Tag: Tom Hurndall

  • IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail

    Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 19 July 2010 A former IDF soldier who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall in the Gaza Strip will be released early from prison next month. Taysir-al-Heib was sentenced in 2005 to eight years in prison for manslaughter as well as…

  • 7th Anniversary of the shooting of Thomas Hurndall

    International Solidarity Movement 11th April 2010 The 11th April marks the seventh anniversary of the ultimately fatal shooting of British ISM activist, Thomas Hurndall. Tom was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Rafah, Gaza, whilst attempting to move two young girls out of the line of fire. He went in to a…

  • Guardian: Rachel Corrie’s family bring civil suit over death in Gaza

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 23 February 2010 The family of the American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago, is to bring a civil suit over her death against the Israeli defence ministry. The case, which begins on 10 March in Haifa, northern Israel, is…