Thread: 2021 is already the deadliest year for Palestinian children since 2014. @DCIPalestine had documented the killings of 78 Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli forces and civilians. This #ChildrensDay, we’re sharing their names, faces, and stories.
Israeli forces shot and killed 17-year-old Attallah Mohammad Harb Rayyan on January 26, 2021 after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
On May 5, Israeli forces shot and killed Said Yousef Mohammad Odeh, 16, in Odala. He was struck with live ammunition in the back near his right shoulder and pelvis and both bullets exited from the front. Said was a rising soccer star. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
On May 10, the Israeli military began an 11-day military assault on Gaza, during which our documentation found them responsible for the killings of 60 Palestinian children. One of the first was Mohammad Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, 15, killed by an Israeli drone-fired missile. 
An Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun on May 10 killed Hussein Muneer Hussein Hamad, 11; Ibrahim Abdullah Mohammad Hassanain, 16; Ibrahim Yousef Attalla al-Masri, 11; Marwan Yousef Attalla al-Masri, 6; Rahaf Mohammad Attalla al-Masri, 10; and Yazan Sultan Mohammad al-Masri, 2.
On May 11, an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City hit Mina and Lina Iyad Fathi Sharir’s home. Lina, 15, was killed instantly, and Mina, 2, (pictured) succumbed to her wounds on May 18.
Israeli forces shot and killed Rashid Mohammad Rashid Abu Arra, 16, with live ammunition in the northern occupied West Bank on May 12. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Southeast of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, a missile fired by a U.S.-sourced Israeli Apache attack helicopter killed Ammar Tayseer Mohammad al-Emour, 10, (left) and Hamada Attia Abed al-Emour, 13, (right) on May 12. They were walking home from the store when they were killed.
Israeli forces shot and killed Bashar Ahmad Ibrahim Samour, 17, in Abasan Al-Jadida in the southern Gaza Strip. He worked as a farmer near the perimeter fence and was connecting irrigation piping when he was shot with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
An Israeli warplane targeted the Salha residential building in Gaza City, killing Zaid Mohammad Odeh Talbani, 4, (left) and 13-year-old Hala Hussein Rafat Rifi. The body of Zaid’s sister, two-year-old Mariam, (right) was pulled from the rubble 9 days later.
On May 13, an Israeli drone-fired missile killed 17-year-old Khaled Imad Khaled Qanou in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian…
An Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, killed two Palestinian babies on May 13: two-year-old Hoor Mo'min Jamal al-Zamli and six-month-old Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim al-Rantisi.
Israeli forces targeted residential areas in Al-Bureij refugee camp on May 13, killing Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 13, (pictured) with a drone-fired missile and 13-year-old Lina Mohammad Mahmoud Issa with an airstrike from an Israeli warplane.
Israeli tank-fired shells killed 17-year-old Fawziya Nasser Mohammad Abu Faris and her nine-month-old nephew, Mohammad Salameh Mohammad Abu Dayyeh, in Umm An-Naser village, also known as Al-Qaraya Al-Badawiya, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 13. dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian…
Israeli warplanes fired at least 20 missiles at a densely populated neighborhood in Beit Lahiya on May 13. The Israeli attack killed 4 brothers: Ismail, 7; Amir, 6; Adham, 4; and Mohammad Rafat Mohammad Tanani, 2, as well as the boys’ parents. dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian…
Israeli airstrikes killed 12-year-old Abdullah Ashraf Abdullah Jouda in Gaza City on May 14. Israeli warplanes struck the six-story Al-Rabee'a Building in the heart of Gaza City, targeting an apartment on the second floor and destroying the second and third floors.
On May 14, two Israeli missiles hit Mahmoud al-Attar’s home in Beit Lahia, killing Amira Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar, 6, and her two brothers, Islam Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar, 8, and nine-month-old Mohammad Zain Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar & their mother. dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian…
A missile from an Israeli weaponized aerial drone killed Mohammad Ahmad Alya Bhar, 17, on May 15 in Gaza City. Mohammad was returning home after visiting a nearby shop when the Israeli aerial drone targeted him and a group of boys who had gathered near the market.
An Israeli airstrike killed 4 of Alaa Abu Hatab's children, Yamen Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 5; Bilal Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 9; Yousef Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 10; and their sister, Miriam Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 7. Their mother, Yasmeen, was killed alongside her children.
Alaa’s sister, Maha, and four of her sons, Osama Mohammad Sobhi al-Hadidi, 5; Abdurrahman Mohammad Sobhi al-Hadidi, 7; Yahya Mohammad Sobhi al-Hadidi, 10; and Suheib Mohammad Sobhi al-Hadidi, 12, were also killed in the same Israeli airstrike.
Israeli warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes around 1 a.m. on May 16 on Al-Wehda street in Gaza City, targeting residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. DCIP documented 18 Palestinian children killed in the Israeli aerial attacks. dci-palestine.org/death_toll_ris…
The dead from the Israeli attack on Al-Wehda street on May 16 also included Tala, 13, and her brother, Tawfeeq Ayman Tawfeeq Abu al-Auf, 17; brothers Yahya, 4, Zain, 2, and their sisters Dana, 9, and and Lana Riad Hasan Ishkantna, 5.
Brothers Adam, 3, and Zaid Izzat Mu’in al-Qawlaq, 8, were also killed in the May 16 Israeli attack on Al-Wehda street, alongside Hana, 14, and her brother, Ahmad Shukri Ameen al-Qawlaq, 15; Dima Rami Riad al-Ifranji, 15, and six-month-old Qusai Sameh Fawwaz al-Qawlaq.
The same Israeli attack on Al-Wehda street killed sisters Yara Mohammad Mu'in al-Qawlaq, 9, Hala Mohammad Mu'in al-Qawlaq, 12, and Rula Mohammad Mu'in al-Qawlaq, 5; Mira Rami Riad al-Ifranji, 11, and her brothers Yazan Rami Riad al-Ifranji, 13, and Ameer Rami Riad al-Ifranji, 9.
Mohammad Khalil Younis Mohammad Freijat, 14, was struck in the head with Israeli-fired live ammunition on May 12, in Hebron’s Bab Al-Zawya neighborhood while shopping with his friends. He died from his injuries in Hebron 4 days later on May 16. dci-palestine.org/14_year_old_pa…
Obaida Akram Abdurahman Jawabra, 17, was shot dead by Israeli forces on May 17 in Al-Arroub refugee camp located near Hebron. Obaida was detained three times by Israeli forces in previous years. He was the subject of a DCIP short film. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
On May 17, an Israeli drone-fired missile strike killed Yousef Rafeeq Ismail al-Baz, 13, on the spot, around noon, and critically injured the boy’s 16-year-old brother, Ramadan. The al-Baz family home was directly struck by the missile.
10-year-old Rafeef Mershed Kamel Abu Dayer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on May 17. Her family was eating dinner in their garden when the Israeli airstrike hit a residential building nearby.
Israeli forces shot Islam Wael Fahmi Dar Nasser, 16, in the head with live ammunition on May 18 in the village of Bil'in. He was killed during a demonstration as Israeli forces confronted Palestinian protestors in the village near. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Dima Sa'd Ali Asaliya, 10, was returning from her sister's house adjacent to her family home in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip around 8 p.m. on May 19, when she was killed in an Israeli drone missile strike on the street.
On May 17, Israeli forces shot and killed 17-year-old Zuhdi Muhannad Zuhdi al-Tawil in occupied East Jerusalem after he allegedly committed a stabbing attack at a light rail station. dci-palestine.org/early_reports_…
Israeli forces shot Mohammad Said Mohammad Hamayel, 16, with live ammunition on June 11 in the village of Beita. When Mohammad was killed, Beita village residents were protesting a new illegal Israeli outpost established on the village’s land. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
A few days later in Beita, on June 16, Israeli forces shot Ahmad Zahi Ibrahim Bani-Shamsa, 15, in the head with live ammunition. Ahmad, left, and Mohammad, right, who was killed five days earlier, were friends. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Israeli forces shot Mohammad Munir Mohammad Tamimi, 17, with live ammunition in his back on July 23 in the village of Nabi Saleh located northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. He died after four hours of surgery. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Mohammad Mo’ayyad Bahjat Abu Sara, 11, was shot and killed by Israeli forces around 3 p.m. as he sat in his father’s car near the entrance to the town of Beit Ummar located north of Hebron. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Omar Hasan Mousa Abu al-Nil, 13, succumbed to his wounds in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital on August 28. Israeli forces shot him in the neck with live ammunition during a protest near the perimeter fence on August 21. dci-palestine.org/13_year_old_pa…
Imad Khaled Saleh Hashash, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli forces on August 24 as he stood on the roof of his home watching as Israeli forces conducted a raid in the Balata refugee camp located southeast of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Yousef Mohammad Fathi Odeh, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli forces on September 26 after he allegedly picked up a gun discarded by a Palestinian gunman during an early morning raid on Burqin. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Amjad Osama Jalal Abu Sultan, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli forces around 10 p.m. on October 14 after he allegedly lit a Molotov cocktail in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem near Route 60, a main north-to-south route in the occupied West Bank. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
Mohammad Amjad Salem Da’das, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli forces around 4 p.m. on November 5 during confrontations between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youth near the illegal Israeli settlement Elon Moreh. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…
On November 18, an armed Israeli civilian shot and killed 16-year-old Omar Ibrahim Ayoub Abu Assab after he allegedly attacked two Israeli paramilitary border police officers in occupied East Jerusalem. dci-palestine.org/armed_israeli_…
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