutralized her.' The police also published a picture of the knife she was holding. She was also carrying a letter, apparently a suicide note. The letter had verses from the Koran and was signed with the word 'shahida,' or martyr."

  • March 23, 2017
    A/ES-10/747 Identical letters dated 23 March 2017 from the Palestinian representative
    "Just this past Wednesday, 22 March 2017, Israeli occupying forces launched a wave of attacks on Gaza, killing Yousef Shaaban Abu Athra (age, 15), in eastern Rafah."
    Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
    "On March 22, 2017, IDF forces shot at three Palestinians seen placing IEDs near the border security fence in the Rafah region. The Palestinian ministry of health reported the death the Yusuf Sha'ban Abu 'Azra, 16, from Rafah, and the wounding of two others by IDF fire east of Rafah (Palinfo, March 22, 2017)."

  • January 20, 2017
    A/ES-10/739 Identical letters dated 20 January 2017 from the Palestinian representative
    "On Monday, 16 January 2017, a Palestinian youth, 17-year-old Qusai Al-Amour, was fatally shot in the village of Tuqou', near Bethlehem..."
    "The day after..., it was a 44-year-old Palestinian man, Shweika area, north of Tulkarem...Nidal Daoud Mahdawi..."
    "A week before... it was Mohammed Salhi, age 32, who was killed in his home in the Al-Fara'a refugee camp, located near Nablus and Tubas."
    Jerusalem Post
    "'Hundreds of rioters hurled rocks at the security forces in the area,' an Israeli military spokeswoman said. 'Due to the extent of the violence, border police fired 0.22 calibre rounds towards a main violent instigator, resulting in his death'...in the village of Tuqu."
    Jewish Telegraphic Agency
    "The attacker drew a knife and began running at soldiers manning the checkpoint, who called for him to stop. When he did not stop, one of the officers shot the attacker, killing him. The attacker was identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as Nidal Daoud Mahdawi, 44..."
    Haaretz
    "Last week a Palestinian was shot to death in the Far'a refugee camp near Nablus during arrests of suspects in the camp. According to the army, he ran toward the soldiers with a drawn knife... [A]fter the Palestinian continued to advance toward them while shouting "Allah Akbar" he was shot..."


2016

  • November 15, 2016
    A/ES-10/735 Identical letters dated 14 November 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "30 October 2016
    Khalid Ahmad Elayyan Ikhlayyil, 23, was killed by Israeli occupying forces near the village of Beit Ummar near Al-Khalil in the vicinity of the illegal settlement bloc of "Gush Etzion."

    i24 News
    "Shortly after three border police were lightly injured in a car ramming attack near the village of Beit Ummar, just north of the flash point West Bank city of Hebron. Police said that the assailant was shot and died from his wounds. The Palestinian Health Ministry named the driver as Khalid Ahmad Elayyan Ikhlayyil, 23, a resident of Beit Ummar."

  • September 20, 2016
    A/ES-10/733 – Identical letters dated 20 September 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "On Friday, 16 September 2016, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed Fares Moussa Mohammed Khaddour, age 18, and seriously wounded his fiancée, Raghad Abdullah Khaddour, age 18, at the entrance of the illegal settlement "Kiryat Arba" in Al-Khalil in southern occupied West Bank.
    On Friday, 16 September 2016, Israeli occupying forces shot dead Abdul Ghani Shaludi, age 26, at the entrance of Tel Rumeida neighbourhood in Al-Khalil's Old City. Israeli occupying forces prevented a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance from reaching the scene.
    On Friday, 16 September 2016, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed Said Al-Amr, age 28, a Jordanian youth in occupied East Jerusalem at the Damascus Gate in the Old City...
    On Monday, 19 September 2016, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed Muhannad Al-Rajaby, age 21, and Ameer Al-Rajaby, age 17, near Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil."

    Jewish Press
    "Two terrorists, a man and a woman, attempted a ramming attack at the Kiryat Arba hitchhiking post around 1:30 PM Friday, at the Elias junction. IDF troops guarding the area shot the terrorists. The male terrorist was killed, the female terrorist was wounded and taken to the hospital. 3 Israeli teenagers were treated for shock and light injuries from the attack. The terrorists also had a knife in their car."
    Times of Israel
    "Israeli security forces on Saturday surrounded the Hebron home of a Palestinian assailant who stabbed and lightly wounded an IDF soldier in the West Bank city earlier that day. The assailant, identified as 25-year-old Hatem Abdel-Hafiz al-Shaloudi, was shot and killed by security forces near the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of the city, the army said following the attack. A military statement said the attacker drew a knife during a routine security check in Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, wounding the soldier. "In response to the immediate threat, forces at the scene shot the assailant, resulting in his death," the statement said."
    Times of Israel
    "Border Police shot and killed a Jordanian man on Friday as he attempted to stab a female officer at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, police said...The man arrived at the Damascus Gate from inside the Old City and approached a group of officers with a knife drawn. The officers, who were in the area on a 'safety and security mission,' saw the man coming towards them with the blade and opened fire, police said. Upon searching the man's body after the attempted attack, police found three knives in his possession."
    Palestinian Media Watch
    "The PA libel that Israel deliberately 'targets' and 'executes' innocent Palestinians without justification has been repeated constantly in recent days by PA and Fatah leaders. PA Minister of Justice Ali Abu Diyak referred to Israel's killing of two stabbers, Amir Jamal Al-Rajabi and Muhannad Jamil Al-Rajabi, as 'organized state terror and additional proof that Israel is continuing to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity.' Amir Jamal Al-Rajabi and Muhannad Jamil Al-Rajabi were two terrorists, who on Sept. 19, 2016, stabbed and wounded an Israeli border police officer near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The two terrorists were shot and killed by Israeli officers during the attack."
    LA Times
    "Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank early Tuesday after he tried to stab a soldier, the latest in a recent surge in attacks, officials said. Troops opened fire because the 16-year-old posed an 'immediate threat' to a soldier stationed at a checkpoint set up at the entrance to the Bani Naim village in the southern West Bank, officials said."

  • August 18, 2016
    A/ES-10/728 – Identical letters dated 18 August 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "Yesterday, 17 August, the Palestinian people buried yet another Palestinian child, who was brutally murdered by the Israeli occupying forces, destroying another Palestinian family and further traumatizing another Palestinian community. Mohammed Abu Hashhash, 17 years old, was killed by live ammunition shot at his chest by an Israeli soldier during a raid by the occupying forces in Al-Fawwar refugee camp near Al-Khalil on 16 August."
    Reuters
    "A Palestinian youth was killed on Tuesday and dozens of protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli troops at the Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The dead youth was named Mohammed abu Hashhash... An Israeli army statement said troops entered Fawwar to search for suspects and weapons and were attacked by local youths who threw concrete blocks, rocks and home-made explosives at them... 'Riots erupted and dozens of Palestinians hurled (home made explosives), blocks and rocks at the forces ... (they) responded with riot dispersal means and fired 0.22 caliber bullets toward main instigators,' an army spokeswoman said."

  • July 26, 2016
    A/ES-10/726 – Identical letters dated 22 July 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "24 June 2016
    A Palestinian woman, Majd Al-Khadour (age 18) was shot and killed by Israeli occupying forces at the entrance of the illegal settlement of 'Kiryat Arba' in Al-Khalil.
    13 July 2016
    Israeli occupying forces shot dead Anwar Al-Salaymeh (age 24), and Fares Al-Rishq (age 20) sustained critical injuries to his head during a raid into Al-Ram town, north of East Jerusalem...
    19 July 2016
    Mustafa Baradiya (age 50) succumbed to the wounds he had sustained the day before, after having been shot and critically injured by Israeli occupying forces at the entrance of Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil."

    Times of Israel
    "The Israeli army on Friday said a Palestinian woman crashed her car into an Israeli vehicle in a likely car-ramming attack in the West Bank. A soldier who was nearby shot the driver, killing her, the military said, describing the incident as an 'apparent' terror attack."
    Haaretz
    "A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli Border Police early on Wednesday during a raid on a weapons-manufacturing facility north of Jerusalem. Border Police officers opened fire when a car sped toward them during the raid in the village of A-Ram, the Israeli military said. The officers said that they shot at the car because their lives were in danger. A Palestinian man, identified as Anwar Al-Salaymeh, 24, from Shuafat, was killed in the incident."
    Meir Amit
    "A Palestinian stabbed two IDF soldiers with a screwdriver near the al-Aroub refugee camp on the Gush Etzion road. One of the soldiers shot and mortally wounded the terrorist, who later died in a hospital; he also had a knife. The Palestinian media reported the terrorist was Mustafa Muhammad Othman Baradiya, 48, from Bayt Fajjar (south of Bethlehem)."

  • April 29, 2016
    A/ES-10/721 – Identical letters dated 28 April 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "Occupying forces shot and murdered two Palestinians, a young woman, Maram Saleh Hassan Abu Ismail (age 24), and her brother Ibrahim (age 16) at the illegal Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah."
    Haaretz
    "A Palestinian woman armed with a knife and her younger brother were shot dead by Israeli security forces at the Qalandiyah checkpoint in the West Bank on Wednesday morning, Jerusalem Police said, prompting clashes in the area. Before being shot, the two were ordered to stop several times but continued to approach officers and guards stationed at a drive-through checkpoint not intended for pedestrians. According to the police, as the two approached, the woman's hand was buried inside her bag and his hand was behind his back. The two eventually heeded the police's call, stopping a short distance from the officers and turning away, but the woman then spun back around and pulled out the knife, throwing it directly at one of the officers. Police and security guards then shot the two. The police found another knife identical to the one she was carrying, while a switchblade was found on the her brother's body. Police and Palestinians identified the woman as 23-year-old Maram Abu Ismayil, a mother of two from East Jerusalem, but originally from Beit Surik in the West Bank. Later, Palestinians identified him as Ibrahim Salah Tahah, her 16-year-old brother."

  • March 23, 2016
    A/ES-10/716 – Identical letters dated 22 March 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "17 March 2016
    Occupying forces killed two Palestinian youth, Ali Abdulrahman al-Kar (age 19) and Ali Jamal Taqatqeh (age 19), near the illegal settlement of "Ariel", near Salfit.
    19 March 2016
    Israeli occupying forces shot and killed a young Palestinian man, Abdullah al-Ajlouni (identified as being in his 20s), at an Israeli checkpoint near Al-Ibrahimi Mosque."

    Jerusalem Post
    "A soldier was stabbed on Thursday morning just as she walked off a bus that had stopped by the Ariel junction in Samaria. Two young Palestinian assailants had run toward her from the direction of the nearby gas station with knives in their hands, according to a spokeswoman for the Samaria Regional Council. Soldiers guarding the bus stop shot and killed the two terrorists: Ali al-Kar Thawabta, 20, and Ali Taqatke, 19, from Beit Fajar village near Bethlehem."
    Jerusalem Post
    "A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a Border Police officer near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Saturday morning. Another officer shot and killed the assailant, Abdullah Muhammad al-Ajlouni, 18... Border police stationed there asked to see his ID card. According to police spokeswoman Luba Samri, Ajlouni produced his card, and then took out a knife and stabbed one of the officers. The officer pushed him away, but Ajlouni tried again to stab him, Samri said. At that point, a second Border Policeman at the crossing shot and killed him."

  • March 11, 2016
    A/ES-10/715 – Identical letters dated 10 March 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "One of the occupying Power's latest egregious crimes occurred at the so-called "Gush Etzion Junction", the entrance to the illegal settlement of "Gush Etzion" in the occupied West Bank. On 4 March 2016, as Amani Husni Sabatin, age 34, was driving in her car, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed her.
    8 March 2016
    Israeli occupying forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman, Fadwa Ahmad Abu Teir (age 51), in the Old City area in Occupied East Jerusalem...
    Fouad Abu Rajab al-Tamimi (age 21) was shot and killed by Israeli occupying forces near Salah al-Din Street in Occupied East Jerusalem...
    Israeli occupying forces shot and killed Abdel Malak Abu Kharoub (age 19) and Mohammed Jamal al-Kalouti (age 21) outside the New Gate in Jerusalem and critically injured Imad Abu Ali (age 57), a resident of Jerusalem's Old City.
    Occupying forces shot and killed a Palestinian child, Sami Amer (age 16), near the village of Al-Zawiya in Salfit."

    Times of Israel
    "An initial investigation shows that the Palestinian woman killed when she attacked and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Friday morning had had a row with her husband and decided to commit suicide, Channel 10 reported. The mother of four rammed her car into a group of soldiers at Gush Etzion Junction, south of Jerusalem, lightly injuring one, the army said. She was shot and killed by soldiers at the scene, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said in a statement. A knife was later found in her car. Palestinian media reports later identified the attacker as Amani Husni Sabatin, 34, from the Palestinian village of Husan, near Bethlehem."
    Times of Israel
    "Police officers shot and killed an Arab Israeli woman as she attempted to stab them in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, officials said. No officers were injured in the attack. The assailant died of wounds suffered from gunfire, police said. The 50-year-old woman, an Israeli citizen, approached the officers who were standing on Hagai Street, which runs from the Damascus Gate to the Western Wall. As she got closer, she took a knife out of her bag and attempted to stab them, police said."
    Meir Amit
    "Civilians reported two Palestinian terrorists in a car had shot at a bus in a drive-by shooting at the Ramot Junction north of Jerusalem. The bus was not hit but shell casings were found at the scene. An extensive search was carried out to locate the vehicle. A vehicle matching its description was found near the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. The Palestinians in the car shot at police and civilians, and the police returned fire, killing them. A passerby was seriously injured by police gunfire. Two rifles were found in the car. The Palestinian media reported the terrorists who carried out the attack were Abd al-Malik Abu Kharoub, 19, and Muhammad Jamal al-Kalouti, 21, from the village of Aqab, north of Jerusalem (Facebook page of Paldf, March 9, 2016), both of whom had blue Israeli identity cards.
    A Palestinian terrorist opened fire at Israeli security forces near Herod's Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. He continued firing as he ran away. Two policemen were seriously wounded. Israeli security forces pursued and killed him. They found an improvised Karl Gustav machine gun. The Palestinian media reported the terrorist was Fouad Kazaf Abdallah Abu Rajab al-Tamimi, 22, from the village of Issawiya in east Jerusalem (Silwanik.net, March 9, 2016).
    A Palestinian terrorist armed with a knife went to an IDF post at the Al-Zawiya roadblock, south of Al-Qana and tried to stab a soldier. The soldiers at the roadblock shot and seriously wounded him; he later died. He was Sami Ahmed Ismail A'mar, 17, from the village of Mascha, west of Ariel (Facebook page of Paldf, March 9, 2016). A suicide note was found on his body; in it he said goodbye to his parents. He claimed he carried out the attack because he owed money to several restaurants."

  • March 7, 2016
    A/ES-10/714 – Identical letters dated 4 March 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "Two Palestinian teenagers, Labib Khaldoon Anwar Azzam (age 17) and Mohammed Hisham Ali Zaghlawan (age 17), were killed by occupying forces near the illegal settlement of "Eli" south of Nablus."
    Jerusalem Post
    "Roy Harel opened the door to his home early Wednesday morning to find two teenage Palestinian assailants waiting to attack him with wooden sticks and a knife. 'I opened the door with a satchel in my hand and I saw the two [teenagers] wearing dark clothing and wooden sticks in their hands. They jumped on me and pushed their way into the house,' said Harel who lives in the West Bank settlement of Eli...
    'After a few minutes I was able to push them back outside even as they were hitting me with sticks,' Harel said. Then he locked the door. Harel told his five children who had woken up to stay in their room. Harel's wife called emergency services and tried to stop the bleeding from his head wound... When the assailants saw soldiers pass them, they came out and attempted to stab them. The soldiers shot and killed them."

  • February 26, 2016
    A/ES-10/713 – Identical letters dated 26 February 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "Khaled Taqatqa (age 21) was shot dead by Israeli occupying forces in the Bethlehem village of Beit Fajjar.
    Mohammed Abu Khalaf (age 20) was shot dead by occupying forces outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City...
    Abed Raed Abdullah Hamad was shot dead by Israeli occupying forces in the village of Silwad, near Ramallah."

    Times of Israel
    "The man died at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, where he had been taken after the incident in the town of Beit Fajjar, between Bethlehem and Hebron, the Walla news website said. The IDF said that he and another protester had been shot after opening fire at troops on the scene. The second protester was lightly hurt. The Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry named the man as Khaled Taqatqa, aged 21."
    Haaretz
    "A Palestinian tried to ram a vehicle into Israeli soldiers Friday afternoon during a protest near the West Bank town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah. No soldiers were wounded and the Palestinian driver was shot and killed. Assailant identified as 20-year-old Mohammad Abu Khalaf, from Kafr Aqab, East Jerusalem.
    CNN
    "In the Friday incident, Muhammad Muhammad Abu Khalif, 20, attacked the two officers from behind at approximately 9 a.m. outside the Damascus Gate, stabbing one of them in the head. The second officer sustained a light wound to his hand while disarming Khalaf, who is from the village Kafr Akab, north of Jerusalem."

  • February 11, 2016
    A/ES-10/711 - Identical letters dated 11 February 2016 from the Palestinian representative
    "Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qiq, age 33, has been on a continuous hunger strike for 79 days in protest against his administrative detention without charge; his health has dramatically deteriorated and his life is in danger. We draw the international community's attention to his plight and urge it to undertake all efforts to compel Israel to release Mr. Al-Qiq and to fully respect its obligations under international humanitarian law in this regard, while we also underscore the continuing plight of the more than 6,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, among them children and women, being held captive by Israel, the occupying Power, and reiterate our demand for their release and respect for their human rights."
    Haaretz
    "Prior to his arrest, Qiq was often interviewed by media outlets affiliated with Hamas, and is considered very critical of the Palestinian Authority.
    Arutz Sheva
    "Qiq was arrested on November 21, 2015 in Ramallah due to suspicions of involvement with Hamas. Qiq denies that he is involved in activity for Hamas, although he has previously been arrested for Hamas activity."

2015

  • November 18, 2015
    A/ES-10/702 – Identical letters dated 17 November 2015 from the Palestinian representative
    "We must highlight one of the many violations committed by Israel, the occupying Power, which took place on 12 November 2015 in Al-Ahli Hospital, in Al-Khalil. There, so-called Israeli 'undercover' forces disguised as Palestinian civilians, wearing kefiyehs and fake beards, with one dressed as a pregnant woman, raided the hospital, seeking to seize Azzam Azmi Al-Shalaldah (age 20), a patient at the hospital, who had undergone surgery after being shot by an Israeli settler a couple of days earlier while he was picking olives in Sair Valley. Once they located the room, Israeli forces entered and shot his cousin, Abdallah Al-Shalaldah (age 28) at least three times in the head and upper body as he exited the restroom where he was washing his hands in preparation for prayers. The Israeli forces then threatened another patient at gunpoint and handcuffed another relative to a bed before seizing Azzam Al-Shalaldah and taking him from the hospital."
    Ynet News
    "Shawar claimed that he did not know the person he was treating was a terrorist. 'No one told me this was a wanted man. All I knew was that he was wounded during an olive harvest, that's what they told us,' he said...The Shalaldeh family, that came to collect Abdullah's body, claimed Israel had executed him, but admitted that he tried to fight the soldiers after realizing they were trying to arrest his cousin. The IDF is preparing for riots during Shalaldeh's funeral."
    LiveLeak
    "Israeli security forces arrested a terrorist in his hospital bed in Hebron on Wednesday night, shooting and killing his cousin who tried to attack them. Azzam Shalaldeh stabbed and moderately wounded 58-yrs old Israel Ben-Aharon near Metzad in the West Bank last month, and managed to escape despite being shot by his victim. Shalaldeh was being treated at the al-Ahli hospital in Hebron, where he was arrested in a joint operation of the Shin Bet, the Border Police's counterterrorism unit and the IDF."
    JewishNews.com
    "The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that members of the military, the Israel Securities Authority and the Israeli police conducted a joint operation overnight at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron to arrest a man they said was involved in an attack October 25 in the Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion, in the West Bank. The suspect, Azam Shalaldeh, was being treated at the hospital for injuries sustained in the raid, the IDF reported. The Israeli military said Shalaldeh's relatives were Hamas operatives."