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A visual essay on the daily lives of sorrow and grief for Palestinians living in the West Bank. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Thousands of Palestinians participated in Tamimi's funeral [2] where his body, wrapped in a Palestinian flag, was moved from the hospital in Ramallah [3] ten kilometres (6.2 mi) north to Nabi Saleh in West Bank. [8] Participants held up posters showing graphic images of Tamimi's injuries.
Tawfic Abdel Jabbar was born and raised in Gretna, Louisiana. [9] [10] [11] His family frequently traveled to their ancestral home in Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank.[7] [12] [13] The Abdel Jabbar family had lived there for over 200 years and both of his parents had grown up in the village.
In Palestine, the term shahid for "martyr" is used to mean any person who was killed by an aggressor, whether targeted or untargeted, and regardless of religion. [6] [1] According to The New York Times, this reflects a prevalent view in the community that every Palestinian death is part of a resistance against Israeli occupation. [7]
Deaths Notes Qibya massacre: 14 October 1953 Qibya, Jordanian-occupied West Bank: Israel Defense Forces: 69 Qibya was the target of an Israeli raid by Unit 101 under the command of Ariel Sharon, which resulted in the deaths of some 69 unarmed Palestinian civilians. [1] Kafr Qasim massacre: 29 October 1956 Kafr Qasim, Israeli side of the Green Line
On 30 October, the German government called on Israel to protect Palestinians in the West Bank. [262] On 31 October, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell "firmly condemned" settler attacks in the West Bank. [263] Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated the United States was "deeply concerned," and condemned the killings of Palestinians in the West Bank. [264]
Ben Avraham's death occurred during heightened tensions associated with the ongoing Israel–Hamas War and violent incidents in the West Bank. Two days before his killing, a gunman had fired on two members of Israel's Shin Bet security service at a location about two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Elazar bus stop. [5]
Mohammad Hossam Abdel Latif Habali was a 22-year-old mentally disabled Palestinian who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on 4 December 2018 in Tulkarm, a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, [1] [2] [3] near the 1967 boundary between Israel and the West Bank. [4]