As thousands of Palestinians demonstrated along the Gaza border this Monday, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) snipers killed at least 58 protesters, marking the Hamas-led event as the deadliest day in the region since the 2014 Gaza war.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, as many as 2,700 were wounded, and there’s still not a final count on the dead. As the violence took place, the U.S. Embassy was formally relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, marking the 70th anniversary of the creation of Israel — a milestone that Palestinians also mark as the “Nakba.”
“By far, this is the worst day. Worse than the first Friday (of the Gaza protests) and we’re expecting it to be as bad tomorrow,” British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitteh told CNN. “Each of these young men will need five or seven surgeries for their injuries and I would say 60% of them will be left with some permanent disability.”
This footage shows unarmed Palestinian protesters being shot hundreds of metres from the Gaza perimeter fence.
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— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) May 14, 2018
As of this Monday afternoon, the Gaza Ministry of Health released the names of 43 Palestinians who were killed, the youngest being 14-years-old and the oldest 39-years-old:
1. Ezz el-din Musa Mohamed Alsamaak, 14 years old
2. Wisaal Fadl Ezzat Alsheikh Khalil, 15 years old
3. Ahmed Adel Musa Alshaer, 16 years old
4. Saeed Mohamed Abu Alkheir, 16 years old
5. Ibrahim Ahmed Alzarqa, 18 years old
6. Eman Ali Sadiq Alsheikh, 19 years old
7. Zayid Mohamed Hasan Omar, 19 years old
8. Motassem Fawzy Abu Louley, 20 years old
9. Anas Hamdan Salim Qadeeh, 21 years old
10. Mohamed Abd Alsalam Harz, 21 years old
11. Yehia Ismail Rajab Aldaqoor, 22 years old
12. Mustafa Mohamed Samir Mahmoud Almasry, 22 years old
13. Ezz Eldeen Nahid Aloyutey, 23 years old
14. Mahmoud Mustafa Ahmed Assaf, 23 years old
15. Ahmed Fayez Harb Shahadah, 23 years old
16. Ahmed Awad Allah, 24 years old
17. Khalil Ismail Khalil Mansor, 25 years old
18. Mohamed Ashraf Abu Sitta, 26 years old
19. Bilal Ahmed Abu Diqah, 26 years old
20. Ahmed Majed Qaasim Ata Allah, 27 years old
21. Mahmoud Rabah Abu Maamar, 28 years old
22. Musab Yousef Abu Leilah, 28 years old
23. Ahmed Fawzy Altetr, 28 years old
24. Mohamed Abdelrahman Meqdad, 28 years old
25. Obaidah Salim Farhan, 30 years old
26. Jihad Mufid Al-Farra, 30 years old
27. Fadi Hassan Abu Salmi, 30 years old
28. Motaz Bassam Kamil Al-Nunu, 31 years old
29. Mohammed Riyad Abdulrahman Alamudi, 31 years old
30. Jihad Mohammed Othman Mousa, 31 years old
31. Shahir Mahmoud Mohammed Almadhoon, 32 years old
32. Mousa Jabr Abdulsalam Abu Hasnayn, 35 years old
33. Mohammed Mahmoud Abdulmoti Abdal’al, 39 years old
Meet 14 year old Ezz el-din Musa Mohamed Alsamaak. He lost his life today after #Israel|i forces attacked Palestinians in Gaza. Rest in peace, young soul. pic.twitter.com/tZlaUe02nI
— Mai El-Sadany (@maitelsadany) May 15, 2018
34. Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Hamdan, 27 years old
35. Ismail Khalil Ramadhan Aldaahuk, 30 years old
36. Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Alrantisi, 27 years old
37. Alaa Alnoor Ahmed Alkhatib, 28 years old
38. Mahmoud Yahya Abdawahab Hussain, 24 years old
39. Ahmed Abdullah Aladini, 30 years old
40. Saadi Said Fahmi Abu Salah, 16 years old
41. Ahmed Zahir Hamid Alshawa, 24 years old
42. Mohammed Hani Hosni Alnajjar, 33 years old
43. Fadl Mohamed Ata Habshy, 34 years old
More protests are expected Tuesday, as Palestinians continue to mark Nakba day.
Featured image via middleeasteye.net/Twitter (L-R: Ahmed Altetr, Motassem Abu Louley, Alaa Alkhatib, Ezz el-din Alsamaak, Ahmed Alrantisi, Fadi Abu Salmi)
