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An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls indicates that about half of those killed as a result of Israeli attacks were terrorist operatives
June 22, 2021
Overview During Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 10-21, 2021, the Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip launched 4,360 rockets at Israeli cities and towns in a systematic attempt to harm as many civilians as possible. Twelve Israelis, two of them children, were killed by rocket fire and one IDF soldier was killed by an anti-tank missile. 680 of the rockets fell inside the Gaza Strip, killing at least 21 people, 10 men, two women and nine children: among the ten men, one was Hamas operative, one Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) operative and one Fatah member.
During the operation the IDF attacked about 1,500 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, the overwhelming majority with precision weaponry. An analysis of names of the 236 Palestinians killed in the attacks indicated that at least 114 of them (48.3%) belonged to terrorist organizations, most to the military-terrorist wings of Hamas and the PIJ: 65 belonged to Hamas, 20 to the PIJ, 25 to Fatah, two to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one to the Mujahedeen Brigades1 and one to the Popular Resistance Committees. Eleven of the men between the ages of 17 and 40 were killed in IDF attacks on terrorist targets but we have no information linking them to terrorist organizations (one of them was a driver for a terrorist squad). At least five who were operatives of Hamas' military-terrorist wing were also operatives in Hamas' security forces (police, naval police or internal security forces). It has often been found that operatives of Hamas' military- terrorist wing were also operatives in its security forces.2
Of the Gazans killed by IDF attacks who had no terrorist organization affiliation, 52 were children, 38 were women and five were 70 years old or older. Many of the Gazans who were killed as a result of IDF attacks and are not identified as affiliated with terror organizations
1 The Mujahedeen Brigades are the military-terrorist wing of the Mujahedeen Movement, which split from Fatah and are today affiliated with the PIJ and influenced by Iran. 2 For further information, see the December 24, 2012 bulletin, "Members of Hamas’ Internal Security Services Who Were Also Operatives in Hamas’ Military-Terrorist Wing and Were Killed in Operation Pillar of Defense."
093-21 2 were killed because they were in proximity to terrorist operatives or targets during an attack, the result of Hamas' situating its terrorist installations near or under civilian structures: one prominent example was the collapse of two buildings under which Hamas had built one of its terrorist tunnels. One death was reported when an IDF tank opened fire to chase non- combatant Palestinians away from the border.3 The deaths of four Gazans were reported without their ages. Yahya al-Sinwar, head of the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip, admitted that the organization's military positions were located within the civilian population, confessing it was a "problem" (al-Jazeera, June 5, 2021).4 Number of fatalities
There are several Palestinian versions of the overall number of Gazans killed during the hostilities. According to the latest update from the ministry of health in Gaza (June 3, 2021), 256 people were killed and 1,948 were wounded (ministry of health in Gaza Facebook page, May 24, 2021). According to Wafa, the Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency, 257 people were killed (Wafa, May 30, 2021). According to the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, a Hamas-affiliated Palestinian NGO operating in the Gaza Strip that documents IDF activity, 248 people were killed, 66 children and 39 women (al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, May 22, 2021). According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 247 people were killed, 66 children and 39 women (Palestinian Center for Human Rights, May 21, 2021). According to Defense for Children International – Palestine, 67 Palestinian children were killed; no other statistic was provided (Defense for Children International – Palestine, May 21, 2021).
3 The IDF investigated the incident and measures were taken within the ranks; the Military Police initiated an investigations whose results will be given to the Military Prosecutor's Office (IDF spokesman, June 11, 2021) 4 Yahya al-Sinwar made the statement at a meeting of Gazan academicians, claiming that thanks to those of them who had joined the ranks of the "resistance" [i.e., the terrorist organizations] or enriched the "resistance" with their knowledge, today they had rockets whose precision and capabilities had not yet been revealed (al-Jazeera, June 5, 2021). At least three high-level academicians, who dealt with developing weapons for Hamas' military-terrorist wing and who trained generations of engineers, were killed.
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According to Yahya al-Sinwar, 90 operatives from the Palestinian organizations were killed (al-Jazeera, June 5, 2021). The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) carried out a detailed analysis of the information from the above and other sources of 262 names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls. It was found that 155 were men (ten killed by rocket misfires), 41 were women and 62 were children under the age of 16, nine of whom were killed by rocket misfires. The ages of four could not be verified. As in previous operations and this time to a greater degree, the ministry of health in Gaza and the terrorist organizations provided only scanty information about terrorist operatives who were killed. Exceptions were the high-ranking operatives, whose deaths were formally announced by their organizations. The Hamas administration has been trying to create the impression that the overwhelming majority of fatalities were non-combatant civilians. The ministry of health in Gaza stressed the number of women, children and aged, as opposed to its past policy of publishing detailed lists of the names of all those killed. The social media and official media outlets have also represented a significant percentage of terrorist operatives as "civilians," for the same reason, that is, to promote the narrative that most of the fatalities were non-combatants. Methodology
Lacking organized lists of names, the ITIC's researchers based their results on a variety of Palestinian sources. They included data from the ministry of health in Gaza, reports issued by human rights organizations including the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights (www.megan.org), the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (www.pchrgaza.org) and Defense for Children International – Palestine. Information was also gathered from the Wafa news agency, the websites of the Palestinian organizations' military-terrorist wings, the Arab media and the social networks. It can be stated that the overwhelming majority of the terror organizations affiliated fatalities were identified as Hamas and PIJ military-terrorist wing operatives. However, it was hard to determine absolutely how many Fatah members were terrorist operatives who actively participated in the hostilities or were targets for elimination or attack because of their military-terrorist activities.
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In addition, at least 11 Gazans who died as a result of IDF attacks were between the ages of 17 and 40 and could have been targeted, but the Palestinian sources make no mention of their organizational affiliation. Note: For referencing place names, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun are in the northern Gaza Strip, Khan Yunis, and Rafah are in the southern Gaza Strip. The Erez Crossing and Rafah Crossing mark the Gaza Strip's northernmost and southernmost points. Segmentation of the fatalities in IDF airstrikes
Serial Name Age Date Circumstances of Organizational no. and death affiliation place killed 1 Mohammad 25 or 26 May 10, IDF airstrike in the Al- Hamas Abdullah 2021 Salah neighborhood in Zidan Fayyad the Al-Boura area of Beit Hanoun 2 Saber 38 May 10, IDF airstrike east of Hamas Ibrahim 2021 Jabalia Mahmoud Suleiman 3 Mohammad 16 May 10, IDF airstrike east of Hamas Saber 2021 Jabalia Ibrahim Suleiman
4 Salim 37 May 10, Airstrike in the Al- Hamas Mohammad 2021 Manara neighborhood Salim al-Fara in south Khan Yunis
5 Ibrahim In his 20s May 10, IDF airstrike in Beit Hamas Ahmad al- 2021 Hanoun. The Shanbari Palestinians claim he was killed on his way home from the mosque
6 Amira Abd al- 63 May 11, IDF airstrike on a Fattah Abd 2021 building in the Al-Shati al-Rahman refugee camp Subh 7 Abd al- 19 May 11, IDF airstrike on a Rahman 2021 building in the Al-Shati
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Youssef Ali camp. Subh 8 Sameh Fahim 34 May 11, Airstrike on a building PIJ Hashem al- 2021 in Gaza City near the Head of the rocket Mamluk Square of the unit in the Unknown Soldier northern Gaza Strip 9 Mohammad 30 May 11, Airstrike on a building PIJ, Yahya 2021 in Gaza City near the Deputy Mohammad Square of the Commander of the Abu al-Ata Unknown Soldier Gaza Brigade and one of the leaders of the Special Rocket Unit, brother of a senior operative of the organization until his death, Bahaa Abu al-Ata 10 Kamal Taysir 28 May 11, Airstrike on a building PIJ Qreiqe 2021 in Gaza City near the Field commander Square of the in the rocket unit Unknown Soldier of the Gaza Brigade 11 Iyad Fathi 44 May 11, IDF airstrike on Sharir’s Hamas 2021 home in Gaza’s Sheikh Commander of Fayeq Sharir Radwan neighborhood Hamas’s anti-tank units in Gaza 12 Layali Sharir 40 May 11, IDF airstrike on Sharir's Iyad Sharir’s wife 2021 home in Gaza’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood 13 Lina Sharir 15 May 11, IDF airstrike on Sharir's Iyad Sharir’s 2021 home in Gaza’s Sheikh daughter Radwan neighborhood 14 Mundhir Abd 21 May 11, IDF airstrike in an Unknown 2021 agricultural area west al-Karim of Deir al-Balah. Mohammad Shrapnel apparently hit a nearby coop Barakeh where he worked. 15 Manar Abd al- 18 May 11, IDF airstrike in an Brother of the 2021 agricultural area west aforementioned Karim of Deir al-Balah. Mundhir Mohammad Shrapnel apparently hit a nearby coop Baraka where he worked. 16 Munib 24 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara
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Mahmoud region, in northeast Khan Yunis Ahmad Nimr Hamdan 17 Malek Ismail 21 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara Served as a Hamas Ahmad Nimr region, in northeast policeman with Hamdan Khan Yunis the rank of mulazim (lieutenant) 18 Mohammad 30 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara Sabri Abu region, in northeast Obeida Khan Yunis 19 Mahmoud 31 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara Kallab region, in northeast Khan Yunis 20 Munib Abu 28 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara Mustafa region, in northeast Khan Yunis 21 Taha al- 26 May 11, Airstrike against a Hamas 2021 tunnel in the Qarara Aqqad region, in northeast Khan Yunis 22 Mus’ab 26 May 11, Killed in a tunnel Hamas 2021 attacked in an IDF Field commander Mohammad airstrike in the Khan in the military Abu Hajjaj Yunis district wing 23 Bassem Issa 56 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Gaza City Brigade commanders were commander present, including Bassem Issa, Gaza City Brigade commander
24 Jomaa Talha 59 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Head of Hamas’s commanders were cyber network and present, including head of its missile Bassem Issa, Gaza City improvement Brigade commander project
25 Jamal Zibdeh 65 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas
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2021 where senior Hamas Head of the commanders were Development and present, including Projects Bassem Issa, Gaza City Department at the Brigade commander Production Headquarters 26 Hazem al- 40 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Head of the Khatib commanders were Engineers present, including Department in the Bassem Issa, Gaza City Hamas production Brigade commander network 27 Mustafa 26 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Mohammad commanders were Suleiman present, including Bassem Issa, Gaza City Farahat Brigade commander 28 Mustafa 31 May 12, Airstrike against a Driver of the 2021 vehicle of a PIJ vehicle that was Mazen Salem operative on Al- hit Kurdiyeh Mughrabi Street in Gaza City 29 Mansour 66 May 12, Airstrike against a Unknown 2021 vehicle of a PIJ Youssef operative on Al- Hassan al- Mughrabi Street in Gaza City Darimli 30 Said Hashem 67 May 12, Airstrike against a Unknown 2021 vehicle of a PIJ al-Hatu operative on Al- Mughrabi Street in Gaza City 31 Maisun Zaki 55 May 12, Airstrike against a Unknown 2021 vehicle of a PIJ al-Hatu operative on Al- Mughrabi Street in Gaza City
32 Nader 46 May 12, Airstrike against a Unknown 2021 vehicle of a PIJ Mohammad operative on Al- al-Ghazali Mughrabi Street in Gaza City 33 Mohammad Unknown May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Said operatives were
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Mohammad present, including Bassem Issa, Gaza City Abu al-Ata commander 34 Abd al-Salam 28 May 12, Airstrike against a Fatah 2021 vehicle on Al-Mughrabi Mahmoud al- Street in Gaza City Ghazali 35 Bashar 17 May 12, Shooting near the Fatah 2021 fence in the Khan Yunis Ahmad region Samour 36 Hamza 12 May 12, Airstrike on Baltaji 2021 Street in Shejaiya, east Mahmoud Gaza City Yassin Ali 37 Mohammad 34 May 12, IDF airstrike on the Fatah 2021 Shejaiya Abd al-Rauf neighborhood, east Hallas Gaza City 38 Talaat Jamil 36 May 12, Airstrike against a Fatah 2021 vehicle in the Agha Hamouda Square in Beit Lahia, the northern Gaza Strip 39 Nael Khaled 22 May 12, Airstrike against a Fatah 2021 vehicle in the Younes al- Hamouda Square in Barawi Beit Lahia, the northern Gaza Strip 40 Atef Abd al- 48 May 12, Airstrike against a Fatah 2021 vehicle in the Rahman al- Hamouda Square in Barawi Beit Lahia, the northern Gaza Strip 41 Wael 55 May 12, Airstrike against a Fatah 2021 vehicle in the Mahmoud Hamouda Square in Fares al- Beit Lahia, the northern Gaza Strip Ghould
42 Wael Issa 41 May 12, Airstrike on a building Hamas 2021 in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in west Gaza City, where Hassan Qahwaji was present
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43 Rima Saad About 30 May 12, Airstrike against 2021 Hamas operative Wael Kamel Saad Issa in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in west Gaza City 44 Hala Hussein 13 May 12, Airstrike against 2021 Hamas operative Wael Rifi Issa in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in west Gaza City 45 Zaid 5 May 12, Airstrike against 2021 Hamas operative Wael Mohammad Issa in the Tel al-Hawa al-Talabani neighborhood in west Gaza City 46 Sami Radwan 40 May 12, Airstrike against Hamas 2021 Bassem Issa Commander in Hamas’s military wing 47 Awad Nabil 34 May 12, Airstrike against Hamas 2021 Bassem Issa Abu Salmiya 48 Mojahed al- 29 May 12, Airstrike against Hamas 2021 Bassem Issa Hadidi 49 Zafer al- 40 May 12, Airstrike against Hamas 2021 Bassem Issa Shawa 50 Akram al- 36 May 12, Airstrike against Hamas 2021 Bassem Issa Attar 51 Hassan al- 43 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Qahwaji operatives Wael Issa and Hassan Qahwaji were present 52 Younes 28 May 12, IDF airstrike on Khan Hamas 2021 Yunis Mahmoud
Jamil Kalusa 53 Abd al- About 30 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Rahman operatives Wael Issa Asbita Khalaf and Hassan Qahwaji were present Azzam
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54 Osama 39 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Zibdeh operatives Wael Issa and Hassan Qahwaji were present 55 Walid 56 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Shamali operatives Wael Issa and Hassan Qahwaji were present 56 Mahmoud 37 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Mohammad operatives Wael Issa Jamil Fares and Hassan Qahwaji were present 57 Nidal Habib 36 May 12, Airstrike against a site Hamas 2021 where senior Hamas Ismail Hana operatives Wael Issa and Hassan Qahwaji were present 58 Majed Abd 57 May 12, IDF fire at a vehicle in Unknown Rabbo Abu 2021 Bani Suheila, east of Saada Khan Yunis 59 Mahmoud 37 May 12, IDF fire at a vehicle in Unknown Ahmad Abu 2021 Bani Suheila, east of Amer Khan Yunis 60 Izz al-Din 28 May 12, Airstrike on a vehicle Hamas Mohammad 2021 on Al-Sha’af Street in Abdullah the eastern part of the Hallas Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza 61 Miami 49 May 12, Airstrike on a building Abdullah 2021 where a senior Hamas Moussa Arfa operative was present in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis 62 Hadil Khaled 28 May 12, Airstrike on a building Mahmoud 2021 where a senior Hamas Arfa operative was present in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis 63 Hamad Ayad 86 May 12, Shrapnel that landed Mansour al- 2021 near his home in the Dabari Zalata area in the village of Al-Shokah in
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eastern Rafah 64 Ammar Taysir 11 May 12, Airstrike in the Al- Aish al- 2021 Fukhari neighborhood Amour in southeast Khan Yunis 65 Hamada Attia 13 May 12, Airstrike in the Al- Abed al- 2021 Fukhari neighborhood Amour in southeast Khan Yunis 66 Hamza 25 May 12, Airstrike on a squad of PIJ Mahmoud 2021 Islamic Jihad A military wing Ibrahim al- operatives who were operative in an Hour present near the Al- elite unit of the Ihsan Mosque in the Brigade of the Nuseirat refugee camp Central Camps
67 Mohammad 27 May 12, Airstrike on a squad of PIJ Abd al- 2021 Islamic Jihad A military wing Moneim operatives who were operative in the Ibrahim present near the Al- artillery unit of the Shahin Ihsan Mosque in the Brigade of the Nuseirat refugee camp Central Camps
68 Mohammad 30 May 12, Airstrike on a squad of PIJ Mu’in 2021 Islamic Jihad A military wing Mohammad operatives who were operative in the al-Qaara present near the Al- artillery unit of Ihsan Mosque in the the Brigade of Nuseirat refugee camp the Central
Camps
69 Ahmad Walid 29 May 12, Airstrike on a squad of PIJ Hussein al- 2021 Islamic Jihad A military wing Talaa operatives who were operative in the present near the Al- artillery unit of Ihsan Mosque in the the Brigade of the Nuseirat refugee camp Central Camps 70 Ahmad 64 May 12, Airstrike on a house on Fatah Ibrahim Abu 2021 Al-Nizar Street, east of Sakran Shejaiya 71 Mohammad 24 May 12, Airstrike on a house on Fatah Nahed Jaber 2021 Al-Nizar Street, east of Abu Sakran Shejaiya 72 Mohammad 35 May 12, His body was found at Hamas Ahmad Abd 2021 a Hamas military post Abu Amsha in central Beit Hanoun that was attacked by
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the IDF on May 10, 2021 at 19:30
73 Abd al-Rahim 63 May 13, Airstrike on a military Mohammad 2021 target in a residential Abdullah al- area in the center of Madhoun Beit Lahia 74 Halima Ali 66 May 13, Airstrike on a military Mohammad 2021 target in a residential Abu Sharakh area in the center of al-Madhoun Beit Lahia Her name also appears as Hijar Mohammad Ali Abu Sharakh 75 Abd al-Aziz 24 May 13, Airstrike in the Al- PFLP Abd al-Hamid 2021 To’eimat Abd al-Aati neighborhood east of Abu To’eima Al-Fukhari in southeastern Khan Yunis 76 Mahmoud 30 May 14, He was wounded in the Fatah Mohammad 2021 head by shrapnel in an Ahmad al- airstrike near his home Madhun on May 12 at 13:00, to the east of the Halla al- Shawa Clinic in Beit Lahia. 77 Mahmoud 13 May 14, Died of wounds Hamed 2021 sustained in an Hassan Talba airstrike on May 12 at 21:15 on Salah al-Din Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood 78 Rafat 39 May 13, Airstrike against a Fatah Mohammad 2021 building near Sheikh Ismail Ata al- Zayed Square on the Tanani main street of Beit Lahia 79 Rawiya Fathi 36 or 37 May 13, Airstrike against a Hassan al- 2021 building near Sheikh Tanani Zayed Square on the main street of Beit Lahia 80 Ismail Rafat 7 May 13, Airstrike against a al-Tanani 2021 building near Sheikh
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Zayed Square on the main street of Beit Lahia 81 Amir Rafat al- 6 May 13, Airstrike against a Tanani 2021 building near Sheikh Zayed Square on the main street of Beit Lahia 82 Adham Rafat 4 or 6 May 13, Airstrike against a al-Tanani 2021 building near Sheikh Zayed Square on the main street of Beit Lahia 83 Mohammad 2 or 3 May 13, Airstrike against a Rafat al- 2021 building near Sheikh Tanani Zayed Square on the main street of Beit Lahia 84 Khaled Imad 20 May 13, Airstrike against a The Mujahideen Khaled al- 2021 squad near Tower No. Brigades, the Qanu’ 19 in Al-Nada Towers in military wing of Izbat Beit Hanoun. the Mujahideen movement 85 Moayed 20 May 13, Airstrike on the home Fatah Taysir Abd al- 2021 of a terrorist operative Rahman al- in the Al-Bureij refugee Khatib camp 86 Ahmad Rami 14 or 15 May 13, Airstrike on the home Mahmoud al- 2021 of a terrorist operative Hawajri in the Al-Bureij refugee camp 87 Manar Khadr 39 May 13, Airstrike against Ahmad Issa 2021 Mohammad Mahmoud (Salameh) Mohammad Issa's house in the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp. 88 Lina 13 May 13, Airstrike against Mohammad 2021 Mohammad Mahmoud Issa Mohammad Issa's house in the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp. 89 Soheib Abd 25 May 13, Gunfire near the Fatah al-Rahim 2021 American field hospital Awad near the Erez Crossing, Ghanem possibly at an anti-tank squad (see also No.
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203)
90 Hashem 20 May 13, Shells fired at areas Fatah Mohammad 2021 near the security fence Ayed al- in the village of Umm Zaghibi Al-Nasser in northern Beit Hanoun in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 91 Naameh 47 May 13, Shells fired at areas Saleh Salama 2021 near the security fence Ayyash in the village of Umm Al-Nasser in northern Beit Hanoun in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 92 Nasrin Nasser 25 May 13, Shells fired at areas Mohammad 2021 near the security fence Abu Qaliq in the village of Umm Al-Nasser in northern Beit Hanoun in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 93 Sabrin Nasser 27 May 13, Shells fired at areas Fatah Mohammad 2021 near the security fence Abu Diya in the village of Umm Also appears Al-Nasser in northern as Sabrin Beit Hanoun in an Mohammad airstrike against Abu Firas Hamas tunnels 94 Mohammad 5 or 10 May 13, Shells fired at areas Salameh months 2021 near the security fence Mohammad in the village of Umm Abu Diya Al-Nasser in northern Beit Hanoun in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 95 Fawziya 17 May 13, Shells fired at areas Nasser 2021 near the security fence Mohammad in an airstrike against Abu Fares Hamas tunnels 96 Mustafa 35 or 38 May 13, Airstrike on Hamas Hassan 2021 Mohammad Issa's He also worked in Ahmad al- home in the area of Al- the security Abed Dahdouh Street in the services of Tel al-Hawa Hamas’s Interior neighborhood in Ministry southwestern Gaza
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97 Mohammad 21 May 13, A drone airstrike in Hamas Khaled Omar 2021 southern Deir al-Balah He was a al-Tawashi policeman in the Hamas police 98 Kholoud 26 or 27 May 13, Airstrike against Jamal Fouad Farhan 2021 Ismail al-Zameli’s al-Sha’ir (al- home in the Al-Tanur Zameli) neighborhood in eastern Rafah 99 Hour Mo’men 3 May 13, Airstrike against Jamal Jamal al- 2021 Ismail al-Zameli’s Zameli home in the Al-Tanur neighborhood in eastern Rafah 100 Raed Ibrahim 29 May 13, Airstrike against the Hamas Khamis Azara 2021 home of the Al-Rantisi al-Rantisi family in the Al-Junya neighborhood in Rafah 101 Shayma’ Diab 21 May 13, Airstrike against the Mohammad 2021 home of the Al-Rantisi Moussa family in the Al-Junya neighborhood in Rafah 102 Ibrahim 2 May 13, Airstrike against the Mohammad 2021 home of the Al-Rantisi Ibrahim Al- family in the Al-Junya Rantisi neighborhood in Rafah 103 Siham 66 May 13, Airstrike against the Youssef 2021 home of the Al-Rantisi Mohammad family in the Al-Junya Azara (Al- neighborhood in Rafah Rantisi) 104 Mohammad 51 May 13, In the home of Jihad Fatah Ibrahim 2021 Mohammad Shaaban Mohammad al-Aloul in Beit Lahia, Amen which was hit during an airstrike against Hamas tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip 105 Hadil 18 May 13, In the home of Jihad Mohammad 2021 Mohammad Shaaban Ibrahim al-Aloul in Beit Lahia, Amen which was hit during an airstrike against Hamas tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip
106 Warda 22 May 13, In the home of Jihad
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Mohammad 2021 Mohammad Shaaban Ibrahim al-Aloul in Beit Lahia, Amen which was hit during an airstrike against Hamas tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip 107 Walaa 24 May 13, In the home of Jihad Mohammad 2021 Mohammad Shaaban Ibrahim al-Aloul in Beit Lahia, Amen which was hit during an airstrike against Hamas tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip 108 Lamia’ 26 or 27 May 14, In the home of the sons Hassan 2021 of Mahmoud Hashem Mohammad al-Attar on the street al-Attar connecting the Al- Salatin and Al-Atatra neighborhoods in Beit Lahia, which was hit in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 109 Islam 8 May 14, In the home of the sons Mohammad 2021 of Mahmoud Hashem Mahmoud al- al-Attar on the street Attar connecting the Al- Salatin and Al-Atatra neighborhoods in Beit Lahia, which was hit in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 110 Amira 7 May 14, In the home of the sons Mohammad 2021 of Mahmoud Hashem Mahmoud al- al-Attar on the street Attar connecting the Al- Salatin and Al-Atatra neighborhoods in Beit Lahia, which was hit in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels
111 Mohammad 8 months May 14, In the home of the sons Zain al-Din 2021 of Mahmoud Hashem
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Mohammad al-Attar on the street Mahmoud al- connecting the Al- Attar Salatin and Al-Atatra neighborhoods in Beit Lahia, which was hit in an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 112 Fayza Ahmad 44 May 14, Airstrike on the Al-Amal Mohammad 2021 neighborhood of Beit Salameh Lahia as part of an airstrike against Hamas tunnels 113 Hossam Bakr 32 or 33 May 14, Airstrike against a Hamas Mohammad 2021 squad in the eastern Al-Haya part of the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City 114 Saqr Abd al- 26 or 27 May 14, Airstrike against a Hamas Majid Ismail 2021 squad in the eastern al-Haya part of the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City 115 Ahmad 33 May 14, Airstrike against a PIJ operative in Mohammad 2021 squad in the area of the rocket unit of al-Mahdi Yafa Street in Jabalia the military wing Ismail al- of the northern Najjar brigade 116 Ahmad Awad 37 May 14, Airstrike against a PIJ Operative in Mohammad 2021 squad in the area of the rocket unit of Al-Nader Yafa Street in Jabalia the military wing of the northern brigade 117 Mahmoud 27 or 28 May 14, Airstrike against the Fatah Mohammad 2021 home of Ayman Nawfal Ismail al- (a senior Al-Qassam Khaledi Brigades commander in the central Gaza Strip) in the Al-Bureij refugee camp 118 Moussa 25 May 14, Airstrike against a PIJ Operative in Ghaleb 2021 motorcycle on Al- the special unit of Ibrahim Madi Uruba Street in the Al- the Rafah Brigade Tanur neighborhood in of the military east Rafah wing
119 Abdullah 12 or 13 May 14, Airstrike against a The son of Abu Ashraf 2021 second-floor Abdullah Jodeh,
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Abdullah apartment on the who was Jodeh southwestern side of apparently the the Al-Rabia Building in target of the central Gaza City. It airstrike was occupied by a senior PIJ operative 120 Adam 18 or 20 May 14, Airstrike against a Unknown Mohammad 2021 second-floor Ali al-Farawi apartment on the southwestern side of the Al-Rabia Building in central Gaza City. It was occupied by a senior PIJ operative 121 Walid Zuheir 23 May 14, Airstrike against a PIJ Operative in Mohammad 2021 rocket squad in Abasan the artillery unit of Abu Shab al-Kabira, east of Khan the Khan Yunis Yunis Brigade
122 Buthaina 6 May 14, Shrapnel that fell on Mahmoud 2021 the home of Issa Issa Obeid Obeid’s children on Al- Nuzha Street in Jabalia. It is unclear whether it was the result of fire by Israel or a failed rocket launch by Palestinian organizations. 123 Ahmad 34 May 14, Fire from the air at the Hamas Hatem 2021 home of Hatem Mohammad Mahmoud Hamed al- al-Mansi Mansi in eastern Beit Lahia 124 Youssef 22 May 14, Fire from the air at the Hamas Hatem 2021 home of Hatem He was a Mohammad Mahmoud Hamed al- policeman in the al-Mansi Mansi in eastern Beit Hamas police Lahia 125 Ahmad 28 May 14, Fire from the air at the Hamas Mohammad 2021 home of Hatem Abd al-Aziz Mahmoud Hamed al- Sabah Mansi in eastern Beit Lahia 126 Yasmin 30 or 31 May 15, Airstrike on the home Wife of Hamas Mohammad 2021 of Alaa Mohammad operative Alaa Abu Khamis Abu Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hatab Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee
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127 Youssef Alaa 11 May 15, Airstrike on the home Son of Hamas Abu Hatab 2021 of Alaa Mohammad operative Alaa Abu Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee camp 128 Yamen Alaa 5 May 15, Airstrike on the home Son of Hamas Abu Hatab 2021 of Alaa Mohammad operative Alaa Abu Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee camp 129 Mariam Alaa 7 May 15, Airstrike on the home Daughter of Abu Hatab 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Hamas operative Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Alaa Abu Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee camp 130 Bilal Alaa Abu 9 May 15, Airstrike on the home Son of Hamas Hatab 2021 of Alaa Mohammad operative Alaa Abu Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee camp 131 Abd al- 7 or 8 May 15, Airstrike on the home Rahman 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Mohammad Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Subhi al- in the Al-Shati refugee Hadidi camp 132 Soheib 12 or 14 May 15, Airstrike on the home Mohammad 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Subhi al- Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hadidi in the Al-Shati refugee camp 133 Osama 5 or 6 May 15, Airstrike on the home Mohammad 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Subhi al- Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hadidi in the Al-Shati refugee camp 134 Maha 34-36 May 15, Airstrike on the home Mohammad 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Abd al-Aal Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Abu Hatab in the Al-Shati refugee (Al-Hadidi) camp 135 Yahya 11 May 15, Airstrike on the home Mohammad 2021 of Alaa Mohammad Subhi al- Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Hadidi in the Al-Shati refugee
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136 Alaa Unknown May 15, Airstrike on his home in Hamas Mohammad 2021 the Al-Shati refugee According to Abd al-Aal camp Hamas, he is still Abu Hatab missing, although other sources have confirmed his death 137 Ahmad Iyad 22 May 15, Died of wounds Fatah Ahmad Fatuh 2021 sustained in an airstrike on May 13 at 22:40 at the entrance to the town of Al- Zuweida, about 10 km south of Gaza City 138 Mohammad 34 May 15, Airstrike on agricultural Fatah Salem 2021 land in the Al-Maghazi Youssef Abu area east of the Al- Aish Bureij refugee camp 139 Zaher Attia 37 or 38 May 15, Airstrike against a Fatah Mohammad 2021 motorcycle in the east Anbar of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the Abu Said area 140 Sayf al-Din 18 or 19 May 15, Airstrike against a Unknown Hani 2021 squad in the Friday Mohammad market in the Shejaiya Abu al-Ata neighborhood in Gaza 141 Mohammad 17 May 15, Airstrike against a Unknown Ahmad Attia 2021 squad in the Friday Bahar market in the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza 142 Said Khaled 26 or 27 May 15, Airstrike against a Unknown Said Abu 2021 vehicle carrying a Ghalyoun launch squad near Al- Shorouq Hall on Al- Ayoun Street in the Al- Nasser neighborhood in the northern Gaza City 143 Tarek Ziad 19 May 16, Airstrike against a Hamas Mustafa Abu 2021 squad near Careem Hmaidan Center in Jabalia 144 Ayman 49 or 50 May 16, Airstrike against Internist at Al- Tawfiq Ismail 2021 terrorist tunnels that Shifa Medical
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Abu al-Auf caused buildings on Al- Center Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 145 Rim Khalil 40 or 41 May 16, Airstrike against Ahmad Abu 2021 terrorist tunnels that al-Auf caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse
146 Tawfiq Ismail 79 or 80 May 16, Airstrike against Abu al-Auf or 2021 terrorist tunnels that Ayman caused buildings on Al- Tawfiq Abu Wahda Street in Gaza al-Auf City to collapse 147 Majdieh 82 May 16, Airstrike against Khalil 2021 terrorist tunnels that Hussein Abu caused buildings on Al- al-Auf Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 148 Tawfiq 17 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Ayman Abu 2021 terrorist tunnels that al-Auf caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 149 Tala Ayman 13 May 16, Airstrike against Abu al-Auf 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 150 Sobhiyeh 73 May 16, Airstrike against Ismail 2021 terrorist tunnels that Hussein Abu caused buildings on Al- al-Auf Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 151 Rawan Alaa 19 May 16, Airstrike against Subhi Abu al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Auf caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 152 Shaimaa Alaa Unknown May 16, Airstrike against Abu al-Auf 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 153 Dima Rami 16 May 16, Airstrike against Riyad al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Afranji caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza
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City to collapse
154 Rajaa Subhi 41 May 16, Airstrike against Ismail al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Afranji (Abu caused buildings on Al- al-Auf) Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 155 Yazan Rami 13 May 16, Airstrike against al-Afranji 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 156 Amir Rami al- 9 May 16, Airstrike against Afranji 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 157 Mira Rami al- 11 or 12 May 16, Airstrike against Afranji 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 158 Abir Nimer Ali 29 or 30 May 16, Airstrike against Ashkuntna 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 159 Yahya Riad 4 or 5 May 16, Airstrike against Hassan 2021 terrorist tunnels that Ashkuntna caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 160 Dana Riad 9 May 16, Airstrike against Hassan 2021 terrorist tunnels that Ashkuntna caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 161 Zain Riad 2 May 16, Airstrike against Hassan 2021 terrorist tunnels that Ashkuntna caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 162 Lana Riad 4 May 16, Airstrike against Ashkuntna 2021 terrorist tunnels that Karna is also caused buildings on Al- mentioned Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse
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163 Hazem Adel 48 May 16, Airstrike against Fatah Naim al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qama caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 164 Fawaz Amin 63 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that al-Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 165 Abd al-Hamid 22 or 23 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Fawaz al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 166 Reham Fawaz 32 or 33 May 16, Airstrike against al-Qulaq 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 167 Bahaa Fawaz 48 or 49 May 16, Airstrike against al-Qulaq 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 168 Sameh Fawaz 28 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown al-Qulaq 2021 terrorist tunnels that caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 169 Ayat Ibrahim 19 May 16, Airstrike against Khalil al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 170 Qusai Sameh Six May 16, Airstrike against Fawaz al- months 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 171 Amal Jamil 42 May 16, Airstrike against Salameh al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse
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172 Taher Shukri 23 or 24 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Amin al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 173 Ahmad 15 or 16 May 16, Airstrike against Shukri Amin 2021 terrorist tunnels that al-Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 174 Hana Shukri 14 or 15 May 16, Airstrike against Amin al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 175 Mohammad 41 or 42 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Mu’in 2021 terrorist tunnels that Mohammad caused buildings on Al- al-Qulaq Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 176 Rola 6 May 16, Airstrike against Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that Mu’in al- caused buildings on Al- Qulaq Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 177 Hala 12 or 13 May 16, Airstrike against the Al- Mohammad 2021 Qulaq Building on Al- Mu’in al- Wahda Street in Gaza Qulaq City 178 Yara 9 or 10 May 16, Airstrike against Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that Mu’in al- caused buildings on Al- Qulaq Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 179 Izzat Mu’in 44 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that al-Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 180 Zaid Izzat 8 May 16, Airstrike against Mu’in al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse
181 Adam Izzat 3 May 16, Airstrike against
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Mu’in al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 182 Doaa Omar 38 or 39 May 16, Airstrike against Abdullah al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 183 Saadia 84 May 16, Airstrike against Youssef al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Qulaq caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 184 Amin 90 May 16, Airstrike against Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that Hamad al- caused buildings on Al- Qulaq Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 185 Khitam 39 May 16, Airstrike against Moussa al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Tatar (al- caused buildings on Al- Qulaq) Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 186 Mu’in Ahmad 66 or 67 May 16, Airstrike against Hassan al- 2021 terrorist tunnels that Aloul caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 187 Luay 54 or 55 May 16, Airstrike against Mohammad 2021 terrorist tunnels that Ahmad Odeh caused buildings on Al- Wahda Street in Gaza City to collapse 188 Mohammad 40 May 16, Airstrike against Unknown Worked Ahmad 2021 terrorist tunnels that at Hamas’s Al- Misbah Aki caused buildings on Al- Aqsa satellite TV Wahda Street in Gaza channel City to collapse 189 Khaled 49 or 50 May 16, Israeli artillery fire into Fatah Hassan 2021 the eastern part of Salem al- central Gaza Strip. One Masalha of the shells fell on a house near the Wadi Ghazza Bridge in northern Nuseirat. 190 Tareq 39 May 16, Airstrike on agricultural PIJ Operative in Mahmoud 2021 land in the Misbah the special unit of
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Qassem al- neighborhood in the Rafah Brigade Qadi northern Rafah 191 Sameh Jihad 23 May 16, Airstrike on agricultural PIJ Operative in Sameh al- 2021 land in the Misbah the special unit of Qadi neighborhood in the Rafah Brigade northern Rafah 192 Moath Nabil 27 May 16, Airstrike against a PIJ Operative in Mohammad 2021 squad in the Zeitoun the artillery unit of al-Zaanin neighborhood in Beit the Rafah Brigade Hanoun
193 Mohammad 26 May 16, Airstrike against a PIJ Aouni 2021 squad in the Zeitoun Operative in the Abdullah al- neighborhood in Beit artillery unit of the Zaanin Hanoun Northern Brigade 194 Mohammad 31 May 16, Airstrike against a PIJ Operative in Youssef 2021 squad in the Zeitoun the artillery unit of Mahmoud al- neighborhood in Beit the Rafah Brigade Kafarneh Hanoun 195 Hossam 37 May 17, Airstrike against the PIJ Mohammad 2021 home of Abdullah Abu Operative in the Othman Abu Raya on Al-Ajarma artillery unit of the Harbid Street in the Jabalia Northern Brigade refugee camp. 196 Ahmad Fayez 29 May 17, Airstrike against two Hamas Hassan Arafat 2021 Palestinians in Abasan al-Jadida, in eastern Khan Yunis 197 Adeeb Said 43 May 17, Airstrike against the Unknown May Dib al- 2021 vehicle of a launch have been the Sourani squad on Abu Hassira driver of the car Street in western Gaza City 198 Mohammad 24 May 17, Airstrike against the Hamas Jamal Ali Abu 2021 vehicle of a launch He also worked at Samaan squad on Abu Hassira the Central Street in western Gaza Operations City Directorate of Hamas’s Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip 199 Mohammad 31 or 32 May 17, Airstrike against the Hamas Hassan 2021 vehicle of a launch Hassan Abu squad on Abu Hassira Samaan Street in western Gaza City 200 Ali Walid al- 30 May 17, Airstrike against a Hamas Abed Bariss 2021 squad near Al-Maldif He also served in
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Restaurant on the Gaza the military police City beach apparatus in the Gaza Strip 201 Ahmad Khalil 24 May 17, Airstrike against a Hamas Hijazi al-Loh 2021 squad near Al-Maldif Restaurant on the Gaza City beach 202 Youssef Rafiq 13 May 17, Airstrike against the Ismail al-Baz 2021 home of the Al-Baz family in central Deir Al-Balah, near the UNRWA Center on Salah al-Din Street 203 Yahya 22 May 17, Died on May 17, 2021 Hamas Mansour 2021 from wounds Ghaben sustained on the evening of May 13, 2021, from IDF artillery fire near the American field hospital near the Erez Crossing 204 Ahmad Ziad 29 May 17, Airstrike against a PIJ Hussein 2021 squad near Hamuda Sabah Clinic on the main street of Beit Lahia 205 Mohammad 18 May 17, Airstrike against a Hamas Nathir 2021 squad near Hamuda Mohammad Clinic on the main Abu Aoun street of Beit Lahia 206 Ziad Kamel 45 or 55 May 17, Airstrike against the Unknown Abdullah Abu 2021 top floor of the Ghazi Dair Al-Shawa office building on Al-Wahda Street in Gaza City. Two Palestinians from a nearby building were killed. 207 Rahaf (or: 10 or 11 May 17, Airstrike against the Rafif) 2021 top floor of the Ghazi Morshid Al-Shawa office Kamel Abu building on Al-Wahda Dair Street in Gaza City. Two Palestinians from a nearby building were killed.
208 Mana Iyad 2 May 18, She died on May 18 Daughter of Fathi Sharir 2021 from wounds Hamas
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sustained in an commander Iyad airstrike on the home Fathi Sharir of the Sharir family in Sheikh Radwan on May 11 at 16:30. 2021 209 Mahmoud 19 May 18, Airstrike on land Unknown Ramadan 2021 belonging to the Omar Ashtiwi Ashtiwi family behind Also appears their home on 10th as Street in southern Gaza Mohammad City 210 Omar 19 or 20 May 19, Airstrike against Unknown Mohammad 2021 Hamas military Amin al- operatives on the fifth Mankush floor of the five-story Zaarab Building located at the Al- Saraya junction in central Gaza City 211 Hassan/Husni 21 May 19, Airstrike against Unknown Mohammad 2021 Hamas military Ali Salem operatives on the fifth floor of the five-story Zaarab Building located at the Al- Saraya junction in central Gaza City 212 Youssef 32 or 33 May 19, Airstrike on the fourth Hamas Mohammad 2021 and fifth floors of a He worked as a Abd al-Qader building located near broadcaster at Abu Hussein the crossroads of Al- Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Sheikh Radwan Street radio station and Al-Jalaa Street in the northwest of Gaza City 213 Ammar 32 May 19, Israeli missile fired at a PIJ Abdullah 2021 rocket squad in the Al- Operative in the Fawzi al- Salam neighborhood artillery unit of the Nadar of Jabalia. Northern Brigade
214 Firas Alaa 20 May 19, Wounded on May 13 at Fatah Mohammad 2021 13:45 by shrapnel from
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al-Bahri an Israeli missile fired at a squad near Tower No. 19 in Al-Nada Towers in Izbat Beit Hanoun 215 Aysar Abd al- 48 May 19, His body was found (in Hamas Rahim Taha 2021 an unknown location) Izz al-Din Al- al-Halabi four days after he was Qassam Brigades buried under the field commander rubble following an Israeli airstrike 216 Raed 32 May 19, Artillery fire at the PFLP Zakariya 2021 houses at the end of Al- Mohammad Qarman Street east of Hamad Beit Hanoun 217 Hassan Sami 63 May 19, IDF fire east of the Unknown Hassan al- 2021 village of Juhor ad-Dik Burnu
218 Dima Saad Ali 10 May 19, Airstrike on the back of Asaliya 2021 Saad Ali Asaliya's home in eastern Jabalia 219 Hoda Salah 36 May 20, Airstrike on the home Rabia al- 2021 of Mohammad Khaled Khuznar al-Khawaldeh in the Al- Sater al-Arabi area of Khan Yunis district 220 Hisham 28 May 20, Airstrike against a PRC Shaher 2021 squad in the Al-Atatra Mohammad area in northern Beit al-Sharfa Lahia 221 Maysara Abd 22 May 20, Airstrike against a Hamas al-Shakur 2021 vehicle in the Al- Misbah al-Arir Saftawi neighborhood in western Jabalia 222 Omar Ahmad 24 May 20, Airstrike against a Hamas Mohammad 2021 vehicle in the Al- Jundiyeh Saftawi neighborhood in western Jabalia 223 Mariam 3 May 21, Her body was found Mohammad 2021 under the rubble of her Odeh al- father's house in Tel al- Talabani Hawa, which was destroyed in an airstrike on May 11, 2021 224 Mahmoud About 30 May 23, Died on May 23, 2021, Fatah Ammar Abu 2021 of wounds sustained in Al-Aqsa Battalions
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Jarrad an airstrike against a – Nidal al-Amoudi squad in Beit Hanoun Brigade Operative on May 11, 2021 in the artillery unit in the Beit Hanoun area
225 Osama Ashraf 23 May 24, Died of wounds Fatah Abu Rida 2021 sustained an airstrike on May 18, 2021, on an area near his home in the town of Khaza'a 226 Ahmad Kamal 33 May 27, Died of his wounds on PIJ Ibrahim 2021 May 27, 2021 It was Ammar not reported when he was wounded and under what circumstances, but it was probably in an airstrike on May 17 in the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, where one person was seriously wounded and taken to the hospital 227 Mohammad 28 May 11, The collapse of the Al- Hamas Moussa Saleh 2021 Qarara tunnel in Field commander al-Zanati northeastern Khan in the Izz al-Din al- Yunis in an IDF airstrike Qassam Brigades
228 Abd al-Salam 30 May 11, The collapse of the Al- Hamas Saad Ismail 2021 Qarara tunnel in Field commander al-Ajili northeastern Khan in the Izz al-Din al- Yunis in an IDF airstrike Qassam Brigades 229 Abdullah 32 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Ahmad 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Field commander Ibrahim Abu an IDF airstrike in the Izz al-Din al- Khater Qassam Brigades 230 Amjad Fouad 24 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Ahmad 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Kaware an IDF airstrike 231 Tarek Moussa 28 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Abdullah Abu 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Mustafa an IDF airstrike
232 Abd al- 27 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Rahman 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Operative in the
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Nazem an IDF airstrike Nukhba elite unit Khaled al- of the Izz al-Din al- Najjar Qassam Brigades 233 Mohammad 22 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Rashid 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Policeman in the Khamis al- an IDF airstrike Hamas police Najjar force in the Gaza Strip 234 Wael 23 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Mahmoud 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Ibrahim Aslih an IDF airstrike 235 Muhammad 23 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Yunis Ibrahim 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Hijazi an IDF airstrike 236 Fahed Jamal 26 May 11, The collapse of the Hamas Hussein al- 2021 tunnel in Al-Fukhari in Fara an IDF airstrike
Palestinians killed by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip or in other circumstances
Serial Name Age Date and Circumstances of Organizational no. place death affiliation killed 1 Mohammad 20 May 10, A rocket that landed Fatah Ali 2021 near the home of the Mohammad Beit Atallah al-Masri family Nosseir Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 2 Ahmad 21 May 10, A rocket that landed PIJ Mohammad 2021 near the home of the Atallah al- Beit Atallah al-Masri family Masri Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 3 Ibrahim 11 May 10, A rocket that landed Youssef 2021 near the home of the Atallah al- Beit Atallah al-Masri family Masri Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist
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organizations and not IDF fire.
4 Marwan 7 May 10, A rocket that landed Youssef 2021 near the home of the Atallah al- Beit Atallah al-Masri family Masri Hanoun. in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 5 Rahaf 10 May 10, A rocket that landed Mohammad 2021 near the home of the Atallah al- Beit Atallah al-Masri family Masri Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 6 Yazan Sultan 2 May 10, A rocket that landed Atallah al- 2021 near the home of the Masri Beit Atallah al-Masri family Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 7 Hussein 11 May 10, A rocket that landed Muneer 2021 near the home of the Hussein Beit Atallah al-Masri family Hamad Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 8 Ibrahim 16 May 10, A rocket that landed Abdullah 2021 near the home of the Mohammad Beit Atallah al-Masri family Hassanain Hanoun in Beit Hanoun. This was accidental firing by the terrorist organizations and not IDF fire. 9 Mustafa 17 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown Mohammad 2021 Palestinian terrorist Mahmoud Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Obeid Mosque in Strip, i.e., killed Jabalia inadvertently by
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Palestinian terrorist operatives 10 Zakariya Ziad 18 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown Mohammad 2021 Palestinian terrorist al-Alloush Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Mosque in Strip Jabalia 11 Nabil 23 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown No’man 2021 Palestinian terrorist Mohammad Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Dardouna Mosque in Strip Jabalia 12 Ra'ed Abd 28 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown Zaki Abu 2021 Palestinian terrorist Warda Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Mosque in Strip Jabalia 13 Baraa Wissam 4 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Ahmad al- 2021 Palestinian terrorist Gharabli Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Mosque in Strip Jabalia 14 Moussa 18 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown Khamis 2021 Palestinian terrorist The circumstances Moussa al- Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza are being Zain Jneid Mosque in Strip investigated Jabalia 15 Esmat 49 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Hamas Sha’ban al- 2021 Palestinian terrorist Zain Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Mosque in Strip Jabalia 16 Bashir 56 May 10, Failed rocket launch by Unknown Mohammad 2021 Palestinian terrorist Alloush Al-Omari operatives in the Gaza Mosque in Strip Jabalia 17 Iyad Abd al- 34 May 19, Hit on a house on Al- Unknown Fattah Salha 2021 Barakah Street in Deir al-Balah. Apparently a failed launch. The matter is under investigation by the Palestinians 18 Amani 29 May 19, Hit on a house on Al- Youssef Salha 2021 Barakah Street in Deir al-Balah. Apparently a failed launch. The
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matter is under investigation by the Palestinians.
19 Nagham Iyad 2 May 19, Hit on a house on Al- Abd al-Fattah 2021 Barakah Street in Deir Salha al-Balah. Apparently a failed launch. The matter is under investigation by the Palestinians. 20 Fida Fakhri 34 May 19, Rocket or missile hit on Samih al- 2021 the home of Iyad Amin Qudra al-Qudra in southern Deir al-Balah 21 Yahya Mazen 13 May 12, Airstrike on Salah al- Shehadeh 2021 Din Street in the Khalifa Zeitoun neighborhood; Probably misfire by the PIJ
Other Palestinians killed
Serial no. Name Age Date and Circumstances of Organizational place death affiliation / killed comments 1 Doaa Iyad 12 Airstrike in She died on May 20 Sharab the Al-Mal after being hospitalized neighborhood due to medical of Khan Yunis complications following an airstrike near her home in Khan Yunis. 2 Darwish 61 or 62 May 15, 2021 Died of a heart attack His name does Mohammad Airstrike on following the IDF not appear on Darwish al- the home of airstrike the Wafa list Yazuri the Al-Sinwar and in the family in Khan reports of Yunis human rights organizations 3 Ibrahim 73 He died of His name does Hassan wounds not appear on Othman sustained in the Wafa list (Mahmoud) an airstrike on and in the al-Astal May 15 or 16 reports of in Khan Yunis human rights organizations
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4 Abd al- His death was His name does Rahman reported on not appear on Ahmad Abu social media the Wafa list Darika (Abu on May 20, and in the Ahmad) 2021. He died reports of of natural human rights causes organizations 5 Saadia 57 May 18, 2021 She died of a heart Youssef attack during an IDF Hussein Abu airstrike in Rafah Gharara
There are also five fatalities whose deaths, according to the Palestinians, are not currently attributed to the IDF, and the Palestinians are still investigating the incident: Moussa Khamis, 18, killed on May 10, 2021, at the Al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia. An investigation is also underway into an attack on the home of Iyad Abd al- Fattah Dib Salha, on Al-Barakah Street in Deir al-Balah on May 19, 2021. Three family members were killed in the incident. On May 19, at 16:10, the home of Iyad Amin al-Qudra in southern Deir al-Balah was hit by a missile or rocket. His wife Fida Fakhri Samih al-Qudra was killed in the attack. The incident was not attributed to the IDF in the reports of the human rights centers (Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights website, May 20, 2021; Palestinian Center for Human Rights website, May 20, 2021). The fatalities and the circumstances of their death
According to the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, a pro-Hamas human rights organization operating in Gaza, the first incident resulting in fatalities occurred on May 10, 2021, at 18:10, when the home of the al-Masri family in Beit Hanoun was reportedly hit by a rocket. It was not stated in the report whether it was the IDF or the terrorist organizations that fired (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 5 Another Palestinian human rights organization, the Defense for Children International -- Palestine, stated that at the time of the incident "armed organizations" (i.e., Palestinian terrorist organizations) were firing rockets, but Israeli UAVs were also observed in the area. The organization noted that it was still investigating the incident and that it could not yet
5 http://mezan.org/post/31578
093-21 36 determine what caused the fatalities at the home of the al-Masri family (www.dci- palestine.org, May 11, 2021).6 Since rockets were mentioned, and since the IDF had not yet launched its operation when the incident occurred, it can be assumed it was a failed launch or fire by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. Nevertheless, the Arab media in Gaza treated the incident as an Israeli "massacre," and exploited the incident for propaganda purposes against Israel, even though Palestinian organizations have stated the cause of their deaths has not yet been determined. According to the al-Mezan Center, eight people were killed in the incident, including six children (al-Mezan Center website, May 11, 2021). 7 The dead were: Mohammad Ali Mohammad Nosseir, 20, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 8 He was a Fatah member in the northern Gaza Strip (Facebook page of the Fatah Atiya al-Zaanin sub-branch of the Fatah branch in the northern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2021). 9
Mohammad Ali Mohammad Nosseir (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)
6 https://www.dci-palestine.org/nine_children_killed_in_gaza_strip_as_violence_escalates 7 http://mezan.org/post/31578/ 8 http://mezan.org/post/31578 9 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=140615824713800&id=102837961824920 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=140615824713800&id=102837961824920
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Death notices published by Fatah on the death of Mohammad Ali Nosseir (Facebook page of Fatah's Atiya al-Zaanin sub-branch in the northern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2021) Ahmed Mohammad Atallah al-Masri, 21, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center website, May 11, 2020 ).10 He was a Fatah member His body was covered for burial with a Fatah flag (al-Jazeera, May 11,). 2021)
Right: Ahmed Mohammad Atallah al-Masri (@fidaazaanin Twitter account, May 10, 2021).11 Left: His body is wrapped for burial in a Fatah flag (al-Jazeera, May 11, 2021) 12
10 http://mezan.org/post/31578 11 https://twitter.com/fidaazaanin/status/1391805008962850817 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXayhCkh5s
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Ahmed Mohammad Atallah al-Masri’s body wrapped in the Fatah flag (Facebook, May 11, 2021)13
Ahmed Mohammad Atallah al-Masri (@fidaazaanin Twitter account, May 10, 2021)14
Ibrahim Youssef Atallah al-Masri, 11, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021).15 Marwan Youssef Atallah al-Masri, 7, from Beit Hanoun. Rahaf Mohammad Atallah al-Masri, 10, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 16 Yazan Sultan Atallah al-Masri, 2, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 17 Hussein Munir Hussein Hamad, 11, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 18
13 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=522227035486462&id=100030975093597 14 https://twitter.com/fidaazaanin/status/1391805008962850817 15 http://mezan.org/post/31578 16 http://mezan.org/post/31578 17 http://mezan.org/post/31578 18 http://mezan.org/post/31578
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Ibrahim Abdullah Mohammad Hassanain, 16, from Beit Hanoun (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021). 19 Another Palestinian was later killed by an Israeli missile in the al-Salah neighborhood of the al-Boura region in Beit Hanoun: Mohammad Abdullah Zidan Fayyad, 25 or 26 (al- Mezan Center, May 11, 2021).20 He was a commander in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing (royanews.tv, May 10, 2021; @moha5mme Twitter account, May 10, 2021).21
Mohammad Abdullah Zidan Fayyad (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 10, 2021)22
At the same time, an airstrike was carried out at the area in eastern Jabalia. Two Palestinians were killed: Saber Ibrahim Mahmud Suleiman, 38, commander in Hamas’s military wing (www.dci-palestine.org, May 11, 2021). 23
Right: Saber Ibrahim Suleiman (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021).Left: Saber 24 Suleiman's funeral procession. A green Hamas flag was placed on his body (Anatolia News Agency, May 11, 2021) 25
19 http://mezan.org/post/31578 20 http://mezan.org/post/31578 21 https://royanews.tv/news/245362 https://twitter.com/moha5mme/status/1391791745357291522 22 https://twitter.com/Pal_Shaheed/status/1391818508477112321 23 https://www.dci-palestine.org/nine_children_killed_in_gaza_strip_as_violence_escalates 24 https://twitter.com/Pal_Shaheed/status/1391892693974929409
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Mohammad Saber Ibrahim Suleiman, 15, son of Saber Suleiman. A video showed him wearing the Hamas military wing’s uniform during weapons training. In other photos he is seen holding a rifle (@DigFind_ Twitter account, June 1, 2021).Despite his youth, 26 he was apparently an operative in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The global media referred to him as an innocent, defenseless child, a claim contradicted by the video.
Mohammad Saber Ibrahim seen in a video wearing the Hamas military wing’s uniform during weapons training (@DigFind_ Twitter account, June 1, 2021)27
Saber Suleiman's son holding a rifle (@DigFind_ Twitter account, June 1, 2021)28
According to the al-Mezan Center, on May 10, 2021, at around 22:15, three Palestinians were hit in an airstrike in the al-Manara neighborhood in southern Khan Yunis. One of them died of his wounds several hours later. He was Salim Mohammad Salim al-Fara, 37, resident of Khan Yunis. The al-Mezan Center described him as a “civilian.” However, an ITIC examination revealed that he was a Hamas operative. According to his family's website, he
25 https://www.aa.com.tr/ar 26 https://twitter.com/digfind_/status/1399572411339591682 27 https://twitter.com/digfind_/status/1399572411339591682 28 https://twitter.com/digfind_/status/1399572411339591682
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Hamas operative Salim Mohammad Salim al-Fara (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)30
The Facebook page of the al-Fara family (al-Fara family website, May 11, 2021)31
In an incident at 18:05 on May 10, 2021 , eight people were killed, including a four-year-old boy. The incident was not mentioned by the al-Mezan Center because it was a failed rocket launch near the al-Omari Mosque in Jabalia. The rocket landed in Gaza (www.dci- palestine.org, May 11, 2021). Those killed in the incident were: Mostafa Mohammad Mahmoud Obeid, 17, Beit Hanoun Zakariya Ziyad Mohammad al-Alloush, 18, Jabalia
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Zakariya Ziyad Mohammad al-Alloush (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)32
Nabil No’man Mohammad Dardouna, 23
Nabil No’man Mohammad Dardouna (@fidaazaanin Twitter account, May 11, 2021)
Raed Abd Zaki Abu Warda, 28, Jabalia
Ra'ed Abd Zaki Abu Warda (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)33
Baraa Wissam Ahmed al-Gharabli, 4, from Jabalia. He was apparently killed on May 10, 2021, by a rocket that misfired. On the evening of May 11, Fatah issued a death notice
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(Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page, May 11, 2021),(Facebook page of the Fatah 34 movement in the Deir al-Balah region, May 12, 2021).35 Moussa Khamis Moussa al-Zain Jneid, 18, from Jabalia. According to the PCHR the incident was not attributed to the IDF, and it was stated that the circumstances of the incident were being investigated. Moussa Jneid’s father said that Moussa and his brother were working in their grocery store at the time (Safa, May 30, 2021).36
Moussa Khamis Moussa al-Zain (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)37
Esmat Sha’ban al-Zain, 49, from Jabalia. According to a list published by Hamas, he was a military wing operative (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website).38
Right: Esmat Sha'ban al-Zain (Twitter, May 11, 2021)Left: Wearing the Hamas military 39 wing’s uniform (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website)40
Bashir Mohammad Alloush, 56, Jabalia On May 10, 2021, at 21:50, Ibrahim Ahmed al-Shanbari, a Hamas operative in his twenties from Beit Hanoun, was killed (Sawah Press, May 13, 2021).41 A Hamas-affiliated
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Twitter account presented him as a Quran teacher (@KhaledSafi Twitter account, May 11, 2021). According to he Palestinians, he was killed on his way home [in Beit Hanoun] from the mosque.42 (al-Jazeera, May 14, 2021). 43
Right: Ibrahim Ahmed al-Shanbari (@KhaledSafi Twitter account, May 11, 2021).Left: 44 His funeral. His body was wrapped in the Hamas flag (Sawah Press, May 13, 2021)45
On May 11, 2021, at 04:40, the Israeli Air Force attacked the top floor of a seven-story building in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. Reportedly, two people were killed (al- Mezan Center, May 11, 2021).Mezan Center, the dead were:-According to the al 46 Amira Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Rahman Subh, 63 Abd al-Rahman Youssef Ali Subh, 19. He had cerebral palsy (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021).47 and used a wheelchair (GhadeerAtifAlsufi Facebook page, May 11, 2021).48 That same day, at 11:25, the second floor was attacked in the al-Jundi al-Majhool (the Unknown Soldier) building, a 14-story building in central Gaza City. According to the al- Mezan Center, three civilians were killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021).49 They were PIJ operatives. The PIJ published their names and admitted that they were its operatives.
41 https://sawahpress.com/latest/palestine 42 https://twitter.com/KhaledSafi/status/1391959100175568901 43 https://www.aljazeera.net/news/politics 44 https://twitter.com/KhaledSafi/status/1391959100175568901 45 https://sawahpress.com/latest/palestine 46 http://mezan.org/post/31578 47 http://mezan.org/post/31578 48 https://www.facebook.com/GhadeerAtifAlsufi/posts/769408290346103 49 http://mezan.org/post/31578
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Poster published by the PIJ’s military wing, showing photos of the three dead operatives wearing PIJ uniforms (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021)50
They were: Sameh Fahim Hashem al-Mamluk, 34. Head of the PIJ’s rocket squad in the northern Gaza Strip (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021) 51
Sameh Fahim Hashem al-Mamluk (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021)
Mohammad Yahya Mohammad Abu al-Ata, deputy commander of the Gaza Brigade and one of the heads of the rocket squad. He is the brother of PIJ senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata, who died in a targeted killing in 2019. He was reportedly supposed to take over his brother's command (Israel’s Channel 13 News, May 11, 2021; Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021).
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Mohammad Yahya Mohammad Abu al-Ata (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021)
Kamal Taysir Qreiqe, 28, field commander in the PIJ Gaza Brigade rocket squad (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021).
Kamal Taysir Qreiqe (Jerusalem Battalions website, May 11, 2021)
The IDF announced it had attacked the house of Iyad Fathi Fayeq Sharir, the head of the Hamas anti-tank units in the Gaza Strip, adding he had been killed (IDF Spokesman, according to Israel’s Channel 13 News, May 11, 2021). The Palestinian Ma'an News Agency released a photo showing him in the Hamas uniform (Ma'an News Agency, May 12, 2021). The al-Mezan Center reported that he was killed as a result of firing at a two-story building (it did not specify where). Iyad’s wife Layali Sharir and their 15-year-old daughter Lina were also killed (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021).52 Further examination revealed that the building which was attacked was Sharir’s home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza (Ma'an, May 11, 2021).53
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Right: Iyad Sharir and the picture of his home being blown up (Ma'an News Agency, May 12, 2021). Left: Iyad Sharir wearing a uniform and holding a rifle (Ma'an News Agency, May 12, 2021).54
On May 11, 2021, Hamas’s military wing issued an unusual statement stating the IDF had attacked a target where its operatives were preparing “to repel aggression.” According to the statement, Hamas operatives were killed in the attack while others were MIA (Izz al-Din al-Qassam’s Telegram account, May 11, 2021).55 It was further stated that there were five to seven missing operatives in a tunnel which was attacked in Qarara, in northeastern Khan Yunis (al-Ayyam, May 12, 2021).e According to social media reports, th 56 tunnel was situated in Qarara, in the Khan Yunis district, and there were seven fatalities, residents of the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis. According to one post the Izz al-Din al- Qassam Brigades had reported the death of their operatives in the tunnel on their communications network (Ragheb Motea Qudaih Facebook page, May 11, 2021).57 They were: Munib Mahmoud Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, 24 (@Sara_abd_abd Twitter account, May 21, 2021) Malek Ismail Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, 21, a second lieutenant (mulazim bahri) in Hamas’s Naval Police (al-Aqsa, May 22, 2021)
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Malek Ismail Hamdan (Facebook page of the General Directorate of Training in the Gaza Strip Ministry of the Interior, May 11, 2021)58
Mohammad Sabri Abu Obeida Mahmoud Kallab, 31 Munib Abu Mustafa, 28. The Gaza Bar Association issued a death notice for Munib Majed Abu Mustafa, who was a lawyer. According to the notice, he was killed in an attack in the southern Gaza Strip (Facebook page of the Gaza Bar Association, May 11, 2021).59 Taha al-Aqqad, 26. According to the Facebook page of the al-Aqqad clan, the report on the death of Taha Mahmoud al-Aqqad has yet to be confirmed (Facebook page of the clan, May 12, 2021).60 Mus’ab Mohammad Abu Hajjaj, 26 (al-Ayyam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Khanyounis.cit Facebook page, May 21, 2021). He was a field commander (qaed maydani) in the Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021). 61
Mus’ab Abu Hajjaj (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021)
On the same day, at 21:00, there was an airstrike western of Deir al-Balah, resulting in two fatalities (al-Mezan Center, May 11, 2021): 62
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Mundhir Abd al-Karim Mohammad Barakeh, 21, from Deir al-Balah.
Mundhir Abd al-Karim Mohammad Barakeh (@Pal_Shaheed Twitter account, May 11, 2021)63
Manar Abd al-Karim Mohammad Barakeh, 19, the younger brother of Mundhir Abd al-Karim Mohammad Barakeh. According to Palestinian reports, the two brothers worked on their father’s poultry farm near the Deir al-Balah beach, situated near “resistance” positions in southwestern Deir al- Balah. It was so close to the outposts that shrapnel fell near the farm every time the positions were attacked. According to the family, they were killed by a missile fired from a UAV when the Israeli Air Force attacked the terrorist positions near the farm (Palinfo, May 13, 2021).64 On May 12, 2021, at 01:35, the Israeli Air Force attacked an apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in western Gaza City. Wael Abd al-Karim Issa and Hassan al-Qahwaji, two Hamas operatives, were killed. Rima Saad Kamel Saad, Zaid Mohammad al-Talabani, 5, and Hala Hussein Rifi, 13, were also killed (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021).65 Hassan al-Qahwaji: commander in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (PALDF, May 12, 2021; al-Masirah, May 12, 2021).66 Wael Issa, Hassan al-Qahwaji’s deputy and field commander in the Hamas military wing (@RamAbdu Twitter account, May 12, 2021; al-Masirah, May 12, 2021).67
63 https://twitter.com/Pal_Shaheed/status/1392219077670838272 64 https://www.palinfo.com/291166 65 https://mezan.org/en/post/23977 66 https://twitter.com/RamAbdu/status/1392477378413309959, https://www.almasirah.net/news/19666 67 https://www.almasirah.net/news/19666
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Wael Issa’s funeral; his body is covered with the Hamas flag (@RamAbdu Twitter account, May 12, 2021)68
On the morning of May 12, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a site where senior Hamas commanders, including Gaza Brigade Commander Bassem Issa, were present. A total of 14 people were killed, all Hamas operatives. Hamas confirmed the death of Bassem Issa, Brigade commander of the Gaza City, and a “group of his fellow commanders and jihad fighters,” without mentioning their names (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 12, 2021). A video of the funeral procession was uploaded to the web, where their names were read, “commander” Sami Radwan, Hazem al-Khatib, Awad Abu Salmiya, Mujahed al- Hadidi, Zafer al-Shawa, Akram al-Attar, Jamal al-Zebda, Osama al-Zebda, Abu Mojahed Talha (i.e., Jomaa Talha), all of them Hamas operatives. In the funeral procession, all bodies were covered with Hamas flags (al-Araby al-Jadeed, May 14, 2021).69 They were: Mohammad Jamil Fares, 37. He studied mechanical engineering at Tishreen University in Latakia, Syria, where he was an student activist. In 2005, Hamas’s overseas military operations department launched a project for the manufacture of UAVs and began to amass equipment and recruit engineers. The unit was headed by Muhammad al-Zouari. After Fares graduated in 2007 he received a job offer from the unit to work on the project in the military production division. He accepted the offer and worked with Zouari, serving as his right hand man in developing many models. In 2011, he returned to the Gaza Strip, together with his doctor wife, the daughter of a senior Hamas figure abroad, whom he had met in Syria, and their son Fares. In the Gaza Strip he worked on aircraft manufacture and the development of new models, and was also in charge of training engineers. He achieved prominence after Operation Pillar of Defense and the
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attack on the aircraft manufacturing workshop where he worked. During Operation Protective Edge, his home and the home of his family in Khan Yunis were attacked (Palinfo, May 19, 2021; al-Jazeera Mubasher, May 31, 2021)70.
Mahmoud Mohammad Fares (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 25, 2021)71
Jamal Mohammad Said Abd al-Rahman al-Zebda. al-Zebda had a doctorate in Engineering and Mechanical Sciences from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He was a US citizen. His studies in aerodynamics and the delta wing were used in the manufacture of fighter jets, including the F-35, and were published in journals and scientific literature, forming the basis for the development of aircraft engines. In 1994, he returned to the Gaza Strip and served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University. In 2006, he joined a covert team of engineers operating as part of Hamas’s military wing on the development of military capabilities, including the rocket program. He worked closely with team leader Muhammad al-Deif. He taught an entire generation of engineers at the Islamic University, and recruited many of them to join the military wing’s program for the development of military means, mainly rockets and UAVs. In 2012, Jamal al-Zebda survived an assassination attempt in the final hours of Operation Pillar of Defense (al-Akhbar, May 22, 2021)72. His son, engineer Osama al-Zebda, 39, (33 according to a different report) also joined Hamas and holds US citizenship.
70 https://www.palinfo.com/291491 https://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/politics/2021/5/31 71 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3035 72 https://al-akhbar.com/Palestine/306554
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Jamal and his son Osama al-Zebda (left) (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021)73
Jomaa Abdullah Muhammad al-Talha, was a Jordanian of Palestinian descent born in 1962. He was raised with Muslim Brotherhood ideology, including by Abdullah Azzam (who later became the spiritual mentor of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan). He studied engineering at the University of Jordan. In 1982, he traveled to Lebanon, where he fought against the IDF in the First Lebanon War. In 1983, he moved to Pakistan to join the Arab jihad fighters in the war in Afghanistan under the leadership of Abdullah Azzam. There he acquired expertise in the manufacture of small arms and military equipment. After several years he returned to Jordan and specialized in construction. From Jordan he moved to the UAE, where he founded a contracting company. After Hamas’s military wing established the military production division in Syria, as part of its overseas military operations department (al-I’mar), a senior operative was needed to manage the production division. Al-Talha responded to the call, left the UAE for Syria in 2007, and became the director of the production division six months later. In 2009, the Hamas leadership invited him to the Gaza Strip. He was detained en route by the Egyptian security forces and remained in prison until 2011. After his release he went to the Gaza Strip, where he was put in charge of cyber security and scientific development in the military wing (Shehab, May 17, 2021; aljazeera.net, May 24, 2021)74.
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Jomaa al-Talha (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, May 23, 2021)75
Bassem Issa, the Hamas military wing’s Gaza City Brigade commander (Izz al-Din al- Qassam Brigades website, May 12, 2021)
Bassem Issa (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 12, 2021)
Sami Radwan, commander in the Hamas military wing (al-Araby al-Jadeed, May 14, 2021; Sama, May 13, 2021)76 Awad Nabil Salmiya, Hamas operative (@adham922 Twitter account, May 12, 2021). 77 Hazem al-Khatib, operative in Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades’ rocket units (Sama, May 13, 2021).According to Israeli sources, he served as head of the engineers 78 department in Hamas’s production line. He also served as deputy head of the production network (Israel Today, May 12, 2021). Mojahed al-Hadidi, Hamas operative (PALDF, May 14, 2021).79 Zafer al-Shawa, Hamas operative (PALDF, May 13, 2021).80
75 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2995 76 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Gh0t1V4x4, https://samanews.ps/ar/post/470396 77 https://twitter.com/adham922/status/1392514187084111874 78 https://samanews.ps/ar/post/470396 79 https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1226668&page=5 80 https://www.paldf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1226668&page=5
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Akram al-Attar, Hamas operative (al-Araby al-Jadeed, May 14, 2021).Served as an 81 escort of Bassem Issa (@Camps202 Facebook account, May 12, 2021).82
Mohammad al-Attar (Camps202@ Facebook account, May 12, 2021)83
Mahmoud Mohammad Jamil Fares – Hamas operative Nidal Habib Ismail Hana – Hamas operative Mustafa Mohammad Suleiman Farahat – Hamas operative (Hamada Farahat's Facebook page, May 13, 2021).84 Farahat studied software engineering (Mustafa Farahat's personal Facebook page).85 His brother wrote that Farahat “hurt the enemy with his index finger” (Suleiman Mohammad Farahat's Facebook page, May 13, 2021).86 One of his Facebook friends notes that Farahat was an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operative. His body was apparently covered for burial with a Hamas flag (Hammam al- Manasra's Facebook page, May 14, 2021).87
81 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Gh0t1V4x4 82 https://www.facebook.com/Camps202/posts/299486508444023 83 https://www.facebook.com/Camps202/posts/299486508444023 84 http://mezan.org/post/31664 85 https://www.facebook.com/sms.pw 86 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4004867142962908&id=100003189840736 87 https://www.facebook.com/hammam.almanasra/posts/2501222010021916:0
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Right: Mustafa Farahat; Left: His body, apparently wrapped in a Hamas flag (Facebook page of Mustafa Farahat's brother, Suleiman Mohammad Farahat, May 13, 2021)
Mohammad Said Mohammad Abu al-Ata Mustafa al-Obeid, 25 (PALDF, May 13, 2021). No details were found on him. Walid Shamali, 56, senior Hamas operative in the rocket manufacture network (Sama, May 13, 2021). According to Gazan sources, his body was only found two weeks after he was killed. h88, he was the first to hide Yahya Ayyash, the most senior Hamas engineer who was eliminated in a targeted killing by Israel in 1996. Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades commander Emad Aqel and Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif were also hidden in his home. He also took part in smuggling Kornet antitank missiles from Libya. He survived three assassination attempts (Abu Ali Express Telegram account, June 4, 2021).
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Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website mourns the deaths of Bassem Issa and a "group of his fellow commanders and jihad fighters" without mentioning their names (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website, May 12, 2021)9089
Another fatality was reported later (PALDF, May 13, 2021), Abd al-Rahman Asbita Khalaf Azzam, Hamas operative (Filastin al-Yawm, May 13, 2021; Rusiya al-Youm, May 12, 2021).The details of the incident are unclear. 91
Right: Abd al-Rahman Asbita (Facebook, May 13, 2021).Rahman Asbita wrapped in -Left: Abd al 92 a Hamas flag (Filastin al-Yawm, May 13, 2021)93
On May 13, 2021, there was a report of the funeral of a group of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades commanders killed in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza, near the al-Omari Mosque. A photo taken at the funeral day shows 11 of the 13 bodies of the killed operatives, wrapped in Hamas flags. Wael Issa and Abd al-Rahman Asbita are seen among them (Filastin al-Youm May 13, 2021). 94
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Bodies of the killed operatives, 11 out of the 13 bodies, covered with Hamas flags. Wael Issa is seen among them (Filastin al-Youm, May 13, 2021)95
Mahmoud Jamil Kalusa, 28, was killed in an IDF airstrike on Khan Yunis on May 12, 2021, at 06:05 (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021).96 He was a Hamas operative (Facebook account of the Shehab News Agency, May 12, 2021.)97
Mahmoud Kalusa’s funeral. His body is covered for burial with a Hamas flag (Facebook account of the Shehab News Agency, May 12, 2021)98
On May 12, 2021, at 10:00, four people were killed in a vehicle in an IDF airstrike on a vehicle in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021): 99 Talaat Jamil Agha, 36 Atef Abd al-Rahman al-Barawi, 48 Nael al-Barawi, 22 Wael Mahmoud Fares al-Ghoula (al-Mezan Center website, May 12, 2021), 55. The 100 Fatah branch in east Gaza City issued a death notice, according to which al-Ghoula was
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one of the Fatah members during the First Intifada (Facebook page of the sub-branch named after Salah Khalaf in the Fatah branch in east Gaza City, May 12, 2021). 101 On the same day, Fatah announced the death of Mohammad Abd al-Rauf Hallas, who was killed in the IDF airstrike in the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza (al-Hayat Press, May 12, 2021102, al-Mezan Center website, May 12, 2021).103 On May 12, 2021, at 10:00, Bashar Ahmed Samour, 17, was killed in Khan Yunis (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021).he was a Fatah According to the examination by the ITIC, 104 member (al-Hayat Press, May 12, 2021). He was killed by gunfire near the security fence.105 On the morning of May 12, 2021, Hamza Mahmoud Yassin Ali, 12, from the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City was pronounced dead. He was apparently wounded on May 11, 2021, at 13:00, when he was traveling in al-Baltaji Street, in the Shejaiya neighborhood (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021; the Palestinian Center for Human Rights website, May 12, 2021). 106 At 11:30 on the same day, four people were killed in an IDF airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021). The dead belonged to a PIJ operativeThe vehicle . 107 were the following people: Mustafa Mazen Kurdiyeh, 31. A taxi driver, he was driving the vehicle which was attacked (PCHR website, May 12, 2021108, al-Quds al-Araby, May 17, 2021). 109 Mansour Youssef Hassan al-Darimli, 66 Said Hashem al-Hatu, 67 Maisun Zaki al-Hatu, 55 Two other people near the car were also killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 12, 2021): 110 Nader Mohammad al-Ghazali, 46, was killed in an IDF airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City, while he was working in his tailor shop nearby (al-Mezan Center, May 12, 2021; Palestine Online, May 30, 2021). 111
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Abd al-Salam Mahmoud al-Ghazali, 28. An ITIC examination revealed he was a Fatah member (FatehEastGaza.g Facebook page, May 12, 2021).112 On May 12, 2021, at 14:05, the Israeli Air Force attacked a truck supplying gas to Bani Suheila. The airstrike killed Majed Abd Rabbo Abu Saada, 57, and Mahmoud Ahmed Abu Amer, 37 (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).113 The two men reportedly worked as distributors of gas canisters (a0k2020 Facebook page, May 12, 2021; journalist Ahmed Qdeih’s Facebook page, May 12, 2021; Gazanow.news1 Facebook page, May 12, 2021).114 On May 12, 2021, at 14:30, the Israeli Air Force attacked a vehicle on al-Shaff Street in eastern Gaza City, killing Izz al-Din Muhammad Abdullah Hallas, 28, (al-Mezan Center website, May 13, 2021).115 He was an operative in the Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din al- Qassam Brigades website).116
Izz al-Din Muhammad Hallas (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website)117 The website states that he was killed on May 11, 2021.
On May 12, 2021, at 14:30, the Israeli Air Force attacked a four-story building belonging to Mahmoud Arfa in the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis. The attack killed 49-year-old Miami Abdullah Moussa Arfa and her 28-year-old daughter Hadil Khaled Mahmoud Arfa (al- Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).118 A senior Hamas operative was in the building at the time.
111 https://felesteen.ps/post/89026 http://mezan.org/post/31653 112 https://www.facebook.com/FatehEastGaza.g/posts/5864133380295891
113 http://mezan.org/post/31664 114 https://www.facebook.com/a0k2020/posts/350261309948373 https://www.facebook.com/ahmadqudeihpress/posts/231547065437708 https://www.facebook.com/Gazanow.news1/posts/303014771310246 115 http://mezan.org/post/31664 116 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic 117 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic 118 http://mezan.org/post/31664
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On May 12, 2021, at 16:20, Hamad Ayad Mansour al-Dabari, 86, was hit by shrapnel near his home in the Zalata area of the village of al-Shuka in east Rafah (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).119 It may have been a failed rocket launch. On May 12, 2021 at 17:30, the Israeli Air Force attacked the town of al-Fukhari in southeast Khan Yunis. The attack killed 11-year-old Ammar Taysir Aish al-Amour and 13- year-old Hamada Attia Abed al-Amour (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).120 On May 12, 2021 at 18:30, the Israeli Air Force attacked a squad (“a group of people," according to the al-Mezan Center) near the al-Ihsan Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Four people were killed (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).121 The fatalities are: Hamza Mahmoud Ibrahim al-Hur, 25, a PIJ operative (Jerusalem Battalions website, the PIJ’s military wing)122. He belonged to an elite unit in the Central Camps' Division of the PIJ's military wing (Sawa, May 22, 2021). Mohammad Abd al-Moneim Ibrahim Shahin, 27, a PIJ operative (Jerusalem Battalions website).123 He was an operative in the artillery unit of the Central Camps' Brigade (Sawa, May 22, 2021). Mohammad Mu’in Mohammad al-Qaraa, 30, a PIJ operative (Jerusalem Battalions website).124 He was an operative in the artillery unit of the Central Camps' Brigade (Sawa, May 22, 2021). Ahmed Walid Hussein al-Talaa, 29, a PIJ operative (Jerusalem Battalions website).125 He was an operative in the artillery unit of the Central Camps' Brigade (Sawa, May 22, 2021). On May 12, 2021 at 19:25, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Sakran, on al-Nassar Street, in the eastern Shejaiya neighborhood. A [so-called] "group of people" was standing near the house (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).126The fatalities are: Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Sakran, 64, a Fatah member (Facebook, May 14, 2021).127
Mohammad Nahed Jaber Abu Sakran, 24.Fatah member (Facebook, May 14, 2021).128
119 http://mezan.org/post/31664 120 http://mezan.org/post/31664 121 http://mezan.org/post/31664 122 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 123 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 124 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 125 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 126 http://mezan.org/post/31664 127 https://www.facebook.com/plestinona.ndaa/posts/289894179519183
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On May 12, 2021, at 19:30, the body of Mohammad Ahmed Abd Abu Amsha, 35, was brought to the hospital in Beit Hanoun, having been found in a military post in central Beit Hanoun. The post was attacked by the IDF on May 10, 2021 at 19:30 (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).129 According to the website of Hamas’s military wing, he was a Hamas operative (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website).130
Mohammad Ahmed Abd Abu Amsha, a Hamas operative (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades website)131
On May 12, 2021 at 21:15, the Israeli Air Force attacked Salah al-Din Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood. Yahya Mazen Shehadeh Khalifa, 13, was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).132 On May 13, 2021 at 01:10, the Israeli Air Force attacked a residential building where 15 families (86 people) lived in central Beit Lahia. There was a military target in the building. Abd al-Rahim Mohammad Abdullah al-Madhoun, 63, and his wife, Halima Ali Mohammad Abu Sharakh al-Madhoun, 66, were killed (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).133 In other sources, she appears as a 60-year-old Hijar Mohammad Ali Abu Sharakh (al-Madhoun) (The Gaza Voice Facebook page, May 13, 2021; her niece Kholoud al-Madhoun's Twitter account, May 13, 2021; Facebook page of the Gaza Association for Culture and Arts, May 13, 2021).134 Her name does not appear on the list of ministry of health in Gaza from May 13, 2021, on the Wafa News Agency list or in the reports of human rights organizations. What does appear is the name of Halima Ali Mohammad Abu Sharakh (al-Madhoun), 66, who
128 https://www.facebook.com/plestinona.ndaa/posts/289894179519183 129 http://mezan.org/post/31664 130 https://alqassam.ps/arabic 131 https://alqassam.ps/arabic 132 Http://mezan.org/post/31664 133 http://mezan.org/post/31664 134 https://www.facebook.com/TheGazaVoice/posts/1200504960385796 https://twitter.com/Kholoudelmadho1/status/1392642657797685248 https://www.facebook.com/GazaAssociationForCultureAndArts/posts/2911404379106627
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Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Aati Abu Toeima (PFLP website, May 23, 2021)136
At 09:10 on May 13, 2021, Israeli Air Force planes attacked the al-Taimat neighborhood in eastern al-Fukkhari, eastern Khan Yunis. Abd al-Aziz al-Hamid Abd al-Aati Abu To'eima, 24, was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center, May 13, 2021).137 According to the PFLP website, he was an operative in the artillery unit of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the organization's military wing (PFLP website, May 23, 2021).138 On the afternoon of May 14, 2021, Mahmoud Muhammad Ahmed al-Madhoun, 30, was declared dead. He was wounded by shrapnel while close to his house on May 12, 2021, at 13:00, when the Israeli Air Force attacked in eastern the Hala al-Shawa clinic in Beit Lahia (al- Mezan Center, May 15, 2021; the Palestinian Center for Human Rights website, May 15, 2021).139 The Fatah branch in the northern Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him, saying he belonged to their ranks. His body was wrapped for burial in a Fatah flag (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page, May 14, 2021).140
135 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar https://mezan.org/post/31664 136 http://abuali.ps/news/2862 137 http://mezan.org/post/31664 138 http://abuali.ps/news/2862 139 http://mezan.org/post/31820 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 140 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=487317482608258&id=100039900320185
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Right: Mahmoud Muhammad al-Madhoun (Ahmed al-Madhoun Abu Wassim's Facebook page, May 14, 2021).141 Left: The body of Hamoud al-Madhoun's body wrapped for burial in a Fatah flag (Facebook page of Mu'ataz Abd al-Aati, May 14, 2021).142
On the morning of May 14, 2021, Mahmoud Hamed Hassan Talba, 13, from the Zeitoun neighborhood in in eastern Gaza City was declared dead. He was wounded in an aerial attack on Salah al-Din Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood of in eastern Gaza City at 21:15 on May 12, 2021 (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021).143 Before dawn May 13, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a building owned by Ribah al- Madhoun near Sheikh Zaid Square on the main street of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021).144 According to Defense for Children International – Palestine, the attack took place at 01:00 on May 13, 2021 (www.dci-palestine.org, May 14, 2021).145 On the evening of May 13, 2021, the bodies of Rafat Muhammad Isma'il Ata al- Tanani, his wife and their four sons, who were tenants in the building, were retrieved from the rubble. Rafat Muhammad Isma'il Ata al-Tanani, 39. The Fatah branch in the northern Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice of him, saying he was a Fatah movement activist (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page, May 14, 2021).146
141 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1481853145504352&id=100010390410444 142 https://www.facebook.com/100046087241984/videos/339746704238235 143 http://mezan.org/post/31757 144 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 145 https://www.dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian_children_killed_in_gaza_strip_in_last_four_days 146 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=487317482608258&id=100039900320185
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(Majdi Sanani's Facebook page, May 14, 2021).147
Rawiya Fathi Hassan al-Tanani, 36 or 37, Rafat Muhammad Isma'il Ata al- Tanani's wife Isma'il Rafat al-Tanani, 7 years old Amir Rafat al-Tanani, 6 years old Adham Rafat al-Tanani, 4 or 6 years old Muhammad Rafat al-Tanani, 2 or 3 years old At 13:45 on May 13, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a [so-called] "group of Palestinians" near Tower 19 of the al-Nada Towers in Beit Hanoun. Khaled Imad Khaled al- Qanu', 17, was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021).148 The Mujahedeen Brigades, the military wing of the Mujahedeen Movement in the Gaza Strip, issued a mourning notice for him, saying he was 20 years old and an operative in their ranks (Telegram channel of the Mujahedeen Brigades, May 13, 2021).149
Khaled Imad Khaled al-Qanu', (Telegram channel of the Mujahedeen Brigades, May 13, 2021)150
147 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=4077681985631736&id=100001699235055 148 https://t.me/darebmojahden/1801 149 Ibid. 150 https://t.me/darebmojahden/1802
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At 15:20 on May 13, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Ghassan Abd al-Mati Abu Iyad in the al-Bureij refugee camp. Two Gazans who were walking in the street were killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021). They were: Moayed Taysir Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib, 20, a member of Fatah (Fatah Facebook page, central Gaza Strip region, May 20, 2021).151
Moayed Taysir Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib (Facebook page of his uncle Muhammad Ahmed, May 13, 2021).152
Ahmed Rami Mahmoud al-Hawairi, 14 or 15 years old At 16:40 on May 13, 2021, the IDF attacked the house of Muhammad Mahmoud Muhammad Issa, in in eastern the al-Bureij refugee camp. His wife and daughter were killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2021). Killed in the attack were: Manar Khadr Ahmed Issa (Salameh), 39, wife of Muhammad Mahmoud Muhammad Issa. Lina Muhammad Issa, 13 years old. At 17:30 on May 13, 2021, artillery was fired at a terrorist squad ("a [so-called] group of men") near the American Hospital located at the Erez Crossing (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021). Apparently the target was an anti-tank missile launching squad. The attack killed Soheib Abd al-Rahman Awad Ghanem, 25, an activist in the Jamil Salman Fatah sub- branch in the northern Gaza Strip (Jamil Salman Fatah sub-branch Facebook page, May 14, 2021).153
151 https://www.facebook.com/fatehwustaa/posts/1426814571013480 152 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=985863731941136&set=a.106099993250852 153 https://www.facebook.com/fateh.bite.lahia/photos/a.1494626504168877/2684478625183653
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Fatah mourning notice for Soheib Abd al-Rahman Awad Ghanem (Jamil Salman Fatah sub-branch Facebook page, May 14, 2021).
At 13:00 on May 17, 2021, Yahya Mansour Ghaben, 22, was declared dead at the Shifaa Medical Center. He had been wounded on the evening of May 13, 2021, by IDF artillery fire targeting an anti-tank missile launching squad near the American Hospital (PCHR website, May 18, 2021).154 Hamas' military wing said Yahya Mansour Ghaben, from Beit Lahia, was a operation in its ranks (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, May 24, 2021).155
Yahya Mansour Ghaben (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, may 24, 2021).
Between the hours of 18:30 and 20:30 on May 13, 2021, artillery was fired at locations near the border security fence in the northern Gaza Strip, northern Umm al-Nasr and north of Beit Lahia. According to another version, the area near al-Sheikh Zaid was attacked from the air while artillery was fired at Umm al-Nasr, north of Beit Lahia (Shehab Twitter account, May 13, 2021). The shots were fired as part of the attacks on Hamas' offensive tunnel system. Six Palestinians were killed in the attack, all of them from the Bedouin village of
154 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 155 https://t.me/qassambrigades/22114
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Umm al-Qasr (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021). A report issued by Defense for Children International -- Palestine stated that the attack took place at 18:15 on May 13, 2021 (www.dci-palestine.org, May 14, 2021).156 Killed in the attack were: Hashem Muhammad Ayed al-Zaghibi, 20. He was mentioned as a Fatah shaheed (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021). The Abu Ayyad clan from the village of al-Rumilat issued a mourning notice for him, where he is called Hashem Muhammad Abu Ayyad (Zaghibi ) (Facebook page of the Abu Ayyad clan, May 14, 2021).157
Hashem Muhammad Abu Ayed al-Zaghibi (Facebook page of the Abu Ayyad clan, May 14, 2021).
Naameh Saleh Salama Ayash, 47, also called Naameh Saleh Salama Abu al-Ayash (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021). Nasreen Nasser Muhammad Abu Qaliq, 25. The Jamil Salman Fatah sub-branch Facebook page said she was the wife of Fatah member Ghazi Muhammad Salmi Abu Qaliq, and according to a report she was killed by shots fired at western Beit Lahia Strip (Jamil Salman Fatah sub-branch Facebook page, May 14, 2021).158 Sabrin Nasser Muhammad Abu Diya, 27, also called Sabrin Muhammad Abu Firas, was represented as a Fatah shaheed in the mourning notice issued for her by the Fatah sub-branch in the northern Gaza Strip (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021).
156 https://www.dci-palestine.org/32_palestinian_children_killed_in_gaza_strip_in_last_four_days 157 https://www.facebook.com/abuayyad2016/posts/4148432021874502 158 https://www.facebook.com/fateh.bite.lahia/posts/2684177915213724
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Muhammad Salameh Muhammad Abu Diya, 10 months old in one version, five years old in another (Shehab Twitter account, May 13, 2021; Facebook page of the al- Rumilat clan, May 13, 2021).159 Fawziya Nasser Muhammad Abu Fares, 17 (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021). At 18:40 or 19:00 on May 13, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Muhammad Issa on al-Duhduh Street in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City (al- Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2021). Two Palestinian terrorist operatives were killed in the attack: Mustafa Hassan Ahmed al-Abed (Abu Khaled), 35 or 38. The social media referred to him as a commander in Hamas' military wing (Ahmad Mohamed Elbauomy's Twitter account, May 13, 2021; foad wael's Twitter account, May 13, 2021).160 It was confirmed by the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, which reported him as a "field commander." Hamas' internal security forces issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative with the rank of captain.
Mustafa Hassan Ahmed al-Abed. Right: Wearing a Hamas scarf (Facebook page of his sister, Asmaa, May 14, 2021).161 Left: Mourning notice posted by Hamas' internal security forces to its Facebook page, May 21, 2021.
159 https://twitter.com/ShehabAgency/status/1392918889525391362 160 https://twitter.com/foadwael2/status/1392878056486936579 https://twitter.com/hmedMohamedElb2/status/1392879012515569666 161 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=111905837686851&id=100066023042918
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Mustafa Hassan Ahmed al-Abed (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website)
Abd al-Rahman Asbita Kahaf Azzam , 34, a Terrorist operative. The Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades reported was a "field commander" (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021.)
Right: Abd al-Rahman Asbita Kahaf Azzam (Shuhadaa Palestine Twitter account, May 15, 2021).162 Left: Abd al-Rahman Asbita Kahaf Azzam's body wrapped for burial in the Hamas flag (Twitter account of journalist Talal al Nabih, May 14, 2021).163
Abd al-Rahman Asbita Kahaf Azzam (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).164
At 19:00 or 19:30 on May 13, 2021 an Israeli UAV attacked close to the house of the family of Muhammad Khaled Omar al-Tawashi, 21, in southern Deir al-Balah. He died in the attack. His body was found on the morning of May 14, 2021 (al-Mezan Center website, May
162 https://twitter.com/Pal_Shaheed/status/1393320598051430401/photo/1 163 https://twitter.com/TalalNabih/status/1393294196069502984 164 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3007
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14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2021). According to the social networks and a video of his funeral, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing (Twitter account of Ahmed Abu Rabea, May 14, 2021; Twitter account of Basl al-Bahisi, May 14, 2021).165 He was referred to as a policeman by the Facebook page of the Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2021.166
Muhammad Khaled Omar al-Tawashi (Twitter account of Muhammad Abd al-Karim, May 14, 2021).167
The funeral held for Muhammad Khaled Omar al-Tawashi. Right: al-Tawashi was wearing an Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades headband and his body was wrapped for burial in an Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades flag (Facebook page of Muneir al-Masri, May 14, 2021).168 Left: Mourners (Twitter account of Muhammad Abd al-Karim, May 14, 2021).
At 19:40 on May 13, 2021, the house of Jamal Isma'il Sousa al-Zameli (or Jamal Isma'il Suleiman al-Zameli) in eastern Rafah was attacked (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2018). A mother and daughter were killed in the attack: Kholoud Fouad Farhan al-Sha'ir (al-Zameli), 26 or 27; she was pregnant. Hour Mo'men Jamal al-Zameli, three years old; Kholoud Fouad Farhan al-Sha'ir (al-Zameli)'s daughter and Jamal's granddaughter.
165 https://twitter.com/AhmedAbuRabea4/status/1393168919398076417 https://twitter.com/besobohaisi/status/1393145860121415683 166 https://www.facebook.com/palpolice/posts/4521020011275590 167 https://twitter.com/vic2pal_ar/status/1393175883633004553 168 https://www.facebook.com/100005214433086/videos/1699865546863910
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At 20:20 on May 13, 2021, the house of the al-Rantisi clan (Azara) in Rafah was attacked (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021). Four people were killed: Ra'ed Ibrahim Khamis Azara al-Rantisi (Abu al-Nur), 29. The social networks reported he was an operative in Hamas' military wing (Twitter account of Abu Obeida al-Filistini, May 14, 2021).169 The Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website called him a Hamas shaheed (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website)
Right: Ra'ed Ibrahim Khamis Azara al-Rantisi (Facebook page of the al-Rantisi clan, May 14, 2021).170 Left: Hamas' military wing announces his death (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website)
Ra'ed Ibrahim Khamis Azara al-Rantisi (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).171
Shayma' Diab Muhammad Musa, 21, Ra'ed al-Rantisi's wife
169 https://twitter.com/imi_rr/status/1392955795080372226 170 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3432639923502269&id=496859423747015 171 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2991
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Ibrahim Muhammad Ibrahim al-Rantisi, 2 years old, Ra'ed al-Rantisi's nephew (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; Facebook page of the al-Rantisi clan, May 14, 2021). Siham Youssef Muhammad Azara (al-Rantisi), 66, Ra'ed al-Rantisi's mother (al- Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; Facebook page of the al-Rantisi clan, May 14, 2021). At 23:50 on May 13, 2021, the house of Jihad Muhammad Shaaban al-'Alul in Beit Lahia was attacked; the attack targeted Hamas' web of terrorist tunnels. Four people were killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021): Muhammad Ibrahim Mahmoud Amen, 51. Fatah's northern Gaza Strip branch issued a mourning notice for him, stating he was a Fatah member (Nashat Iqlim al- Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021).172 According to a may 14, 2021 tweet from the Abu Sharakh clan, his name was Muhammad Ibrahim Amen Abu Sharakh173
Muhammad Ibrahim Mahmoud Amen (Facebook page of his brother Abu Majid Farid, May 19, 2021).174
Hadil Muhammad Ibrahim Amen, 18 Warda Muhammad Ibrahim Amen, 22 Walaa Muhammad Ibrahim Amen, 24, Muhammad Ibrahim Mahmoud Aman's daughter (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page on May 14, 2021).
172 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=487317482608258&id=100039900320185 173 https://twitter.com/xoql8bkY9YHz3rn/status/1393130994895626240 174 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2059546804187679&id=100003971385375
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At 02:00 after midnight on May 14, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked locations in Beit Hanoun, Beit Hanoun and al-Nasr, targeting Hamas' web of terrorist tunnels. The street between the al-Salatin and al-Atatra neighborhoods in Beit Hanoun was attacked, near the house of Mahmoud Hashem al-'Attar. His wife and three of his children were killed (al- Mezan Center website, May 14, 2018): Lamia' Hassan Muhammad al-'Attar, 26 or 27. Islam Muhammad Mahmoud al-'Attar, 8 years old Amira Muhammad Mahmoud al-'Attar, 7 years old Muhammad Zain al-Din Muhammad Mahmoud al-Attar, eight months of age At the same time, an attack was carried out in the Amal neighborhood of Beit Lahia, near the house of Ibrahim Musa Ahmed Salameh, targeting Hamas' web of terrorist tunnels. His wife Fayza Ahmed Muhammad Salameh, 44, was killed. He and a son were wounded (al- Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2021). At 05:00 before dawn on May 14, 2021, a terrorist squad a ([so-called] group of Palestinians") in the Sajaiya neighborhood of in eastern Gaza City was attacked with a missile (al-Mezan Center website, May 14, 2021; PCHR website, May 14, 2021). Two Palestinians were killed: Hossam Bakr Muhammad al-Haya, 23 or 33, Hamas operative (according to the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website).
Hossam Bakr Muhammad al-Haya (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website)
Saqr Abd al-Majid Isma'il al-Haya, 26 or 27, a Hamas operative (according to the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website). His nephew is Khalil al-Haya, a member of Hamas' political bureau (Twitter account of Dr. Husam al-Dajani, May 15, 2021).175
175 https://twitter.com/hdajany/status/1393519471080312834
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Right: Saqr Abd al-Majid Isma'il al-Haya (Facebook page of the ministry of Muslim endowments in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021). Left: Death notice issued by Hamas' military wing on its website.
Saqr Abd al-Majid Isma'il al-Haya (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 32, 2021).
At 10:15 on May 14, 2021, two Palestinians were killed in an attack on the region of Yafa Street in Jabalia. Their bodies were removed from the rubble later that evening (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021): Ahmed Muhammad al-Mahdi Isma'il al-Najjar, 33, from Jabalia, Terrorist operative. The PIJ's military wing issued a notice saying he was an operative in the rocket launching unit of its northern Gaza Strip Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).176
176 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184
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Ahmed Muhammad al-Mahdi Isma'il al-Najjar (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).177
Ahmed Awad Muhammad al-Nader, 37, from Jabalia, Terrorist operative. The PIJ's military wing issued a notice saying he was an operative in the rocket launching unit of its northern Gaza Strip Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Ahmed Awad Muhammad al-Nader (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).178
At 13:40 on May 14, 2021, the house of Ayman Nawfal (high-ranking Terrorist operative in the central Gaza Strip) in the al-Bureij refugee camp was attacked. Muhammad Mahmoud Isma'il al-Khaledi, 27 or 28, who was alone in the house at the time, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021).179 Pictures posted to the social networks show he was a Fatah member. His body was wrapped for burial in Fatah flag.
177 https://saraya.ps/post/60948 178 https://saraya.ps/post/60948 179 http://mezan.org/post/31820 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar
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Right: Muhammad Mahmoud Isma'il al-Khaledi (Facebook page of a relative of Mohammad Hamed, May 16, 2021).180 Left: The funeral held for Muhammad Mahmoud Isma'il al-Khaldi in the al-Bureij refugee camp (Facebook page of alburaij1951, May 15, 2021).181
At 14:20 on May 14, 2021, a missile attacked a motorcycle on al-Arouba Street in al- Tanour Street in Rafah. The rider, Musa Ghaleb Ibrahim Madi, 25, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021). The PIJ issued a notice for his death, stating he was an operative in the organization's anti-tank missile unit (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Musa Ghaleb Ibrahim Madi (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
At 20:00 on May 14, 2021, an apartment on the second floor of the southwestern side of the al-Rabia neighborhood in the center of Gaza City was attacked, where a Terrorist operative lived. The second and third floors of the building were destroyed. Two Palestinians were killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021; www.dci-palestine.org website, May 15, 2021).182 The social networks reported it was an attempted targeted attack on Abu Abdallah Jawda, a commander in the Central Gaza
180 https://www.facebook.com/mohammad.hamed.3367174/posts/331920335178086 181 https://www.facebook.com/alburaij1951/posts/822742135016395 182 http://mezan.org/post/31820
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Strip Brigade of PIJ's military wing. He was not killed in the attack (Facebook page of Abu Muhammad, May 14, 2021; Facebook page of paltodaynews, May 14, 2021).183 Killed in the attack were: Abdallah Ashraf Abdallah Jodeh, 12 or 13 years old, son of Abu Abdallah Jodeh. Adam Muhammad Ali al-Firawi, 18 or 20, who was on the third floor of the building at the time of the attack. He was proficient in Taekwondo (Facebook page of the Palestinian Taekwondo Association, May 15, 2021).184 His father was a member of the board of directors of the ministry of the Gaza district branch of the ministry of commerce and industry (Facebook page of the Gaza district branch of the ministry of commerce and industry.185
Right: Adam Muhammad al-Firawi (Facebook page of Adam Muhammad al-Firawi, January 12, 2019).186
At 20:10 on May 14, 2021, an Israeli UAV attacked a terrorist squad ("a [so-called] group of men") in Abasan al-Kabira in in eastern Khan Yunis (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021). Walid Zuheir Muhammad Abu Shab,23, a Terrorist operative from Bani Suheila, was killed in the attack. The Jerusalem Brigades issued a mourning notice, stating he had been an operative in the Khan Yunis Brigade artillery unit (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021). He was the son of the secretary of the Fatah Muhammad Abu Ali Fatah sub-branch in eastern Khan Yunis (Facebook page of the Fatah sub-branch in Khan Yunis, May 14, 2021).187
183 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php 184 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=750343395609487&id=116478815662618 185 https://www.facebook.com/GazaChamber/photos/a.254668734654054/3951036148350609/ 186 https://www.facebook.com/adam.farawi.790/posts/585593111890241 187 https://www.facebook.com/fathe1965/posts/2533717060256585
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Walid Zuheir Muhammad Abu Shab (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021)
At 21:15 on May 14, 2021, shrapnel from a rocket or missile fell near the house of Issa Obeid on al-Nuzha Street in Jabalia, killing Butheina Mahmoud Issa Obeid, six years old, who suffered from cerebral palsy, who was playing in front of the house. Defense for Children International -- Palestine reported that the source of the rocket or missile was "unknown" (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021; www.dci- palestine.org, May 15, 2021).188 The shrapnel may have come from rocket that misfired. At 23:55 on May 14, 2021, a missile was launched at the garden of Hatem Mahmoud Hamed al-Mansi, immediately to the south of the Abd al-Raziq Qalibo mosque in in eastern Beit Lahia, which had been attacked and destroyed several minutes earlier. Three Gazans were killed: Ahmed Hatem Mahmoud Hamed al-Mansi, 34 (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website). He was a lieutenant in Hamas' internal security forces (Facebook page of Hamas' internal security forces, May 21, 2021).189
Ahmed Hatem Mahmoud Hamed al-Mansi (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website).
Youssef Hatem Mahmoud al-Mansi, 22, Terrorist operative and policeman in the Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip. Brother of Ahmed al-Mansi (Facebook page of the
188 http://mezan.org/post/31820 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar https://www.dci-palestine.org 189 https://www.facebook.com/internal.sec/posts/3719116371531832
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Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2021).190 Hamas called for attendance at his funeral (Telegram channel of photographer photojournalist Anas al-Sharif, May 15, 2021). His body was wrapped for burial in the Hamas flag (Bowaba al-Shamal Facebook page, May 15, 2021).
Youssef Hatem Mahmoud al-Mansi (Telegram channel of photographer photojournalist Anas al-Sharif, May 15, 2021).191
Ahmed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Sabah, 28. An operative in Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website)
Right: Ahmed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Sabah (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website). Left: The funeral held for the three operatives, their bodies wrapped for burial in Hamas flags (Bowaba al- Shamal Facebook page, May 15, 2021).192
At 01:30 on May 15, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Alaa Muhammad Abd al-Alam Abu Hatab (Abu Youssef Abu Hatab) in the al-Shati refugee camp. The house was completely destroyed. According to official reports nine people were killed in the attack, two women and seven children, but pictures of the funeral showed ten bodies. One body may have been found later (al-Mezan Center website, May 15, 2021; PCHR website, May 15, 2021; Defense for Children International -- Palestine, May 15, 2021). According to reports, Alaa Muhammad Abd al-Alam Abu Hatab was a commander in Hamas' military wing.
190 https://www.facebook.com/palpolice/posts/4521020011275590 191 https://t.me/anas1020304050/7082 192 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=137718091717222&id=106894331466265
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According to unofficial local reports, he was killed in the attack, although according to Hamas' media, he is considered MIA (al-Hurah TV website, May 15, 2021; Abood Awni El Tanani Twitter account, May 15, 2021; Palinfo, May 16, 2021).193 Killed in the attack were: Alaa Muhammad Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab Yasmin Muhammad Khamis Abu Hatab, 30 or 31, wife of Alaa Muhammad Hatab Youssef Alaa Abu Hatab, 11, son of Alaa Muhammad Hatab Yamen Alaa Abu Hatab, 5 years old, son of Alaa Muhammad Hatab Mariam Alaa Abu Hatab, 7 years old, daughter of Alaa Muhammad Hatab Bilal Alaa Abu Hatab, 9 years old, son of Alaa Muhammad Hatab Maha Muhammad Abd al-Aal Abu Hatab (al-Hadidi), 34 or 35 or 36. Sister of Alaa Muhammad Hatab (al-Hadidi). Killed while visiting her brother.194 Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Subhi al-Hadidi, 7 or 8 years old, son of Maha Muhammad Hatab (al-Hadidi) Soheib Muhammad Subhi al-Hadidi, 12 or 14 years old, son of Maha Muhammad Hatab (al-Hadidi) Osama Muhammad Subhi al-Hadidi, 5 or 6 years old, son of Maha Muhammad Hatab (al-Hadidi) Yahya Muhammad Subhi al-Hadidi, 11 years old son of Maha Muhammad Hatab (al-Hadidi), reported as missing (al-Andalou News, May 17, 2021).195
Ten bodies for burial (Twitter account of journalist Hassan Aslih, May 15, 2021).196
193 https://www.alhurra.com/palestine https://twitter.com/AboodElTanani/status/1393343976229462019 https://www.palinfo.com/291319 194 https://www.aa.com.tr/ar 195 https://www.aa.com.tr/ar 196 https://twitter.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1393495221871259651
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On the evening of May 15, 2021, Ahmed Iyad Ahmed Fatouh, 22, was declared dead. He was wounded in an attack at 22:40 on May 13, 2021. He owned a car wash business at the entrance to al-Zuweida, about 6 miles south of Gaza City (al-Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021).197 He was a cousin of Rawhi Fatouh, a member of Fatah's Central Committee (official Fatah Twitter account, May 15, 2021).198 The Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him, calling him a Fatah member (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021).199
Fatah mourning notice issued for Ahmed Iyad Ahmed Fatouh (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021).
At 12:10 on May 15, 2021, an IDF UAV carried out an attack in in eastern the al-Bureij refugee camp. Muhammad Salem Youssef Abu Aish, 34, from the al-Maghazi refugee camp, was killed (PCHR website, May 16, 2021). The Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him, calling him a Fatah member (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021).200
197 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar http://mezan.org/post/31868 198 https://twitter.com/fatehorg/status/1393630740907274240 199 https://www.facebook.com/fatehwustaa/posts/1423522598009344 200 https://www.facebook.com/fatehwustaa/posts/1423355504692720
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Muhammad Salem Youssef Abu Aish (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021).
At 13:00 on May 15, 2021 (14:30, according to the al-Mezan Center) an IDF UAV attacked and killed Zaher Attia Muhammad Anbar, 37 or 38, from the Nuseirat refugee camp, who was riding a motorcycle in eastern the al-Maghazi refugee camp (all the al-Mezan Center, in eastern the al-Bureij refugee camp) (PCHR website, May 16, 2021). The Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him stating he was a Fatah member (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021).201
Zaher Attia Muhammad Anbar (Facebook page of the Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021)
At 13:30 on May 15, 2021, "a [so-called] group of Palestinians" was attacked near the Friday market in the Sajaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Two Palestinians were killed (al- Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021). They were: Sayf al-Din Hani Muhammad Abu al-Ata, 18 or 19. His Facebook page picture shows him holding assault rifles, but he is not noted as belonging to any organization.
201 https://www.facebook.com/fatehwustaa/posts/1423358358025768
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Muhammad Ahmed Attia Bahar, 17.
Right: Sayf al-Din Hani Muhammad Abu al-Ata (Facebook page of Abu Shaker Abu al-Ata, May 15, 2021).202 Left: Muhammad Ahmed Attia Bahar (Facebook page of Attia Abu Ahmed, May 21, 2021).203
At 19:00 on May 15, 2021, a blue Volkswagen Microbus driving near the al-Shorouq Hall on al-Ayoun Street in the al-Nasr neighborhood of northern Gaza City was attacked. The vehicle was carrying a rocket-launching squad. The driver, Sayid Khaled Sayid Abu Ghalyoun, 26 or 27, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021). The social networks claimed he was a taxi driver and killed while at work (Twitter account of @ChristieSabbag1, May 15, 2021).204
Sayid Khaled Sayid Abu Ghalyoun (Facebook page of his sister, Ämerä ĞhälYöuñ, May 15, 2021).205
At 00:15 on May 15, 2021, and IDF UAV attacked a Palestinian terrorist operative near the al-Qaram Square in Jabalia, killing Tarek Ziad Mustafa Abu Hmaidan, 19 (al-Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021). Hamas' military wing website stated he
202 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=974787666600118&id=100022066801291 203 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1440719582943283&id=100010157643528 204 https://twitter.com/ChristieSabbag1/status/1393625147274375176 205 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=534933910854542&set=a.100666720947932
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Tarek Ziad Mustafa Abu Hmaidan (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
The body of Tarek Ziad Mustafa Abu Hmaidan wrapped for burial in a Hamas flag (YouTube, May 16, 2021).207
Between 01:00 and 02:10 on May 16, 2021 the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of attack on Hamas tunnels located close several multi-story buildings on al-Wahda Street in Gaza City. According to al-Mezan Center, the Abu al-Auf clan building was allegedly attacked, as were the building belonging to the al-Qulaq (or al-Kulak) clan, and the headquarters of the Hamas ministry of labor. The nearby al-Auf building was also allegedly attacked. The buildings, which were atop tunnels dug by Hamas, collapsed. According to the first official reports, 30 Palestinians were killed, nine of them women and 11 children (al- Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021). On May 16, 2021, a spokesman for the ministry of health in Gaza reported the number of fatalities had risen to
206 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3006 207 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8yog2AFR3I
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42 (Ashraf al-Qidra's Twitter account, May 16, 2021).208 According to reports issued on May 17, 2021, on May 16, 2021, 13 additional bodies were extracted from the rubble, bringing the total number of women killed to 12 and children to 18 (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021; PCHR website, May 17, 2021).209 According to comparisons with other sources, the total number of Palestinians killed was 45. Those reported killed were: Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf, 49 or 50, a doctor in the internal medicine department of al-Shifaa hospital. Rim Khalil Ahmed Abu al-Auf, 40 or 41, wife of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf, also reported as his sister (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021).210 Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf (or Ayman Tawfiq Abu al-Auf), 79 or 80, father of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021). Majdieh Khalil Hussein Abu al-Auf, mother of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021). Tawfiq Ayman Abu al-Auf, 17, son of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf. Tala Ayman Abu al-Auf, 13 years old, daughter of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al-Auf. Sobhiyeh Isma'il Hussein Abu al-Auf, 73, sister of Ayman Tawfiq Isma'il Abu al- Auf (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021). Rawan Alaa Subhi Abu al-Auf, 19 Shaimaa Alaa Abu al-Auf, sister of Rawan Alaa Subhi Abu al-Auf (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021).211 Dima Rami Riyad al-Afranji, 16, whose father, Rami al-Afranji, is an officer in Fatah's preventive security forces (official Fatah Twitter account, May 18, 2021).212 Rajaa Subhi Isma'il al-Afranji (Abu al-Auf), 41, mother of Dima Rami Riyad al- Afranji (Radio TMFM Facebook page, May 18, 2021). Yazan Rami al-Afranji,13 years old, son of Rajaa Subhi Isma'il al-Afranji (official Fatah Twitter account, May 18, 2021).
208 https://twitter.com/press221/status/1393932986450595840 209 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar http://mezan.org/post/31964 210 https://www.facebook.com/RadioTMFM/posts/10160485219531980 211 https://www.facebook.com/RadioTMFM/posts/10160485219531980 212 https://twitter.com/fatehorg/status/1394567938666123271
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Amir Rami al-Afranji, 9 years old, son of Rajaa Subhi Isma'il al-Afranji (official Fatah Twitter account, May 18, 2021). Mira Rami al-Afranji, 11 or 12 years old, daughter of Rajaa Subhi Isma'il al-Afranji (official Fatah Twitter account, May 18, 2021). Abir Nimr Ali Ashkuntna, 29 or 30. Yahya Riad Hassan Ashkuntna, 4 or 5 years old, son of Abir Nimr Ali Ashkuntna. Dana Riad Hassan Ashkuntna, 9 years old, daughter of Abir Nimr Ali Ashkuntna. Zain Riad Hassan Ashkuntna, 2 years old, son of Abir Nimr Ali Ashkuntna. Lana (or Karna) Riad Ashkuntna, 4 years old, daughter of Abir Nimr Ali Ashkuntna. Hazem Adel Naim al-Qama, born in the al-Daraj neighborhood in 1973. Fatah member since 1988. Detained by Israel at the age of 15 and sentenced to one year in jail. Was an operative in Fatah's Tanzim during the first intifada, detained and sentenced to two years in jail. When the PA was established he joined Force 17 [a Fatah commando and special operations unit], was in the first graduating class of the presidential guard force, and was one of Yasser Arafat's bodyguards. In 1997 he went to the United States to take a course in securing public figures. In 1998 he became one of Mahmoud Abbas' bodyguards, serving in the position in the Gaza Strip until 2007. He was in the leadership of Fatah's Khalil al-Wazir sub-branch in the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City (Facebook page of Fatah's information and culture commission, May 29, 2021).213 Fawaz Amin Muhammad al-Qulaq, 63 Abd al-Hamid Fawaz al-Qulaq, 22 or 23, son of Fawaz Amin Muhammad al-Qulaq. Studied journalism and public relations at al-Azhar University. With his brother Sameh he opened a grocery store on al-Wahda Street (Facebook page of Abd al-Hamid Fawaz al-Qulaq; Facebook page of Naji al-Khudri, May 16, 2021).214 Reham Fawaz al-Qulaq, 32 or 33, daughter of Fawaz Amin Muhammad al-Qulaq. Bahaa Fawaz al-Qulaq, 48 or 49, daughter of Fawaz Amin Muhammad al-Qulaq.
213 https://www.facebook.com/fatehmediaps/posts/4172129792869862 214 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=317482296556415&id=114694340168546 https://www.facebook.com/abood.alkolk
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Sameh Fawaz al-Qulaq, 28, son of Fawaz Amin Muhammad al-Qulaq. Studied electrical engineering and worked for the Zimmo Electronics Company (Facebook page of Zimmo Electronics, May 21, 2021).215 Ayat Ibrahim Khalil al-Qulaq, 19, wife of Sameh Fawaz al-Qulaq. Qusai Sameh Fawaz al-Qulaq, 6 months of age, son of Sameh Fawaz al-Qulaq. Amal Jamil Salameh al-Qulaq, 42 Taher Shukri Amin al-Qulaq, 23 or 24, son of Amal Jamil Salameh al-Qulaq. BA in civil engineering from the Islamic University and owner of an interior design company (Facebook page of Taher Shukri Amin al-Qulaq, Facebook page of his company, Ajwaa Interior Design).216 Ahmed Shukri Amin al-Qulaq, 15 or 16, son of Amal Jamil Salameh al-Qulaq. Hanaa Shukri Amin al-Qulaq, 14 or 15, daughter of Amal Jamil Salameh al-Qulaq. Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq, 41 or 42 Rola Muhammad Mu'in al-Qulaq, 6 years old, daughter of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq (Facebook page of Shahed Alqolaq, May 18, 2021).217 Hala Muhammad Mu'in al-Qulaq, 12 or 13 years old, daughter of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq (Facebook page of Shahed Alqolaq, May 18, 2021). Yara Muhammad Mu'in al-Qulaq, 9 or 10 years old, daughter of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq (Facebook page of Shahed Alqolaq, May 18, 2021). Izzat Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq, 44, a lawyer (Facebook page of Fadi Ahmed al- Qasas).218 Zaid Izzat Mu'in al-Qulaq, 8 years old, son of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al- Qulaq. Adam Izzat Mu'in al-Qulaq, 3 years old, son of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al- Qulaq. Doaa Omar Abdallah al-Qulaq (aka Diaa Omar al-Hateh), 38 or 39. She was an architect and wife of Muhammad Mu'in Muhammad al-Qulaq.219 Saadia Youssef al-Qulaq, 84. Amin Muhammad Hamad al-Qulaq, 90, wife of Saadia Youssef al-Qulaq.
215 https://www.facebook.com/zimmoelectronics/posts/4056275717825331 216 https://www.facebook.com/Tetoo.Shokry 217 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=977789506294735&id=100021910845034 218 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=196944895601011&id=103600204935481 219 https://www.facebook.com/Hala.A.shoman/posts/6054242347922967
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Khitam Musa al-Tatar (al-Qulaq), [her name does not appear in al-Mezan or PCHR reports], 39, (Facebook page of her brother, Abu Musa al-Hatar, May 16, 2021; Facebook page of Kareem E Abo Sada, May 16, 2021).220 Mu'in Ahmed Hassan al-Aloul, 66 or 67, was a neurologist in the Shifaa Medical Center. Killed in the attack on the al-Ahlaf Building. Luay Muhammad Ahmed Odeh, 54 or 55. Killed in the attack on the al-Ahlaf Building. Muhammad Ahmed Misbah Aki, 40, owned a cellular phone store called Sky Phone on al-Wahda Street near where the attack took place (Facebook page of Sky Phone, May 21, 2021; Twitter account of Moh Elhaj Mohammed, May 16, 2021).221 In the past worked for Hamas' al-Aqsa TV satellite channel (Facebook page of Mohammed Ahmed Misbah Aki).222 At 04:00 on May 16, 2021, the IDF fired artillery at the in eastern part of the central Gaza Strip district. One of the shells fell on a house near the Gaza Wadi in northern Nuseirat. The owner of the house, Khaled Hassan Salem al-Masalha, 49 or 50, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 16, 2021; PCHR website, May 16, 2021). The Fatah Hani al-Hassan sub-branch in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him, calling him a Fatah member (Facebook page of the Fatah Hani al-Hassan sub-branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021).223
220 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=826569894942207&id=100027676131049 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1822913267870158&id=100004545068132 221 https://www.facebook.com/Sky.Phone2/posts/5437716102969499 https://twitter.com/moh_elhaj_96/status/1393912102625103873 222 https://www.facebook.com/mohammed.ekky/about 223 https://www.facebook.com/Hani.Al.Hassann/posts/5573505922719522
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Fatah mourning notice for Khaled Hassan Salem al-Masalha (Facebook page of the Fatah Hani al-Hassan sub-branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021).
At 18:45 on May 16, 2021, a IDF UAV attacked an open area in the Musbah neighborhood in northern Rafah. Two Palestinians were killed in the attack (PCHR website, May 17, 2021).224 Tareq Mahmoud Qassem al-Qadi, 39. The military wing of the PIJ issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative in the rocket unit of the Rafah Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).225
Tareq Mahmoud Qassem al-Qadi (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).226
Sameh Jihad Sameh al-Qadi, 23. The military wing of the PIJ issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative in the rocket unit of the Rafah Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
224 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 225 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 226 https://saraya.ps/post/60948
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Sameh Jihad Sameh al-Qadi (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
At 19:15 on May 16, 2021, "a [so-called] group of Palestinian" was attacked in the al- Zeitoun neighborhood of Beit Hanoun. Three were killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021; PCHR website, May 17, 2021).227 Moath Nabil Muhammad al-Zaanin, 27. The PIJ's military wing issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative in the artillery unit of the Jerusalem Brigades' northern brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Moath Nabil Muhammad al-Zaanin
Muhammad Aouni Abdallah al-Zaanin, 26. The PIJ's military wing issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative in the artillery unit of the Jerusalem Brigades' northern brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
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Muhammad Aouni Abdallah al-Zaanin (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Muhammad Youssef Mahmoud al-Kafarneh, 31. The PIJ's military wing issued a mourning notice for him stating he was an operative in the artillery unit of the PIJ's northern brigade and killed on May 16, 2021 (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021). (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Muhammad Youssef Mahmoud al-Kafarneh (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
At 10:15 on May 17, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Abdallah Abu Raya on al-Ajarma Street in the Jabalia refugee camp. The house was destroyed and Hossam Muhammad Othman Abu Harbid, 37, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021; PCHR website, May 17, 2021). He was a commander in the PIJ's northern brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).
Hossam Muhammad Othman Abu Harbid
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At 12:22 on May 17, 2021, an IDF UAV attacked two Palestinians in the Abasan al-Jadeeda neighborhood of in in eastern Khan Yunis. Ahmed Fayez Hassan Arafat, 29, was killed and the other was wounded (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021; PCHR website, May 17, 2021). Hamas' military wing stated he was one of its operatives (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).228
Ahmed Fayez Hassan Arafat (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
At 12:30 on May 17, 2021, a white Citroen carrying a rocket-launching squad was attacked on Abu Hassira Street in western Gaza City. The driver, Adeeb Said Dib al-Sourani, 43, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021; PCHR website, May 17, 2021). According to the social networks he came from the Sajaiya neighborhood and was a taxi driver (Twitter account of Islam Mohisen, May 17, 2021,; Facebook page of Ala Muhammad al-Masri, May 17, 2021).229
Adeeb Said Dib al-Sourani (Facebook page of Shujauyafamilies, May 17, 2021).230
At 12:30, May 17, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a terrorist squad ("a [so-called] group of Palestinians") near the al-Maldif Restaurant on the Gaza City beach. Four Palestinians
228 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2979 229 https://twitter.com/IslamMohisen/status/1394306461656879106 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2694443344180782&id=100008454279789 230 https://www.facebook.com/Shujaiyafamilies/posts/135814518602303
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Muhammad Jamal Ali Abu Samaan (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Muhammad Hassan Hassan Abu Samaan, 31 or 32. The website of Hamas' military wing stated he was a field commander (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).234
Muhammad Hassan Hassan Abu Samaan (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Ali Walid al-Abed Bariss, 30. The website of Hamas' military wing stated he was one of its operatives (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).235 He also
231 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 232 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3013 233 https://www.amad.ps/ar/post/405329 234 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3014 235 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3009
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served in the "military [sic] police" in the Gaza Strip (Facebook page of the "military police" in the Gaza Strip, May 23, 2021).236
Ali Walid al-Abed Bariss (Right: Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021). Left: Mourning notice issued by the "military police" in the Gaza Strip on their Facebook page, May 23, 2021.
Ahmed Khalil Hijazi al-Loh, 24. The website of Hamas' military wing stated he was one of its operatives (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).237
Ahmed Khalil Hijazi al-Loh (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
At 12:40 on May 17, 2021, the house of the al-Baz clan in central Deir al-Balah was attacked. Youssef Rafiq Isma'il al-Baz, 13 years old, was killed (PCHR website, May 17, 2021).
236 https://www.facebook.com/MPGAZAMP2019/posts/2445310692279914 237 https://alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2994
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At 17:35 on May 17, 2021, an IDF UAV attacked a terrorist squad ("a [so-called] group of Palestinians") near the Hamouda infirmary on the main street in Beit Lahia. Two Palestinians were killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 18, 2021; PCHR website, May 18, 2021).238 They were: Ahmed Ziad Hussein Sabah, 29. The PIJ's military wing stated he was an operative in the artillery unit of the Jerusalem Brigades in the northern Gaza Strip (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).239
Ahmed Ziad Hussein Sabah Strip (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).240
Muhammad Nathir Muhammad Abu Aoun, 18, operative in Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, May 24, 2021).241
Muhammad Nathir Muhammad Abu Aoun (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, May 24, 2021).
At 17:45 on May 17, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the upper floor of the Ghazi al- Shawa office building on al-Wahda Street in Gaza City. Two Palestinians in a nearby building were killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 18, 2021; PCHR website, May 18, 2021). They were:
238 http://mezan.org/post/32023 239 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 240 https://saraya.ps/post/60948 241 https://t.me/qassambrigades/22121
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Ziad Kamel Abdallah Abu Dair, 45 or 55. Worked as marketing director of a wholesale company (Facebook page of Ziad Kamel Abu Dair, Facebook page of the Siaj company, April 26, 2019).242 Rahaf (or Rafif) Morshid Kamel Abu Dair, 10 or 11 years old. Niece of Ziad Kamel Abdallah Abu Dair On the evening of May 18, 2021, Mana Iyad Fathi Sharir, 2 years old, was declared dead at the Shifaa Medical Center. She was wounded in the attack at 16:30 on May 11, 2021 (al- Mezan Center website, May 19, 2021; PCHR website, May 19, 2021).243 She was the daughter of Iyad Fathi Sharir, commander of the Hamas military wing anti-tank unit, who was killed in the attack. At 17:00 on May 18, 2021, "a [so-called group] of Palestinians" behind the house of the Ashtiwi clan on 10th Street in southern Gaza City was attacked. Mahmoud (or Muhammad) Ramadan Omar Ashtiwi, 19, from the Zeitoun neighborhood, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 19, 2021; PCHR website, May 19, 2021).244
Mahmoud Ramadan Omar Ashtiwi (Right: Facebook page of elzyton2, May 18, 2021;245 Left: Facebook page of the Shaheed Saleh Ashtiwi mosque in the Zeitoun neighborhood, May 19, 2021).246
Between 22:05 and 22:20 on May 18, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the northern, western and in eastern regions of Rafah. Saadia Yussef Hussein Abu Gharara, 57,
242 https://www.facebook.com/CIAG0/posts/2311147612504296 https://www.facebook.com/zeiad.dair
243 http://mezan.org/post/32084 244 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 245 https://www.facebook.com/elzyton2/posts/1606558326 246 https://www.facebook.com/AlshhydSalhAshtywy/posts/5775996812418359
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247 https://twitter.com/Nonymou51240670/status/1394831031476367361 https://twitter.com/AsdzakA/status/1394841274335875073 248 https://twitter.com/Hakeam_shateila/status/1394916620594819072 https://twitter.com/Mansorryaan/status/1394932426892353538 249 https://www.facebook.com/AhmedAmeenAlkyrdi/posts/327401318737885 https://www.facebook.com/AhmedAmeenAlkyrdi/posts/327412972070053
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Omar Muhammad Amin al-Mankush (Twitter account of his maternal uncle, Dr. Husam al-Dajani, May 19, 2021).250
Hassan/Husni Muhammad Ali Salem, 21. His body was brought to the Shifaa Medical Center on the evening of May 19, 2021 (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021).251
Hassan/Husni Muhammad Ali Salem (Facebook page of Nurse.Homee, May 19, 2021).
At 04:00 on May 19, 2021 (04:30, according to the PCHR), the IDF attacked the top two floors of the five-story building owned by Muhammad Abd al-Qader Muhammad Abu Hussein, located near the al-Sheikh Radwan Junction on al-Jalaa Street in the northwestern part of Gaza City. Youssef Muhammad Abd al-Qader Abu Hussein, 32 or 33, was killed, a Hamas Radio al-Aqsa broadcaster. His vehicle was also damaged in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 19, 2021; PCHR website, May 19, 2021).
250 https://twitter.com/hdajany/status/1394877691921305601 251 https://mezan.org/post/32163
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Youssef Muhammad Abd al-Qader Abu Hussein in the Radio al-Aqsa studio (Youssef Muhammad Abd al-Qader Abu Hussein's personal Facebook page, May 13, 2021).252
At 11:00 on May 19, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a terrorist squad ("a [so-called] group of Palestinians") in the al-Salam neighborhood in eastern the al-Kareem Junction in Jabalia. Ammar Abdallah Fawzi al-Nadar, 32, was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 19, 2021). The Jerusalem Brigades' military wing's mourning notice for its operatives stated that al-Nadar was an operative in its Northern Gaza Strip Brigade's artillery unit (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).253
Ammar Abdallah Fawzi al-Nadar (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 22, 2021).254
At 11:00 on May 19, 2021, Firas Alaa Muhammad al-Bahri, 20, was declared dead at the Shifaa Medical Center. He was wounded at 13:45 on May 13, 2021, by shrapnel from an Israeli missile fired at "a [so-called] group of Palestinians" near Building 19 of the al-Nada Towers in Izbat Beit Hanoun. Fatah's Bahaa Abu Jarrad sub-branch in the northern Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for him stating he was a Fatah member (Facebook page of Jamal Abu al- Jardian, May 19, 2021).255
252 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3969707833122541&set=pcb.3969708093122515 253 https://saraya.ps/statement/2184 254 https://saraya.ps/post/60948 255 https://www.facebook.com/plspss/posts/180584207290022
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Firas Alaa Muhammad al-Bahri. Left: His body wrapped for burial in a Fatah flag (Facebook page of Jamal Abu al-Jardian, May 19, 2021).
On the evening of May 19, 2021, the body of Aysar Abd al-Rahim Taha al-Halabi, 48, was brought to the Shifaa Medical Center. He was from the al-Shati refugee camp and killed in one of the attacks; his body was found under the rubble (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021).256 According to the social networks, his body was found after four days (Twitter account of Wa'el Abu Omar, May 20, 2021; Twitter account of Abo Mahmaud Salama, May 20, 2021).257 According to Hamas' military wing he was a field commander (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).258
Aysar Abd al-Rahim Taha al-Halabi (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021)
256 http://mezan.org/post/32163 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 257 https://twitter.com/WaelAboOmer/status/1395334159304994816 https://twitter.com/abomahmaud/status/1395119756714332161 258 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3000
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At 14:00 on May 19, 2021, the IDF fired artillery at houses at the end of al-Qarman Street in in eastern Beit Hanoun. One shell hit the third floor of Zakariya Muhammad Hamas' house and his son, Ra'ed Zakariya Muhammad Hamad, 32, was killed (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021). The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a mourning notice for him stating he had been a member of the organization since 2006 and an operative in its military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, since 2012 (Bowabat al-Hadaf, May 19, 2021).259
Ra'ed Zakariya Muhammad Hamad (Bowabat al-Hadaf, May 19, 2021).
At 16:00 on May 19, 2021, the house of Iyad Abd al-Fattah Dib Salha on Baraka Street in Deir al-Balah was hit by a missile or artillery shell. The reports of the PCHR did not relate the event to the IDF (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021).260 According to the Defense for Children International -- Palestine report, the organization is continuing its investigation to determine if the attack was carried out by an Israeli Air Force plane or an IDF UAV (www.dci-palestine.org, May 20, 2021).261 Those who were killed were: Iyad Abd al-Fattah Dib Salha, 34 or 35, who used a wheelchair. Amani Yussef Salha (Mahoush), 29, wife of Iyad Abd al-Fattah Dib Salha, eight months pregnant. The PCHR related to her unborn child as a victim of the attack, noting four, not three deaths, which may have influenced the total number of Palestinians killed. Nagham Iyad Abd al-Fattah Salha, two years old, daughter of Iyad Abd al-Fattah Dib Salha
259 https://hadfnews.ps/post/82864 260 http://mezan.org/post/32163 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 261 https://www.dci-palestine.org
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The Fatah movement in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice referring to them as shaheeds (Facebook page of the Fatah Abd al-Kareem al-Aklouk sub-branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021).262 Since the incident is still under investigation, their names were not added to the list of Palestinians killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls. At 16:10 on May 19, 2021, the house of Iyad Amin al-Qudra in southern Deir al-Balah was hit by a missile or rocket. The reports of the PCHR did not relate the event to the IDF (al- Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021). The attack killed his wife, Fida Fakhri Samih al-Naja, 32 (according to the al-Mezan Center, she was Fida Yahya Samih al-Qudra, 34). The Fatah branch in the central Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for her (Facebook page of Fatah's branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021).263 Since the incident is still under investigation, their names were not added to the list of Palestinians killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls. At 16:20 on May 19, 2021, (16:10 according to the al-Mezan Center) the IDF attacked the in eastern part of the village of Juhor ad-Dik Hassan Sami Radwan al-Burnu (according to the al-Mezan Center, Hassan Sami Hassan al-Burnu), 63, was killed while he was in the fields [nearby] (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021). At 20:05 on May 19, 2021,an IDF UAV attacked the rear of the house of Sa'ad Ali Asaliya in the Shashah region in in eastern Jabalia. His daughter Dima Sa'ad Ali Asaliya, ten years old, was killed while bringing an oven to her sister's house (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021; www.dci-palestine.org, May 20, 2021). Sa'ad Ali Asaliya is a Fatah member (Facebook page of Sa'ad Ali Asaliya).264 The Fatah branch in the northern Gaza Strip issued a mourning notice for Dina Sa'ad Ali Asaliya (Nashat Iqlim al-Shimal Facebook page, May 19, 2021).265 At 05:10 on May 20, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked the house of Muhammad Khaled al-Khawaldeh in the al-Sater al-Gharbi region in the Khan Yunis district. The house was destroyed and nearby houses were damaged, including the house of Naaleh Rabia al- Khuznar. Hoda Salah Rabia al-Khuznar, 36, was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 20, 2021).
262 https://www.facebook.com/fateh.aklouok/posts/3552800134825253 263 https://www.facebook.com/fatehwustaa/posts/1426434191051518 264 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012300436337 265 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=490423562297650&id=100039900320185
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At 11:55 on May 20, 2021, "a [so-called] group of Palestinians" was attacked in the al- Atatra area of northern Beit Lahia. Hisham Shaher Muhammad al-Sharfa was killed in the attack (al-Mezan Center website, May 20, 2021; PCHR website, May 21, 2021).266 The Salah al- Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, stated that Hisham Shaher Muhammad al-Sharfa, 28, was an operative in its artillery unit (Salah al-Din Brigades website, May 20, 2021).267
Hisham Shaher Muhammad al-Sharfa (Salah al-Din Brigades website, May 20, 2021).
At 16:40 on May 20, 2021, the Israeli Air Force attacked a white Skoda Citgo in the al- Saftawi neighborhood in western Jabalia. Two Palestinians were killed and the vehicle was destroyed (PCHR, May 21, 2021).268 They were: Maysara Abd al-Shakur Misbah al-Arir, 22, from the Sajaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Hamas' military wing stated he was one of their operatives (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).269
Maysara Abd al-Shakur Misbah al-Arir (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
266 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 267 https://alweya.ps/post/6897 268 https://www.pchrgaza.org/ar 269 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/news/details/16811
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Omar Ahmed Muhammad Jundiyeh, 24, from the Sajaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Hamas' military wing stated he was one of their operatives (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Omar Ahmed Muhammad Jundiyeh (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
On the morning of May 21, 2021, the body of Mariam Muhammad Odeh al-Talabani, 3 years old, was found under the rubble of her father's house in Gaza City, which was attacked on May 11, 2021 (PCHR, May 21, 2021). On May 23, 2021, the Nidal al-Amoudi Brigades of Fatah's military wing, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, announced the death Mahmoud Ammar Abu Jarrad (Abu Ammar), who was an operative in the artillery unit in the Beit Hanoun region (al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades website, May 24, 2021).270 He was severely wounded in an Israeli Air Force attack on a terrorist squad in Beit Hanoun on May 11, 2021 (Wafa, May 24, 2021; Bowabat al-Hadaf, May 24, 2021).271
Mahmoud Ammar Abu Jarrad (al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades website, May 24, 2021).
Palestinians who were wounded and later died: Ahmed Kamal Ibrahim Ammar, 33, a Terrorist operative, was wounded in an IDF attack on the al-Bureij refugee camp and died on May 27, 2021 (PIJ website, May 27,
270 https://nedal.net/post/40301 271 http://wafa.ps/Pages/Details/25023 https://hadfnews.ps/post/83029
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2021).272 He was an operative in the Central Gaza Strip Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 27, 2021).273 He was declared dead in the hospital in El Arish, where he arrived from the Gaza Strip on May 22, 2021 (al-Bawaba News website, May 27, 2021).274 In all probability he was wounded in the IDF UAV attack on the in eastern part of the al-Bureij refugee camp at 15:30, on May 17, 2021, when it was reported that a Palestinian had been severely injured and sent to a hospital in Egypt (al-Mezan Center website, May 17, 2021).275
Ahmed Kamal Ibrahim Ammar, a Terrorist operative (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 27, 2021).276
Some of the Terrorist operatives killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls (Jerusalem Brigades website, May 27, 2021).277
On the evening of May 24, 2021, the death of Osama Ashraf Abu Rida, 23, from the Khazaa neighborhood in in eastern Khan Yunis, was announced. He was severely wounded at 14:35 on May 18, 2021, in an IDF attack on his house (al-Mezan Center
272 https://saraya.ps/post/60970
273 Ibid. 274 https://www.albawabhnews.com/4351696 275 http://mezan.org/post/32069 276 https://saraya.ps/post/60970 277 https://saraya.ps/index.php.
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website, May 18 and 24, 2021).278 Fatah's in eastern Khan Yunis branch issued a mourning notice for him stating he belonged to Fatah's Shabiba [youth organization] (Facebook page of Fatah's in eastern Khan Yunis branch, May 24, 2021).279
Osama Ashraf Abu Rida (Facebook page of Fatah's in eastern Khan Yunis branch, May 24, 2021).
Terrorist operatives killed when the tunnel in Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip was attacked on May 11, 2021. After Operation Guardian of the Walls ended it became known that two tunnels had been attacked in in eastern Khan Yunis, one in the region of Qarara and the other in the region of al-Fakhari. Nine bodies of Terrorist operatives were removed from the tunnels (Watan News Agency, May 21, 2021; al-Ayam, May 22, 2021, qudsnet.com, May 24, 2021).280 Killed in the Qarara tunnel were: Muhammad Musa Saleh al-Zanati, 28 (al-Ayam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Twitter account of Ibrahim Kallab, May 21, 2021).281 He was a field commander in Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).282
278 http://mezan.org/post/32271 http://mezan.org/post/32110 279 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1452452058425775&id=268265366844456 280 https://www.wattan.net/ar/news/341281.html https://www.al-ayyam.ps/ar_page.php?id=14969bd4y345414612Y14969bd4 https://qudsnet.com/post/513757 281 https://twitter.com/ebrahee96433687/status/1395652331807641600 282 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2977
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Muhammad Musa Saleh al-Zanati (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Abd al-Salam Saad Isma'il al-Ajili, 30 (al-Ayam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Khanyounis.cit Facebook page, May 21 2021). He was a field commander in Hamas' military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).283
Abd al-Salam Saad Isma'il al-Ajili (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Muhammad Sabri Hussein Abu Obeida, 27 (al-Ayam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Khanyounis.cit Facebook page, May 21 2021).284 He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).285
283 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2978 284 https://www.facebook.com/Khanyounis.cit/posts/255568903014372 285 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2986
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Muhammad Sabri Hussein Abu Obeida (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Muneeb Majed Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, 28 (al-Ayam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Khanyounis.cit Facebook page, May 21 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).286
Muneeb Majed Ibrahim Abu Mustafa (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Taha Mahmoud Taher al-Aqqad, 28 (al-Ayam, May 22, 2021), from the Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Khanyounis.cit Facebook page, May 21 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).287
286 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2988 287 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2982
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Taha Mahmoud Taher al-Aqqad (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 22, 2021).288
Killed in the al-Fukhari tunnel were: Abdallah Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Khater, 32, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 25, 2021).289 He was an field commander in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).290
Abdallah Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Khater (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, May 25, 2021).291
Amjad Fouad Ahmed Kaware, 24, from the al-Luth neighborhood in Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021).292 He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).293
288 https://t.me/qassambrigades/22034 289 https://www.facebook.com/Multaqa.Kh/posts/2885613508326655 290 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/news/details/16811 291 https://t.me/qassambrigades/22188 292 https://www.facebook.com/Multaqa.Kh/posts/2883613268526679 293 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2980
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Amjad Fouad Ahmed Kaware (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Tarek Musa Abdallah Abu Mustafa,28, from the Jarat Allah neighborhood on Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).294
Tarek Musa Abdallah Abu Mustafa (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021). Abd al-Rahman Nazem Khaled al-Najjar, 27, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021). He was a Terrorist operative. Pictures on the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website show him wearing a headband of the elite nukhba unit (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).295
Abd al-Rahman Nazem Khaled al-Najjar (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
294 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2981 295 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2983
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Muhammad Rashid Khamis al-Najjar, 22, from the Qaa al-Kareen region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021),296 and also a policeman in the Hamas police force (al-Aqsa TV, May 22, 2021).
Muhammad Rashid Khamis al-Najjar (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021). Wael Mahmoud Ibrahim Aslih, 23, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).297
Wael Mahmoud Ibrahim Aslih (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Muhammad Yunis Ibrahim Hijazi (or Abu Hijazi), 23, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 21, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).298
296 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2985 297 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/2990 298 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/martyrs/details/3032
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Muhammad Yunis Ibrahim Hijazi (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades Telegram channel, May 25, 2021).299
Mu'amen Omar Suleiman Abu al-Najja, 28, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 25, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).300
Mu'amen Omar Suleiman Abu al-Najja (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
Fahed Jamal Hussein al-Fara, 26, from Khan Yunis (Facebook page of Multaqa.Kh, May 25, 2021). He was an operative in Hamas military wing (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).301
Fahed Jamal al-Fara (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, May 23, 2021).
299 https://t.me/qassambrigades/22182 300 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/news/details/16811 301 https://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/news/details/16811
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Other deaths
The name of Doaa Iyad Sharab, 12 years old, appears on the list of Palestinians killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls by the Wafa News Agency. According to the mourning notice issued by the family, she was hospitalized in an ICU following complications from the injuries she sustained in proximity to the attack on her house in the Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis (Facebook page of the Sharab clan, May 20, 2021).302 Khaled Jamaa, cultural affairs editor at the Wafa News Agency, reported that when the IDF attacked the Amal neighborhood near Doaa Iyad Sharab's house she became frightened, "her heart stopped beating" and she collapsed, her head hitting the floor. Her father took her to the hospital where a subdural hematoma was found. After four days in an ICU, she died on May 20, 2021 (Facebook page of Khaled Jamaa, May 26, 2021).303 On May 16, 2021, the death of Darwish Muhammad Darwish al-Yazuri, 61 or 62, from Khan Yunis, was reported, following the IDF attack on the night of May 156, 2021 (Twitter account of Radio al-Aqsa, May 16, 2021; Twitter account of alresala.net, My 16, 2021).304 According to the reports, he died of a heart attack during the attack on the house of Yahya al-Sinwar, which was close to his own (Facebook page of Mahmoud al-Yazuri, May 16, 2021, Twitter account of Nada Dergham, May 16, 2021).305 His name is not on Wafa's list of Palestinians killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls or in the reports issued by human rights organizations. On May 17, 2021, the death of Ibrahim Hassan Othman (Mahmoud) al-Astal, 73, from Khan Yunis, was reported. He died after having been wounded in an Israeli attack a number of days previously (website of the al-Astal clan, May 17, 2021; Twitter account of the Palestine al-Hadath Agency, May 17, 2021; Facebook page of Mahmoud al-Khatib, May 17, 2021).306 According to several reports, the attack was carried out on May 15 or 16, 2021 (Twitter account of Bakr Nawfal, May 17, 2021; Twitter account of Radio Sawt al-Shaab from
302 https://www.facebook.com/shurrabfamily/posts/10157849129565264 303 https://www.facebook.com/khaledjuma/posts/10159472171899238 304 https://twitter.com/Alaqsavoice/status/1393785633164963841 https://twitter.com/Alresalahpress/status/1393787367450988544
305 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2624675197837083&id=100008838855561 https://twitter.com/MissNaddud/status/1393706559058886658 306 http://elastal.ps/details12679.html https://www.facebook.com/elastalfamily/posts/4107991342590520 https://twitter.com/PalHadath2/status/1394112964429586432 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=323445612759732&id=100052828880402
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Gaza, May 17, 2021).307 His name is not on Wafa's list of Palestinians killed in Operation Guardian of the Walls or in the reports issued by human rights organizations. On May 20, 2021, the social networks reported the death of Abd al-Rahman Ahmed Abu Darika (Abu Ahmed). According to reports he died of natural causes (Facebook page of the al-Aqsa Sports Club, May 20, 2021, Facebook page of the Fatah's Majed Abu Sharar sub- branch in the central Gaza Strip, May 20, 2021).308
307 https://twitter.com/BakerNawfal2/status/1394113680950841348 https://twitter.com/shaabradio/status/1394111990998708229 308 https://www.facebook.com/alqsaclub/posts/4271449919575960 https://www.facebook.com/fath.abosharar/posts/3034916053446072
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