Tag: Live Ammunition

  • Youth shot in the leg by Israeli Soldiers near the Nahal Oz border crossing

    ISM Gaza 14th April 2010 Mahmoud Shawa a 19 year old resident of Shaja’iyya district of Gaza City, received a wound from a live round in his leg while participating in a peaceful demonstration near Nahal Oz border crossing. Mahmoud was urgently transported by an ambulance to the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City bleeding heavily…

  • Israeli army fires at peaceful protesters in Al Atatra border area, North Gaza

    ISM Gaza 10th April 2010 This demonstration, which took place on the 6 April, is one of several weekly demonstrations happening in different places alongside Gaza’s border with Israel. They are held in protest against the arbitrary decision by Israel to instate a 300 metre buffer zone as no-go area for Palestinians where shoot to…

  • Live Ammunition Fired at Nonviolent Demonstrators in Ni’lin

    International Solidarity Movement 9 April 2010 Facing tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition, roughly sixty Palestinians gathered outside of Ni’lin today. Joined by 15 Israeli and International activists, the demonstrators protested the Israeli occupation which has claimed over 40% of the village’s land. After congregating in nearby olive groves for midday prayers, demonstrators…

  • Gaza residents commemorate Land Day at Nahal Oz border crossing

    ISM Gaza 30 March 2010 Palestinians in Gaza came out in large numbers for demonstrations commemorating Land Day, including one at Nahal Oz border crossing, east of Gaza City. In attendance were around 300 Palestinians and three ISM members. Unlike other demonstrations on Tuesday, no injuries were reported. However, several demonstrators reported nearly being hit…

  • Fisherman shot in the head and critically ill in Shifa’a Hospital in Gaza

    ISM Gaza 25 March 2010 Fisherman Hazem Gora’ani, age 26, from the town of Deir Al Balah, south of Gaza City, was brought to Shifa Hospital with serious head wounds around 9 o’clock this morning. An urgent operation lasting one and a half hours was performed to stop the bleeding inside his brain. Dr Samir…