October 2001: One year al-Aqsa Intifada, Fact sheets and figures

 

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One Year Al-Aqsa Intifada

Fact Sheets And Figures

  • Child fatalities

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on 20 November 1989 and ratified by almost every country in the world, including Israel, sets the threshold of adulthood at 18 years. This is also the age at which Israelis attain their majority under domestic law, so that up to 18 years, persons can be considered as "children" and are entitled to commensurate protection.

Israel argues that children below 18 years can also pose a threat to the life of Israeli soldiers and become therefore legitimate targets. Arguably a lower threshold has sometimes been provided in international law for participation in armed conflicts. Although the trend is now to push this limit back to 18 years, the minimal age for recruitment and participation in hostilities was set at 15 years 3. Children between 15 and 18 who would take part in hostilities would therefore loose their "civilian" character and become acceptable targets under the laws of war. It should be noted that according to data collected by the Coalition Against the Use of Child Soldiers, the Palestinian security forces do not enlist anybody below 18 years of age. Minors aged 17 are exceptionally accepted, but then only serve in music bands or other special activities.

It is highly questionable whether the Palestinian children aged 15 to 18 who were killed during this Intifada can be considered "combatants." First, the character of the confrontation is more that of a Palestinian civilian uprising against the Israeli occupation - opposing an occupation army to a civilian population - than that of a conflict between two armed forces. It can certainly not be said that children are "compulsorily" recruited; nor can children participating in the intifada be considered "child soldiers." As the UN Commission of Inquiry, which visited the region in February 2001, stated, "stone throwing by youths at heavily protected military posts hardly seems to involve participation in hostilities." 4 In addition, many of the children listed were not taking part in the confrontations when they were mortally wounded.

International humanitarian law provides that the civilian population - especially the children - must be protected against the dangers arising from military operation, and, in particular, must not be the object of attack. The Convention on the Rights of the Child also emphasizes the special protections due to children in situations of armed conflict (art. 38). These duties fall upon both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, who must both do whatever is in their power to protect children. The death of every child is a tragedy.

 

  • 3 Convention on the Rights of the Child (art. 38) and Additional Protocols of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (1st Prot. Art. 77.2, 2nd Prot. Art. 4.3.c, not applicable to Israel as conventional law)

  • 4 E/CN.4/2001/121 of 16 March 2001, para. 43

 

  • Lists of Palestinian children who have been killed since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada on 29 September 2000

  • 1. Children up to 15

  • 2. Children aged 15 to 18

 

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Palestinian children who have been killed since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada on 29 September 2000

Children up to 15

No.

Name

Age

Place of Residence

Date of death

Notes

1

Mohammed Jamal Muhammed al-Durra

12

Bureij Camp-Gaza

30.9.2000

 

2

Samer Samir Sedqi Tabanjah

12

Balata Camp-Nablus

1.10.2000

 

3

Mohammed Yousef Abu-'Assi

12

Bani-Suheilah - Gaza

4.10.2000

 

4

Sami Fathi Abu-Jazar

12

Rafah -Gaza

12.10.2000

Was wounded on 10/10/2000

5

Moayad Osama Ali Jawarish

14

'Ayda camp -Bethlehem

16.10.2000

 

6

'Ala'a Bassam Bani Nimreh

13

Salfit

20.10.2000

 

7

Wa'el Hassan Imad a Nashit

12

Jabalya - Gaza

22.10.2000

 

8

Iyad Sami Sha'th

14

Khan Yunis - Gaza

24.10.2000

Was wounded on 21.10.2000

9

Ala'a Mohammed al-Jawabreh

14

Aroub camp - Hebron

26.10.2000

Was wounded on 6.10.2000

10

Hussni Husein al-Najjar

14

Rafah - Gaza

29.10.2000

 

11

Ahmad Suleiman Abu-Tayeh

14

Shatti camp - Gaza

1.11.2000

 

12

Mohammed Ibrahim Hajjaj

14

Shajaiyeh - Gaza

1.11.2000

 

13

Ibrahim Rizek Omar

14

Shatti camp - Gaza

1.11.2000

 

14

Wajdi Allam al-Hattab

13

Tulkarem

6.11.2000

 

15

Fares Fa'eq Odeh

14

Al-Zayttoun - Gaza

8.11.2000

 

16

Ibrahim Fouad Rizeq Qassas

13

Khan Yunis -Gaza

8.11.2000

Was wounded on 4/11/2000

17

Raed Abdel Majeed Dawoud

14

Hares - Nablus

8.11.2000

 

18

Musa Ibrahim Dibes

14

Jabalya Camp - Gaza

11.11.2000

 

19

Mohammed Khater Mohammed 'Ajleh

13

Shajaiyeh-Gaza

14.11.2000

 

20

Ahmed Samir Saleem El-Basal

14

Tal El Hawa-Gaza

15.11.2000

 

21

Jihad Suheil Abu Shahmeh

13

Khan Yunis Camp- Gaza

15.11.2000

 

22

Abdel Rahim Zeyad Dahshan

14

El-Zayttoun-Gaza

19.11.2000

 

23

Ibrahim Hussein Muqannen

14

Khan Yunis - Gaza

22.11.2000

Was wounded on 20/11/2000

24

Ayssar Mohammed Sadeq Hasseis

14

Jenin

24.11.2000

 

25

Karam Fathi el Kurd

14

Rafah- Gaza

28.11.2000

Was wounded on 23/11/2000

26

Mohammed Abdallah Mashharawi

14

al-Tuffah - Gaza

29.11.2000

Was wounded on 26/11/2000

27

Mohammed Saleh Mohammed El 'Arja

12

Rafah-Gaza

1.12.2000

 

28

Medhat Mohammed Subhi Jadallah

14

Gaza

1.12.2000

Was wounded on 30/11/2000

29

Salim Hamed Mohammed Hamaydeh

12

Rafah - Gaza

9.12.2000

Was wounded on 4/12/2000

30

Ahmed Ali Hassan Qawasmi

14

Hebron

11.12.2000

Was wounded on 8/12/2000

31

Hani Yusef al-Soufi

14

Rafah - Gaza

20.12.2000

 

32

Mu'ath Ahmed Abu Hadwan

12

Hebron

31.12.2000

 

33

Omar Khaled Farouq

10

al-Bireh - Ramallah

14.1.2001

Was wounded on 7/1/2001

34

Issa Ibrahim El 'Amori

14

Gaza

3.2.2001

 

35

Bilal Tawfeq 'Awwad Ramadan

14

Bureij Camp-Gaza

13.2.2001

 

36

Obi Mohammed Mahmoud Daraj

9

al-Bireh - Ramallah

2.3.2001

As a result of the shelling

37

Mohammed Mahmoud Halss

13

Shujaiyeh-Gaza

2.3.2001

Was wounded on 27/2/2001

38

Mahmoud Ismaeil el Daraweish

11

Dura- Hebron

27.3.2001

 

39

Yehya Fathi el Sheikh Eid

12

Rafah-Gaza

28.3.2001

 

40

Lo'ay Mohammed el Tamimi

11

Dir Nizam-Ramallah

1.4.2001

Was wounded on 10/03/2001

41

Shawkat Sa'di Hassan 'Alami

14

Beit Omar -Hebron

12.4.2001

 

42

Hamzah Khader 'Obed

14

Shajaiyeh-Gaza

17.4.2001

 

43

Bara' Jalal Mahmoud el Sha'er

10

Rafah-Gaza

17.4.2001

 

44

Muhanad Nizar Hamzeh Mhareb

11

El Amal -Gaza

23.4.2001

 

45

Iman Mohammed Abdel Hameed Hijo

4 months

Khan Yunis - Gaza

7.5.2001

 

46

Ali Mourad Abu Shaweish

10

Khan Yunis-Gaza

17.6.2001

 

47

Murad Jamil al-Masri

14

Khan-Yunis

7.07.2001

Was injured on 5/7/2001

48

Khalil Ibrahim al-Masri

11

Rafah

08.07.2001

 

49

Dia' Marwan al-Tumeizi

3 months

Idna, Hebron

20.07.2001

Killed by Israeli settlers

50

Bilal Abdul-Mun'em

9

Al-Judaida, Jenin

31.07.2001

In an attack on Hamas office in Nablus

51

Ashraf Abdul-Mun'em

6

Al-Judaida, Jenin

31.07.2001

In an attack on Hamas office in Nablus

52

Azhar said Abu-Shallouf

2

Rafah, Gaza

12.08.2001

 

53

Sabrin Abu-Sneineh

7

Hebron

12.08.2001

Israeli shelling

54

Suleiman Samir Abu-Zeid

5

Rafah

19.08.2001

Israeli shelling

55

Inas Samir Abu-Zeid

7

Rafah

19.08.2001

Israeli shelling

56

Mohammed Subhi Abu-Arar

13

Gaza

19.08.2001

Shot in his heart by Israeli soldiers

57

Ibrahim Mahmoud Sharaf

14

Gaza

26.08.2001

Direct hit by Israeli shelling

58

Mohammed Samir Abu-Libdeh

13

Rafah

08.09.2001

Killed by the Israeli army

59

Khaled Arafat al-Batsh

3

Hebron

08.09.2001

As a result of Israeli shelling

60

Balqees Fathi Al'qarda

12

Arabeh- Jenin

12.09.2001

She is the sister of Sufian Al'ardah- killed in the attack on the house

61

Mo'aweya Ali Alnahal

14

Rafah- Gaza

27/09/2001

During the Israeli shelling and incursion- hit with bullet in the chest.

62

Mohamed Fathi Yousef Abu-zweed Altarayera

10

Bani N'eem- Hebron

28/09/2001

He was shot with live ammunition in the abdomen

 

 

Palestinian children who have been killed since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada on 29 September 2000

Children aged 15 to 18

No.

Name

Age

Place of Residence

Date of death

Notes

63

Khalid ‘Adli al-Baziyan

15

Rafidya- Nablus.

30.9.2000

 

64

Nizar Mahmoud Abed Eideh

16

Deir-Ammar - Ramallah

30.9.2000

 

65

Iyad Ahmed Salem al-Khashashi

16

Nablus

1.10.2000

 

66

Husam Na’im Hassan Bkheet

17

Balata Camp -Nablus

1.10.2000

 

67

Mohammed Nabil Ali Dawoud

16

al-Bireh - Ramallah

1.10.2000

 

68

Sami Fathi Muhammed al-Taramsi

17

Sheikh Radwan -Gaza

1.10.2000

 

69

Musleh Hussein Ibrahim Abu- Jarad

17

Deir-el-Balah - Gaza

2.10.2000

 

70

Wa’el Taysir Qattawi

16

Balata Camp- Nablus

2.10.2000

 

71

Hussam Isma’el al-Hamshari

16

Tulkarem

3.10.2000

 

72

Majdi Samer Musa Maslamani

15

Beit Hanina - Jerusalem

6.10.2001

 

73

Yousef Diab Yousef Khalaf

17

Bureij Camp-Gaza

8.10.2000

 

74

Sami Hassan Salim Salmie

17

Tulkarem

11.10.2000

 

75

Samer Talal Taleb Iweissi

15

Qalqilya

20.10.2000

 

76

Tha’er Mohammed Ali Daoud Mualla

17

Am’aari camp - Ramallah

20.10.2000

 

77

Mohammed Adel Hasan Abu Tahoun

16

Tulkarem

20.10.2000

 

78

Omar Ibrahim Ismail al-Buheisi

16

Deir el-Balah - Gaza Strip

21.10.2000

 

79

Majed Ibrahim Hawamdeh

15

Tira - Ramallah

21.10.2000

 

80

Salah Eddin Fawzi Nijem

15

Al-Maghazi camp – Gaza

22.10.2000

 

81

Sa’ed Adnan Abdallah al-Tanbour

17

Nablus

23.10.2000

Was wounded on 21.10.2000

82

Ashraf Ahmad Abdel Majid Habayeb

15

Askar camp - Nablus

23.10.2000

Was wounded on 16.10.2000

83

Nidal Mohammed Zuhdi al-Dbeiqi

17

Al-Daraj -Gaza Strip

24.10.2000

 

84

Bashir Saleh Mousa Selweit

15

Qalqilya

27.10.2000

 

85

Tha’er Ibrahim Shalesh  Abu Zeid

17

Jalazun camp / Ramallah

31.10.2000

 

86

Yazan Mohammed Issa Halayqah

15

al Khader – Bethlehem

2.11.2000

 

87

Khaled Mohammed al-Khatib

17

Hizma - Jerusalem

2.11.2000

 

88

Rami Ahmad Abdel-Fattah Mutae’

15

Hizma - Jerusalem

3.11.2000

 

89

Maher Mohammed al-Sa’idi

16

Bureij camp - Gaza

5.11.2000

 

90

Mohammed Nawaf al-Ta’aban

17

Deir el-Balah / Gaza Strip

6.11.2000

 

91

Khalil Yousef Abu Sa’ad

15

Shatti Camp-Gaza

8.11.2000

 

92

Mohammed Musbah Abu Ghali

15

El Amal –Gaza

8.11.2000

 

93

Khalad Fayez Abu Zahra

17

Tulkarem

8.11.2000

 

94

Mohammed Kamel Abed Sharab

17

Khan Younis

9.11.2000

 

95

Osama Mazen Salem Azzouqa

15

Jenin

10.11.2000

 

96

Osama Sameer Jarjawi

17

Daraj –Gaza

10.11.2000

 

97

Bassel Hussein Abu Kammer

15

Jabalya-Gaza

11.11.2000

 

98

Mahmoud Nafez Abu Naji

15

Sheikh Radwan-Gaza

12.11.2000

 

99

Yehya Nayeh Abu Shamaleh

17

Khan Younis Camp-Gaza

13.11.2000

 

100

Sabir Khamis Idreis Barash

15

Am’ari Camp- Ramallah

14.11.2000

 

101

Mohammed Nasser Mohammed Shrafi

17

Sheikh Radwan-Gaza

15.11.2000

 

102

Jadoo’a Mune’a Muhammed Abu Kbash

15

Samo’a- Hebron

15.11.2000

 

103

Ibrahim Abdel Ra’of J’aadi

15

Qalqilia

15.11.2000

 

104

Ahmed Sa’ed Ahmed Sha’aban

17

Jalmeh Village-Jenin

15.11.2000

 

105

Muhammed Abed Jaleel Abu Rayan

16

Halhoul – Hebron

17.11.2000

 

106

Ibrahim Hussan Ahmed Othman

16

Rafah-Gaza

20.11.2000

 

107

Yasser Taleb Mohammed Nabatiti

16

Tulkarem

21.11.2000

 

108

Majdi Ali ’Abed

15

Shajaiyeh –Gaza

24.11.2000

 

109

Mahmoud Mansour ‘Adwan

16

Hableh - Qalqilia

26.11.2000

 

110

Mahdi Qassem Hussan Jaber

16

Qalqilia

26.11.2000

 

111

Waleed Mohameed Hamed El badan

17

Tqou’a –Bethlehem

30.11.2000

 

112

Ramzi Adel Mohammed Nasser

15

Abu Qash- Ramallah

5.12.2000

 

113

Zuhair Mustafa Ali Hatab

16

Tuffah –Gaza

7.12.2000

Was wounded on 20/11/2000

114

Mahmoud Abdallah Mohammed Yehya

17

Kufor Ra’ai-Nablus

8.12.2000

Security Forces

115

‘Amar Samir Abdel Hameed Mashni

16

Shu'afat- Jerusalem

8.12.2000

 

116

Mu’ataz Azmi Telakh

16

Deheisheh Camp-Bethlehem

8.12.2000

 

117

Mohammed Amin Mohammed Daoud

17

Hares - Salfit

15.12.2000

 

118

Arafat Mohammed Jabarin

17

Sa’ir - Hebron

22.12.2000

 

119

Mohammed Sharef Mohammed Sharef

15

Sheikh Radwan-Gaza

21.1.2001

 

120

Safwat Isam Qeshtah

16

Rafah-Gaza

24.1.2001

 

121

Ahmed Abdel Razek abu Huli

15

Deir el-Balah - Gaza

9.2.2001

 

122

Hussam Imad Adel El Diesi

15

Qalandia camp-Ramallah

16.2.2001

 

123

Murtaja Abdel Lateif ‘Amer

17

Qalqilia

14.3.2001

 

124

Mahmoud Khalid Abu Sheihadeh

16

Jabalia– Gaza

29.3.2001

 

125

Ahmed Mahmoud Maraheil

16

Balata Camp

30.3.2001

 

126

Ahmed Mahmoud el ‘Assar

16

Nusayrat Camp-Gaza

5.4.2001

 

127

Mahmoud Khalid Barakat

15

Shatti camp- Gaza

11.4.2001

Was wounded on 6/4/2001

128

Rami Yehya Ibrahim Mousa Gharib

16

Khader-Bethlehem

17.4.2001

 

129

Hashim Suleiman Mamlouk

16

Shajaiyeh-Gaza

8.5.2001

 

130

Hussam Fawaz Tafesh

16

Zaytton –Gaza

11.5.2001

 

131

Mohammed Hussan Salem

15

Burij-Gaza

16.5.2001

 

132

Ala’ Adel el Buji

15

Rafah - Gaza

24.05.2001

 

133

Ahmed Saleh Abu el Helou

17

Hizma-Jerusalem

31.05.2001

 

134

Adel Husein Muqannen

16

Khan Younis - Gaza

18.06.2001

 

135

Ahmed Mohammed El ‘Abed Yassin

15

Zaytoun-Gaza

01.07.2001

Was wounded on 29/06/01

136

Tareq Jwad Abo Dab'at

17

Hebron

18/07/2001

 

137

Ref'at Saber el Nahel

15

Rafah- Gaza

24/07/2001

 

138

Mohamed Husni Al'ajoz

15

Nablus

22/07/2001

 

139

Tamer Reyad Zo'rob

17

Rafah- Gaza

28/08/2001

 

140

Mohamed Samir Abu Libdeh

17

Rafah- Gaza

8/09/2001

Israeli shelling

141

Ramzi Khalel Hassouneh

17

Shajaiyeh-Gaza

14/09/2001

He was killed by an Israeli sniper

142

Imad 'Atta Swilem Zo'roub

15

Khan Younis- Gaza

15/09/2001

Died after injury he had sustained earlier

143

Mahmoud Jalal Qeshta

16

Rafah- Gaza

26/09/2001

Shot in the head with heavy guns.

144

Mahmoud Ali Soukar

16

Deheishe Camp- Bethlehem

28/09/2001

He was shot in the back while he was walking in the street with his friends- there was no sign of confrontations.

145

Muhsen Fahed 'Arar

17

Qrawat Bani Zayed- Ramallah

28/09/2001

He died after injuries sustained on 14-9-2001 in the head, chest and abdomen.