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Overview After preparations which lasted for about two months, mass riots began to take place

every Friday near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The declared purpose of

these demonstrations and riots, organized and orchestrated by Hamas, was to break

through the border fence and have masses of people enter into Israeli territory.

According to the Palestinians, this should symbolically realize what the Palestinians refer to

as the “right of return” of the Palestinian refugees (i.e., the destruction of the State of Israel).

Another objective was to bring the severe economic situation of the Gaza Strip into public

awareness and exert pressure to “break the siege.” The demonstrations and riots still

haven’t ended. Hamas intends to pursue them also during the forthcoming weeks, even

at the cost of more fatalities.

Hamas aspired to mobilize hundreds of thousands of Gaza Strip residents to participate in

these events. However, eventually, the number of participants did not exceed several tens of

thousands. In the two peak events, on March 30, 2018 (Land Day, the opening events) and on

May 14, 2018 (the day on which the US Embassy was relocated to Jerusalem), about 40,000

residents took part in the demonstrations and riots. On other Fridays, Hamas could not

mobilize that many residents. During the rest of the week days, several thousands of people

took part in the riots and there were also a number of attempts to carry out terrorist attacks.

The riots culminated in the events of May 14, 2018, with attempts, halted by IDF

soldiers, to penetrate en masse into Israeli territory. The attempts to break into Israeli

territory were accompanied by intentionally increased violence, throwing pipe bombs and

Molotov cocktails at IDF soldiers; attempting to cut the fence; and sending Molotov kites,

which set fire to fields in Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip. As a result of the

increase in the number of rioters and the extensive violence on their part (which was unusual

compared to previous incidents), the number of fatalities reached its height. Those

fatalities consist of Palestinians who were in the front line of the rioters, most of them

Hamas operatives.

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Findings of the ITIC’s examination of the identity of Palestinians killed in the events of the “Great Return March” (March 30, 2018 – May 15, 2018)

May23, 2018

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Right: Palestinian rioters cutting the barbed wire in clashes in east Jabalia (Facebook page of Beit Hanoun News, May 14, 2018). Left: Demonstrators in east Rafah hurling stones at IDF forces

with a large slingshot (QUDSN Facebook page, May 14, 2018)

Findings of the examination of the names of fatalities

According to the findings of examinations carried out by the ITIC, at least 112 Palestinians

were killed during the “Great Return March.”1 In an examination of the names of the

fatalities on an individual basis, 93 were identified as terrorist operatives or affiliated

with the terrorist organizations, i.e., about 83% of those killed in the “return marches.”

Most of the fatalities (63) are from Hamas (about 56% of the total killed in all the marches).

Fatah, which had 21 fatalities, played a minor role, with no significant impact on the events.

The other organizations, including PIJ operatives (four fatalities) refrained from playing a

significant role, maybe because of their awareness that this is a Hamas “project.” The

organizational affiliation of 19 of the fatalities is unknown to the ITIC. It may be assumed

that these are Hamas operatives or civilians who do not belong to any organization.

The findings of the ITIC, which indicate the central role of Hamas among the fatalities,

are consistent with the figures provided by two senior Hamas figures in the Gaza Strip: Salah

Bardawil said that 50 out of the 62 shaheeds who were killed in the events of May 14,

2018 (about 81%) belonged to Hamas. He added that in the events that took place

between March 30, 2018 and May 14, 2018, 50% of the fatalities were Hamas operatives.

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip, also said that on May

14, Hamas had over 60 shaheeds, and that “yet other 20 wounded are expected to die at any

moment” (Al-Mayadeen Channel’s YouTube account, May 21, 2018).

1 This number may still increase, as there are several patients in the Gaza Strip hospitals who were critically wounded.

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The findings of the examination of the identity of the fatalities carried out by the ITIC, and

statements of senior Hamas officials, clearly demonstrate the central role played by

Hamas in organizing the “return marches” and orchestrating them. The “return marches”

were not “popular,” “peaceful” events, as falsely presented by Palestinian propaganda,

but rather a Hamas strategic move accompanied by preplanned violence. This move was

intended to free Hamas of its predicaments and achieve political and propaganda objectives

(mainly, raising the “right of return” to the awareness of the Arab and international public

and relieving the “siege” imposed on the Gaza Strip). Furthermore, the findings of the

examination of the identity of the fatalities and reports from the ground clearly demonstrate

that IDF soldiers did not shoot indiscriminately at innocent residents but instead hit

terrorist operatives. These operatives were the dominant factor among those in the

front line who tried to break into Israeli territory.

The identities of the fatalities of the “Great Return March” (March 30, 2018 – May 15, 2018)

Note: About 83% of the fatalities of the “Great Return March” (92 people) were terrorist operatives or individuals affiliated with terrorist organizations. At least 67% of them were Hamas operatives. The number of Hamas operatives may increase because it is possible that the category “Without organizational affiliation” (19 fatalities) also includes unidentified Hamas operatives.

Total Affiliation Membership Organization

63 29 affiliated with Hamas

34 military wing and security force operatives

Hamas

21 19 affiliated with Fatah

2 military operatives

Fatah

4 4 military operatives

PIJ

2 1 affiliated with the DFLP

1 military operative

DFLP

3 3 affiliated with the PFLP

PFLP

19 Unknown 112 fatalities Total

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The identity of the fatalities of the “Great Return March” (March 30, 2018 – May 13, 2018)

Note: About 81% of the fatalities of the “Great Return March” until May 14, 2018 (39 people) were terrorist operatives or individuals affiliated with terrorist organizations. Most of the fatalities were members of Hamas or affiliated with it.

The identity of the fatalities of the events of May 14 and 15, 2018

Note: About 84% of the fatalities on May 14 and 15, 2018 (54 people) were terrorist operatives or individuals affiliated with terrorist organizations. About 67% of them (43) were operatives of Hamas or affiliated with it. The organizational affiliation of 10 fatalities was not identified. It may be assumed that they include several Hamas operatives or individuals affiliated with Hamas.



9 military wing and security force operatives

Hamas


2 military operatives

Fatah

1 1 military operative

PIJ

2 1 affiliated with the DFLP

1 military operative

DFLP

2 2 affiliated with the PFLP

PFLP




22 military wing operatives 3 operatives of the security services

Hamas


Fatah

3 3 military operatives

PIJ

0 DFLP 1 1 affiliated with

the PFLP PFLP


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Methodological notes

Following are methodological notes on the findings of the identity of the march

participants:

These are interim findings pertaining to the period from March 30 to May 15, 2018.

These findings are updated as at May 22, 2018. Names of other Palestinians who were

seriously wounded and died of their injuries may be added to the number of

fatalities.

The ITIC’s list of names is based on the list of names (55 names) of the

Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip. To supplement this list, in those

cases where the reports of the Ministry of Health were incomplete (for example, non-

publication of the names of fatalities or misspellings of the names that were

published), the ITIC completed the data based on information obtained from social

media and other open sources.

The ITIC distinguishes between two basic categories of those belonging to

terrorist organizations: the first is for those who were definitely operatives in the

various organizations. The second is for those who were affiliated with the

organizations. On the other hand, Salah Bardawil and Yahya Sinwar do not make

such a distinction in their figures about Hamas casualties, and all of them are

included under the heading “shaheeds of Hamas.”

The examination is based on open source information of variable quality, mainly

from social media (Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter). Palestinian websites were also

used. In some cases the information is solid and in some cases it is circumstantial.

The events of May 14 and May 15, 2018 Main findings of the ITIC’s examination2

On May 14, 2018, the day of the ceremony for the relocation of the US Embassy to

Jerusalem, violent demonstrations were held in 13 locations along the Gaza-Israel border.

2 The names of the fatalities up to the events of May 14 were examined on an individual basis by the ITIC. For the findings of the examination of most of the names, see the ITIC’s Information Bulletin from April 11, 2018: “Initial Analysis of the Identities of Gazans Killed During the “Great Return March” on March 30 and April 6, 2018.” For an update to this document, see the ITIC’s Information Bulletin from April 25, 2018: “Analysis of the Identities of Gazans Killed During the Great Return March.” For updates to both of these documents, see the ITIC's Information Bulletins on the march published after April 25, 2018. All these documents have been uploaded to the ITIC’s website.

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Some 40,000 Palestinians participated in these demonstrations, and according to IDF

sources, they were characterized by “unprecedented violence” in comparison with the

previous marches.

The May 14 rioters attempted to penetrate into Israeli territory, while burning tires

and throwing pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails at the fence. During the riots, Molotov

kites were sent to Israel, causing many fires in the fields of Israeli communities

surrounding the Gaza Strip. Under the cover of the demonstrations, shooting attacks were

carried out and IEDs were planted by armed terrorist squads. On the evening of May 14,

the demonstrators left the area. In the ITIC’s assessment, they did so following instructions of

the Hamas leadership, which supervised the events.

In the violent events on May 14, 2018, and in events that continued on a lower profile on May

15, 2018, the ITIC identified the names of 64 fatalities. Of these fatalities, 53 (around

84%) were terrorist operatives or affiliated with terrorist operatives, the vast majority

(around 67%) from Hamas (Hamas cited a higher percentage: senior Hamas figures Yahya

Sinwar and Salah Bardawil admitted that 50 out of 62 shaheeds, i.e., 81%, were Hamas

operatives3). Most of those killed died during violent clashes with IDF forces, in the front line

of demonstrators on the Israeli border. Some were killed while carrying out terrorist attacks

or attempting to cross the security fence into Israeli territory. During the riots on May 14,

2018, the Palestinians also fired indiscriminately and massively at IDF drones

(quadcopters) from the area of the tent camps in the rear (where there were apparently

weapons). Therefore, it is possible that at least some of the Palestinian fatalities were hit by

this gunfire.

3 See the ITIC’s Information Bulletin from May 17, 2018: “Senior Hamas figure Salah al-Bardawil: 50 of the 62 shaheeds of May 14 [about 80%] belonged to Hamas.” Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader in the Gaza Strip, also admitted that Hamas had more than 60 shaheeds in the May 14 events (Al-Mayadeen’s YouTube channel, May 21, 2018).

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Distribution of the fatalities from May 14 and May 15, 2018 by organization

Methodological notes on how the names of the Palestinians killed in the events of May 14 and 15 were identified

The number of fatalities: according to Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Ministry of

Health in the Gaza Strip, 62 Palestinians were killed in the events of May 14 and 15, 60 of

them on May 14 and 2 on May 15, 2018. This is also the number cited by senior Hamas figure

Salah Bardawil when he announced that 50 of the 62 fatalities belonged to Hamas. However,

on May 19, the number of fatalities rose to 65, following Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra’s

announcement that three of the wounded had died of their injuries.

Identifying the names of the fatalities: on May 14, 2018, the Palestinian Ministry of

Health published a list of 55 names of fatalities (one of them was listed as a John Doe and

the name of another fatality appeared twice on the list). This was the last detailed list of

names found by the ITIC that was published by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.

From then on, the names of those killed were reported sporadically on Dr. Ashraf al-

Qudra’s Facebook page or in the Palestinian media.

The basis for the ITIC’s list of fatalities was the list of 55 fatalities published by the

Palestinian Ministry of Health on May 14, 2018. The missing names were found by the

ITIC through searches on Facebook pages and other media outlets, where the names of

those killed or those who died from their injuries were reported sporadically. In these

searches, the ITIC identified the names of 64 Palestinians who were killed on May 14 and

May 15, 2018, and this was the basis for its examination.

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Distribution of the fatalities on May 14 and May 15 by organizational affiliation

The central role played by Hamas’s casualties in the events of May 14, 2018

Of the 64 casualties, the ITIC identified 43 names of Hamas operatives or individuals

affiliated with Hamas (around 67%). Senior Hamas figure Salah Bardawil said that

according to the official figures, 50 shaheeds out of the 62 fatalities belonged to Hamas. It is

possible that seven additional fatalities who belonged to Hamas were included among

the 10 fatalities whose affiliation is unknown. It is also possible that Bardawil (and Yahya

Sinwar) exaggerated slightly in order to highlight the great sacrifice that Hamas has made

and to repel internal criticism.

Of the 43 Hamas fatalities identified by the ITIC, 22 were operatives of the military

wing (the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades) and three fatalities were both Hamas

operatives and members of the internal security services4. The fatalities who were both

Hamas operatives and members of the internal security services were given funerals by the

Hamas military wing and were counted by the ITIC as operatives of the military wing.

Eighteen fatalities were identified by the ITIC as affiliated with Hamas after their bodies

were covered with a Hamas flag or other signs were found indicating their affiliation

with Hamas.

4 The phenomenon of members of the security services who double as terrorist operatives is well known from previous confrontations.

43

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Other terroristorganizations

Unknown identity

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The high percentage of Hamas operatives who were killed during the events of May 14 and in

the previous events once again demonstrated Hamas’s central role in planning and

controlling the events. In the “front line” of the violent demonstrations, there were also

Hamas operatives in civilian clothes who played a central role in the acts of violence and

attempts to break into the sovereign territory of the State of Israel. These operatives

were “protected” by women and children who were sent by Hamas to the front line to

serve as human shields. In the ITIC’s assessment, the large number of casualties among the

operatives is primarily a result of Hamas’s central role in the events, and senior Hamas figures

do not bother to hide this. Hence the Palestinian propaganda message that these were

“popular” demonstrations carried out in “peaceful ways” is a false message that the

Palestinians have managed to convey to many countries around the world, including

Western countries.

Fatalities from other organizations and fatalities with no organizational affiliation

Following are the identities of the fatalities from the other organizations:

Fatah: Seven Fatah-affiliated fatalities. The fatalities included one female activist.

She was the only woman killed in the events, despite the fact that the operatives of the

various organizations encouraged women and children to come to the front line of the

demonstrations, mainly to serve as human shields.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ): three of the fatalities were PIJ operatives. All

of them were operatives of the military wing.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP): one fatality who was

affiliated with the PFLP.

With no organizational affiliation: no reports of the organizational affiliation of 10

operatives who were killed were found.

The ITIC still hasn’t identified 10 people killed in the events of May 14 and May 15,

2018. It can be assumed that some of them were civilians, but some of them may have

been Hamas operatives who were not identified by the ITIC.

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Continuation to be expected

In the ITIC’s assessment, from Hamas’s perspective, the violent riots and demonstrations

have not yet exhausted their inherent political and propaganda benefits. Senior Hamas

figures call on their operatives and the entire Gazan public to continue the riots and

even to die as shaheeds. The “National Authority for the Great Return March,” serving as a

front for Hamas, called on the Gazan public to continue the marches on Friday, May 25,

under the slogan “Continuing despite the siege.”

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip, said that “special

events” would take place on Naksa Day (June 5, the day of the defeat of the Arab states in

the Six Day War) and on Jerusalem Day (June 8, support events for Palestinians initiated by

Iran). Therefore, it can be assumed that in the weeks ahead, Hamas will continue to

sacrifice the lives of its operatives, civilians and other terrorist operatives, while

encouraging and fueling the political and propaganda campaign being waged against

Israel.

Appendix

Attached is an appendix containing detailed information about the 64 fatalities in the

events of May 14 and 15, including their organizational affiliation, based on examinations

carried out by the ITIC. A detailed analysis of the identity of those killed up to May 14 was

published, as aforesaid, in the ITIC’s documents on the subject of the “Great Return

Marches.”

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Appendix The identities of 64 of the Palestinians killed in the events of May 14 and 15, 2018

Overview

The Palestinians killed were identified according to information at various levels of

reliability. In some instances there was unequivocal information indicating membership

or affiliation with one of the terrorist organizations. In some, the information was

circumstantial, such as a death notice issued by an organization, wrapping the body for

burial in an organization flag or a memorial service with organization signs (banners and

pictures, mourning tents with signs from an organization, visits of senior movement figures to

a mourning tent).

Information about the Palestinians killed on May 14, 2018

Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih

Personal details: 21 years old, from Abasan al-Kabira ((Facebook page of Abasan al-

Kabira, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of Khan Yunis (Twitter account of, the

ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: According to the social networks, he was an operative

in Hamas' military wing (the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades) (Facebook page of Ibrahim

Qudeih, May 14, 2018).

Right: Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih (Twitter account of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018). Left: Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih a few minutes

before his death (Facebook page of the Qudeih family, May 14, 2018)

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The funeral held for Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih.

He is wearing a green Hamas military wing headband (from a video on the Facebook page of Shadi Qudeih, May 15, 2018)

Musab Youssef Abu Laila

Personal details: 28 or 29 years old, from the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death in eastern Jabalia (Facebook pages of

the spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the Indonesian hospital

in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: According to the death notice issued by the ministry of

the interior in the Gaza Strip, he was a lieutenant in military intelligence in the Gaza

Strip (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

Lieutenant Musab Youssef Abu Laila (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018)

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Ubaida Salem Abd Rabbo Farhan

Personal details: 30 years old (Facebook page of the spokesman of the ministry of

health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from Bani Suheila.

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Khan Yunis (Facebook pages of the

Shehab Agency and the city of Bani Suheila, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: The military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad

(PIJ) issued a notice referring to him as an operative in its ranks (website of the

Jerusalem Battalions, May 14, 2018).

Ubaida Salem Abd Rabbo Farhan (Facebook page of the city of Bani Suheila, May 14, 2018)

Muhammad Ashraf Abu Sitta

Personal details: 24 or 26 years old, from Beit Hanoun (Facebook pages of the

spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the Indonesian hospital in

the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Beit Hanoun (Facebook pages of the

Shehab Agency and Safahat Beit Hanoun al-Akhbariya, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in the Fatah flag for burial

(Facebook page of Safahat Beit Hanoun al-Akhbariya, May 14, 2018).

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Muhammad Ashraf Abu Sitta (Right: Twitter account of the "martyrs of Palestine" and the

Facebook page of Safahat Beit Hanoun al-Akhbariya, May 14, 2018)

Izz al-Din Moussa al-Sammak

Personal details: 14 years old (Facebook page of the spokesperson of the ministry

of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Bureij refugee camp. His father is

Moussa al-Sammak, a senior Hamas figure in the central Gaza Strip, who was

deputy secretary of labor (Facebook page of Maghazi.news and al-Mushraq News, May

14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed in a riot in eastern al-Bureij (fatehmedia.net,

May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial.

Right: Izz al-Din Moussa al-Sammak before his death east of the al-Bureij refugee camp (QudsN Facebook page, May 14, 2018). Left: Moussa al-Sammak, father of Izz al-Din Moussa al-Sammak (Facebook page of the "meeting place of the residents of al-Bureij refugee camp," May 14, 2018)

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Right: The body of Izz al-Din Moussa al-Sammak wrapped in a green Hamas flag. (Above: the body of Mahmoud Yahya Hussein) (Facebook page of the "meeting place of the residents of al-Bureij refugee camp," May 14, 2018). Left: Izz al-Din

Moussa al-Sammak's mother participates in the "Friday of loyalty to the shaheeds and wounded," holding a copy of the death notice issued by Hamas for her son

(Twitter account of Shimaa' Ali, May 18, 2018)

Izz al-Din Nahed al-Uweiti

Personal details: 23 years old, from Khan Yunis.

Circumstances of his death: Shot and killed during a riot (Facebook pages of the

spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the European hospital in

Khan Yunis, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial

(Twitter account of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018).

Izz al-Din Nahed al-Uweiti (Right: Facebook page of Majde Abo Omar, who represents

himself as a classmate. He calls al-Uweiti "the shaheed from the al-Qassam Brigades," May 14, 2018. Left: Twitter account of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018)

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Bilal Ahmad Abu Duqqa

Personal details: 26 years old, from Abasan al-Kabira.

Circumstances of his death: Shot and killed during the riots (Facebook pages of

the spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the European hospital in


Organizational affiliation: Unknown

Jihad Mufid Abd al-Mun'em al-Farra

Personal details: 30 years old, from al-Qarara.

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of Khan Yunis (Facebook pages of the

spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the European hospital in



in Hamas' military wing. His brother, Iyad Mufid Abd al-Mun'em al-Farra, an operative

in Hamas' military wing, was killed when a tunnel collapsed in the Khan Yunis region on

August 4, 2014 (Twitter account of m_al_farra, who claimed to be a cousin of Jihad al-

Farra, May 14, 2018; Facebook page of Mahmoud Abu al-Hassan, who claimed to have

met Jihad al-Farra in a "return camp" a short time before his death, May 14, 2018).

Jihad al-Farra (Facebook page of Matrix Love, who claimed al-Farra was his cousin, May 15, 2018)

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Al-Farra's body wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of the al-Saa 8 website, May 14, 2018)

Fadi Hassan Salman Abu Salmi (Abu Salah)

Personal details: 29 or 30 years old, from Abasan al-Kabira; disabled (he lost both

legs in Operation Cast Lead).

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death in eastern Khan Yunis (Facebook pages

of the spokesman of the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, the European hospital in

Khan Yunis and the Shehab Agency, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: The military wing of the PIJ claimed him as an

operative and said he stood in the front line in every clash in eastern Khan Yunis

(website of the Jerusalem Battalions, May 14, 2018).

Right: Fadi Abu Salah in uniform. Left: During the riots

(website of the Jerusalem Battalions, May 14, 2018)

Ahmad Awadallah

Personal details: 24 years old (Facebook page of the ministry of health in the Gaza

Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Maghazi refugee camp (Facebook pages of the Nuseirat

refugee camp, May 14, 2018).

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Circumstances of his death: Details unknown


Mu'tasem Fawzi Abu Lula

Personal details: 20 years old (Facebook page of the spokesman for the ministry of

health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Rafah. Wounded in the leg in a

"return march" riot on May 4, 2018. On his Facebook page he stressed his

determination to participate in "return march" activities, even at the price of his life

(Filastin al-Yawm, May 14, 2018).



Right: Picture Abu Lula posted to his Facebook page with the hashtag "I_return" (Facebook page of Mu'tasem Fawzi Abu Lula, March 27, 2018). Left: Abu Lula's last posting to this Facebook page, reading "Goodbye those I love, we will see you in our land, if Allah so wills it" (Facebook page of

Mu'tasem Fawzi Abu Lula, May 13, 2018)

The body of Mu'tasem Fawzi Abu Lula wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Twitter account of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018)

Muhammad Mahmoud Abd al-Mu'ti Abd al-Aal


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).

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Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Rafah.



Right: Muhammad Mahmoud Abd al-Aal (Facebook page of the city of Rafah – al-Safha al-Rafiyah, May 14, 2018). Left: The body of Muhammad Mahmoud Abd al-Aal wrapped

in a Hamas flag for burial (Twitter account of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018)

Ahmad Fawzi al-Tatar


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). Was the son of a senior commander of the

wireless communications unit of the national security apparatuses, General Fawzi al-

Tatar (Official Fatah Facebook page, May 15, 2018).


Organizational affiliation: Was a Fatah operative (Facebook page of the Fatah

branch in western Gaza City, May 14, 2018).

The death notice and mourning tent organized by the western Gaza City Fatah branch

(Facebook page of the Fatah branch in western Gaza City, May 14, 2018)

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Ahmad Adel Moussa al-Shaer

Personal details: 16 years old, from Khan Yunis.

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Khan Yunis (Twitter account of

Filastin al-A'an, May 14, 2018)

Organizational affiliation: The military wing of the PIJ reported he was an

operative in its ranks (website of the Jerusalem Battalions, May 14, 2018).

Ahmad al-Shaer (Right: from the Facebook page of the al-Shaer family, May 14, 2018; Left: Jerusalem Battalions website, May 14, 2018)

Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Ali Miqdad

Personal details: 28 years old, from Khan Yunis (Facebook pages of the spokesman

for the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip and the European hospital in Khan Yunis,

May 14, 2018).



Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Ali Miqdad (Facebook page of the Miqdad family, May 15, 2018)

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Moussa Jaber Hasanein

Personal details: 36 years old, a captain in the civil defense forces in the al-Shati

refugee camp (Facebook page of the al-Shati refugee, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Gaza City. According to the

Palestinian version, he was killed while helping the wounded (Facebook pages of the

civil defense administration and the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 14,

2018).

Organizational affiliation: Operative in the security forces of the Hamas

ministry of the interior.

Moussa Jaber Hasanein (Right: Facebook page of the civil defense administration in the Gaza Strip, May 14, and the Facebook page of the ministry of the interior

in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018)

Mahmoud Rabah Allyan Abu Muamar

Personal details: 28 years old, from the Ma'an region of Khan Yunis.

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death during the riots (Facebook pages of the

European hospital in Khan Yunis and the spokesman for the ministry of health in the

Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018).


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Picture of Mahmoud Rabah Allyan Abu Muamar with the hashtag, "I_return" (Facebook page of Mahmoud Rabah Allyan Abu Muamar, March 27, 2018). Left: The body of Mahmoud Rabah Allyan Abu Muamar wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Aseel Saidam, May 15, 2018)

Ahmad Muhammad Ibrahim Hamdan

Personal details: 27 years old, from the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis

(Facebook pages of the European hospital in Khan Yunis and the spokesman for the



Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades'

nukhba elite unit (Facebook page of Abdallah Hamdan and Twitter account of

Mohamed Sabri from Khan Yunis, May 14, 2018).

Ahmad Hamdan buried in a green Hamas headband (Facebook page of Jawad Zidan, May 14, 2018)

Mu'taz Bassem Kamel al-Nunu (Abu Bassem)

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Personal details: 30 or 31 years old, from the al-Rimal al-Shimali neighborhood of

western Gaza City (Facebook page of Hamas' public activity in al-Rimal al-Shimali, May

15, 2018).


Organizational affiliation: Was a captain in Hamas' security forces in the Gaza Strip

(Facebook pages of the ministry of the interior and the spokesman for the ministry of

health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). Was also an operative in Hamas' military

wing.

Mu'taz al-Nunu (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018)

Right: Mu'taz al-Nunu wearing a Hamas headband and wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Hamas' public activity in al-Rimal al-Shimali, May 15, 2018). Left: Operatives of Hamas' military wing and a Hamas sign at the entrance to the mourning tent (Facebook page

of Hamas' public activity in al-Rimal al-Shimali, May 16, 2018)

Jihad Muhammad Othman Moussa (Abu Muhammad)

Personal details: 30 or 31 years old, from a neighborhood in northwestern Gaza

City (Local neighborhood Facebook page, May 14, 2018).


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Organizational affiliation: Was a second lieutenant in the internal security

apparatus of Hamas' ministry of the interior (Facebook pages of the spokesmen of the

ministry of the interior and the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). He

was also an operative in Hamas' military wing.

Jihad Muhammad Moussa (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018)

Right: Death notice issued by Hamas' military wing for Jihad Muhammad Moussa (Abu Muhammad) (Facebook page of a local neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City, May 15, 2018).

Left: The funeral held for Jihad Muhammad Moussa, attended by senior Hamas figure Isma'il Radwan (Facebook page of Hamas' public activity apparatus in western Gaza City, May 15, 2018)

Wissal Fadhel Izzat al-Sheikh Khalil


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Maghazi refugee camp. Participated

in riots in the past. Her mother said that every time she left the house to participate in a

demonstration, she hoped she would be killed (arabstoday.net, May 16, 2018). The

social networks posted pictures of her at riots.

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Circumstances of her death: Killed in eastern al-Bureij (website of the Palestinian

Center for Human Rights, May 15, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: She was a Fatah activist, according to a notice from a

secondary branch of Fatah in western Gaza City, and according to pictures of her

funeral in the al-Maghazi refugee camp (Facebook pages of the Fatah branch in

western Gaza City and News of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, May 14, 2018). Her body

was wrapped in a Fatah flag for burial.

Wissal Fadhel Izzat al-Sheikh Khalil (Right: Twitter account of "the martyrs of Palestine," May 16, 2018. Left: Twitter account of "addvvv5," May 14, 2018)

Right: The funeral held for Wissal Fadhel Izzat al-Sheikh Khalil. Her body is wrapped in a Fatah flag for burial (Facebook page of News of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, May 14, 2018). Left: The

mourning tent erected by Fatah for Wissal Fadhel Izzat al-Sheikh Khalil (Facebook page of Imad al-Sheikh Khalil, May 14, 2018)

Ibrahim Ahmad al-Zarqa


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018). From the al-Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City.

His mother said that since the beginning of the "return marches" he had gone to the

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area east of Gaza City every Friday to photographs the events, and that he often said

he hoped to become a shaheed.

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death during the riots (Karameh Press, May 16,

2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was active in Hamas' media bureau in the al-Tufah

region (Twitter account of al-Tufah al-Ilamiyyah, May 15, 2018).

Right: Ibrahim al-Zarqa (Facebook page of Muhammad Abu Muataz, May 14, 2018). Left: The last post on Ibrahim al-Zarqa's Facebook page "the morning of the return and the shahadah,"

May 14, 2018.

The body of Ibrahim al-Zarqa wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Hima al-Najjar, May 15, 2018)

Mustafa Muhammad Samir Mahmoud al-Masri (Abu Suheib)


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Daraj neighborhood in eastern Gaza

City. His brother, Muhammad Samir al-Masri, an engineer, was an operative in the

Hamas' weapons manufacturing unit and was killed in a "work accident" on December

29, 2006 (Facebook page of 'Ilam al-Daraj, May 14, 2018).

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Circumstances of his death: Shot to death in eastern Gaza City (Facebook page of

the union of the families of al-Daraj in Gaza City, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing (Facebook

page of Waleed M. Ahel, May 14, 2018).

Right: Mustafa al-Masri in uniform. Left: The funeral of Mustafa al-Masri, attended by armed operatives of Hamas' military wing (from a video about Mustafa al-Masri on the Facebook page of

Sharq Press, May 16, 2018)

The body of Mustafa al-Masri wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Waleed M. Ahel, May 14, 2018). Left: Hamas banner at the entrance to the mourning

tent erected for Mustafa al-Masri (Facebook page of Sharq Press, May 15, 2018)

Ahmad Fayiz Harb Shihadeh (Abu Musab)


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from al-Rimal al-Shimali in western Gaza City

(Facebook page of the sports committee of the mosques in the al-Rimal al-Shimali

region, May 14, 2018). He was a lawyer (Facebook page of the Palestinian Bar

Association, May 14, 2018).


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Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial and

he was wearing an Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades headband. He may have been an

operative in Hamas' military wing.

Right: Ahmad Fayiz Harb Shihadeh (Abu Musab). Left: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag and he was wearing a Hamas military wing headband for burial (Facebook

page of Yusuf Shihadeh who represents himself as Ahmad's cousin, May 14, 2018)

Ahmad Zuheir Hamed al-Shawwa (Abu Dia')


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Daraj neighborhood (Facebook page

of 'Ilam al-Daraj, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death in eastern Gaza City (Facebook page of

Hamdan Shawwa, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag and he was

wearing a Hamas military wing headband for burial. Hamas issued a death notice

for him (along with four other operatives from the al-Daraj area).

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Ahmad Zuheir al-Shawwa. Left: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag and he was wearing a Hamas military wing headband for burial (Facebook page of 'Ilam al-Daraj, May 14, 2018)

Ahmad Zuheir al-Shawwa (second from right) in uniform, one of five in a Hamas death notice issued for operatives from the area killed on May 14, 2018

(Facebook page of 'Ilam al-Daraj, May 15, 2018)

Muhammad Hani Husni al-Najjar


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the Jabalia refugee camp.

Circumstances of his death: Killed in the riots in the eastern part of the Jabalia

refugee camp (Shehab Agency Facebook page, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was a second lieutenant in the Hamas naval police

(Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Hamas

banners were hung in the mourning tent erected for him. According to the social

networks, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing. Abd al-Rahman, brother of

Muhammad al-Najjar, was an operative in Hamas' military wing and killed on July 6,

2006, in a clash with the IDF in the northern Gaza Strip. His sister was killed in

Operation Cast Lead (Facebook page of Muhammad Abu Safia, May 15, 2018).

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Right: Muhammad al-Najjar (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Left: Muhammad al-Najjar's last activity on his Facebook page was

to change his profile picture to hashtag "I_return" (Facebook page of Muhammad al-Najjar, March 29, 2018)

Right: Picture of the funeral held for Muhammad al-Najjar, with the logo of Hamas' media bureau in the Jabalia refugee camp in the upper lefthand corner (Shehab Agency Facebook page, May 14,

2018). Left: Hamas death notices hung in the mourning tent erected for Muhammad al-Najjar (Facebook page of Hamas' naval police, May 15, 2018)

Fadhel Muhammad Atta Habshi (Abu Ahmad)


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Daraj neighborhood (Twitter

account of Shabakat Fajar al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018)

Circumstances of his death: Killed near an IDF post, where he customarily went

every Friday (Facebook page of Adelat al-Sheikh and Twitter account of Mohamed

Naem, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was a major in the Hamas security and protection

forces (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018).

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Fadhel Muhammad Habshi (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Left: Funeral held for Fadhel Muhammad Habshi without

any organizational signs (Facebook page of 'Ilam al-Daraj, May 14 and 15, 2018)

Abd al-Salam Yusuf Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Wahab

Personal details: 38 years old, from al-Qarara. Worked in the department of

education and higher education in Khan Yunis (website of the department, May 14,

2018).

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death during the riots (Facebook page of the

European hospital in Khan Yunis, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in the Hamas flag for burial.

His brother was an operative in Hamas' military wing and killed on January 24, 2002, in

terrorist attack near Ganei Tal, in central Israel south of Gadera (Facebook page of

Bahaa Alagha, May 14, 2018).

Right: Abd al-Salam al-Wahab with the "I_return" hashtag (Facebook page of Abd al-Salam Yusuf Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Wahab, March 26, 2018). Left: At a "return march" (Facebook page of Abd

al-Salam Yusuf Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Wahab, March 30, 2018)

Ali Muhammad Ahmad Khafaja

Personal details: 21 years old, from the al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah.

Circumstances of his death: Killed in eastern Rafah (Facebook page of the medical

services administration in the Gaza Strip, a department of the ministry of the interior,

May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Hamas banners and flags were hung at the entrance to

the mourning tent erected for him.

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Ali Khafaja (Facebook page of Abd al-Mu'ti Abu Samaan, a classmate of Khafaja, May 14, 2018)

Hamas signs and flags at the entrance of the mourning tent erected for Ali Khafaja

(Facebook page of Yahya Khafaja, May 15, 2018)

Muhammad Suleiman Aqel

Personal details: 32 or 33 years old, from Abasan al-Jadeeda in the Khan Yunis

district. His name also appears on the social networks as Muhammad Suleiman

Ibrahim Aqel (Twitter account of Rafah24, May 14, 2018) and Muhammad Suleiman

Aqel al-Dughma (Twitter account of Iyad Asfur Abu Amjad, May 15, 2018, and the

Facebook page of Mohamed Aqel, May 15, 2018).


Organizational affiliation: Was a captain in the Palestinian police force in Khan

Yunis (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, the Twitter

account of media correspondent Muhammad Lafi, May 14, 2018, and the Twitter

account of Rafah24, May 14, 2018).

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Muhammad Suleiman Aqel (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018)

Mahmoud Mustafa Ahmad Assaf

Personal details: 17 or 23 years old, from the Jabalia refugee camp (Facebook page

of Isma'il Jumaa, May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of Jabalia (Facebook page of Muhammad

Farid Assaf, May 14, 2018). According to the Facebook page of Mahmoud al-Batash, he

was on a bus with Mahmoud Mustafa Assaf, who passionately called for the border

security fence to be torn down, with blood, body and spirit (Facebook page of

Mahmoud al-Batash, May 15, 2018).


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Mahmoud Assaf (Facebook page of Mahmoud al-Batash, May 15, 2018)

Ahmad Majed Qassem Atallah

Personal details: 27 years old, from the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City (Fajar

Net, May 15, 2018).



Ahmad Atallah (Facebook page of the Hirz Atallah family, date, 2018)

Khalil Isma'il Khalil Mansour

Personal details: 25 years old, from the al-Tufah neighborhood in eastern Gaza

City.

Circumstances of his death: A relative recounted that a few hours before his death

he played with his young daughter and sang to her that he was going to paradise

(Dunia al-Watan, May 16, 2018).


Khalil Mansour (Twitter account of Palshaheed, May 14, 2018)

Talal Adel Ibrahim Matar

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Personal details: 16 years old

Circumstances of his death: Died in the Shifaa hospital in Gaza City on May 15,

2018, having been wounded in a riot east of Gaza City (Facebook page of Khan Yunis

Now, May 16, 2018).


Talal Adel Ibrahim Matar (Facebook page of Khan Yunis Now, May 16, 2018)

Muhammad Samir Dawidar

Personal details: 29 years old, from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza

Strip.

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of al-Bureij.

Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial. His

funeral was attended by armed operatives who fired their guns into the air (Safa,

May 15, 2018).

The body of Muhammad Samir Dawidar wrapped in the Hamas flag (Safa and the al-Saa 8 website, May 15, 2018)

Mukhtar Abd al-Karim Abu Khamash

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Personal details: 23 years old, from Deir al-Balah.

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of al-Bureij.


(Shehab Facebook page, May 15, 2018).

The body of Mukhtar Abu Khamash, wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Shehab Facebook page, May 15, 2018)

Imad al-Nufar

Personal details: Unknown



Senior Hamas figure Isma'il Radwan attended his funeral (Shehab, May 15, 2018).

Hamas and its military wing issued a joint death notice for him. According to the

notice, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing, killed during the "great return

march" on May 14, 2018 (Facebook page of a neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City,

May 18, 2018).

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Right: The body of Imad al-Nufar wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Shehab, May 15, 2018). Left: Senior Hamas figure Isma'il Radwan posts to his Twitter account that he attended the funeral of

the "jihadi shaheed" Imad al-Nufar (Twitter account of Isma'il Radwan, May 15, 2018)

Right: Joint death notice issued by Hamas and its military wing for the "al-Qassam [Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades] shaheed Imad Muhammad al-Nufar" (Facebook page of a

neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City, May 18, 2018). Left: Undated picture posted to the Twitter account of a friend of Imad al-Nufar, taken near the security fence

(Twitter account of "3bood_aboodnfar," May 15, 2018)

Sayid Muhammad Abu al-Kheir

Personal details: 16 years old, from the central Gaza Strip.

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of Gaza City (Facebook page of Gaza Now,

May 14, 2018).


Hamas' military wing issued a death notice for him (YouTube, May 15, 2018).

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Right: Death notice issued for Sayid Muhammad al-Kheir. Left: His body wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (YouTube, May 15, 2018)

Imad Ali Sadeq al-Sheikh

Personal details: 19 years old, from Gaza City.

Circumstances of his death: Killed east of Gaza City (Fajar Net, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Unknown. His parents said he left home while on a

fast to clash with IDF soldiers with the intention of becoming a shaheed. Family

members issued a death notice for him with a picture of him holding a rifle. The picture

was taken while he was at a Hamas military youth camp in the Gaza Strip (Facebook

page of families from the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City, May 15, 2018).

Death notice issued by the al-Sheikh family with a picture of Imad al-Sheikh holding a rifle. The picture was taken at a Hamas military youth camp (Facebook page of families from the al-Daraj

neighborhood of Gaza City, May 15, 2018)

Zayid Muhammad Hassan Omar

Personal details: 19 years old, from the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.


Organizational affiliation: Wearing a Hamas headband and wrapped in a Hamas

flag for burial, over which a Palestinian flag was draped (Fajar Net, May 14, 2018).

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Body of Zayid Omar wrapped wearing a Hamas headband, wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial, and draped with a

Palestinian flag (Fajar Net, May 14, 2018)

Muhammad Abd al-Salam Hirz

Personal details: 21 years old, from Gaza City.



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Muhammad Abd al-Salam Hirz (Facebook page of the families of the al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, May 14, 2018)

Shaher Mahmoud Muhammad al-Madhoun (Abu Abdallah)

Personal details: 32 years old, from Gaza City (Facebook page of Gazan journalist

Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018). Shaher al-Madhoun was a nephew of journalist

Muhammad al-Mahdoun, who in the past worked for al-Aqsa TV and Hamas' Shehab

news agency. He currently lives in Istanbul (Facebook page of Muhammad al-Madhoun,

May 14, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14, east of Gaza City (Twitter account of

Muhammad al-Madhoun, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing. A posting

to the al-Madhoun family Facebook page (May 14) showed him in military uniform

and called him a "jihadi shaheed." According to the Facebook page of Abu Ubaida

Muhammad from Gaza, whose pictures indicate the two were friends, Shaher al-

Madhoun was a commander in the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades (Facebook page of

Abu Ubaida Muhammad, May 14, 2018).

Shaher al-Madhoun in military uniform (Facebook page of the al-Madhoun family, May 14, 2018)

Mahmoud Yahya Hussein

Personal details: 24 years old, from the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza

Strip

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Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14, east of al-Bureij (Filastin al-A'an, May

14, 2018).


According to a Gazan Twitter account, he was an operative in Hamas' military wing

(twitter.com/hollygaz/ May 14, 2018).

The body of Mahmoud Hussein, wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (twitter.com/hollygaz/ May 14, 2018)

Muhammad Riyadh Abd al-Rahman al-Aamoudi (Abu Ubaida)


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Shati refugee camp north of Gaza

City (Shehab Facebook page, May 14, 2018). Worked for the office of the inspector

general of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip (Facebook page of the

ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018).


Organizational affiliation: Was also a field commander in Hamas' military wing

(Facebook page of Ahmad Abu Rakan, May 14, 2018).

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Right: Mahmoud Riyadh al-Aamoudi (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Left: Mahmoud al-Aamoudi wearing

a Hamas military wing headband and wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of the office of the inspector general of the ministry of the

interior in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018)

Isma'il Khalil Ramadan al-Dahuk


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Tufah neighborhood in eastern Gaza

City (Twitter account of Shabakat al-Tufah al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018). According to the

social networks, his name was Isma'il Walid Ramadan al-Dahuk.

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14 east of Gaza City, near the cemetery

(Facebook page of the public group of Ayman al-Dahuk Abu Jihad, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in the Palestinian police force

(Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018) and also

an operative in Hamas' military wing.

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Right: Isma'il al-Dahuk (Facebook page of the ministry of the interior in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Left: The funeral held for Isma'il al-Dahuk, with no indications of his Hamas affiliation (Twitter account of Shabakat Fajar

al-'Ilamiya and a video on the Facebook page of Nidal Othman, May 15, 2018) Ahmad Mahmoud Muhammad al-Rantisi


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in

Gaza City (Facebook page of Ahmad Jamal, May 15, 2018). Son of senior Hamas figure

Dr. Mahmoud al-Rantisi (Abu Anas) (Twitter account of Adham Abu Salmiya, a Hamas

activist who is also deputy chairman of the Zakat [charity] committee in Deir al-Balah

and a spokesman for the so-called "national movement committee for breaking the

siege and reconstruction in Gaza," May 14, 2018)


Organizational affiliation: His body was wrapped in a green Hamas flag for

burial. According to pictures posted on the social networks, he was also an operative

in Hamas' military wing.

Right: Ahmad al-Rantisi (Twitter account of Adham Abu Salmiya, May 14, 2018). Left: Ahmad al-Rantisi's father, Dr. Mahmoud al-Rantisi (YouTube channel of Hamas' public activity unit in

western Gaza City, December 18, 2016)

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Ahmad al-Rantisi in Hamas military wing uniform. (Right: Twitter account of Yahya Abu Masima, May 16, 2018. Left: Instagram account of ahmed_abo_awni, May 15, 2018)

Right: The body of Ahmad al-Rantisi wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Paldf Twitter account, May 14, 2018). Left: Isma'il Haniyeh offers his condolences at the mourning

tent erected by the family (Facebook page of Ahmad Jamal, May 15, 2018)

Ahmad Abdallah al-Adini

Personal details: 30 or 36 years old (Facebook page of the spokesman for the

ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from Deir al-Balah.

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14 east of the al-Bureij refugee camp.

Organizational affiliation: Belonged to the leadership of the Popular Front for

the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Deir al-Balah. The PFLP in the Gaza Strip issued

a death notice for him, saying he had been one of the first to join the "return march"

activities and made a point of participating in the riots (Facebook page of, the PFLP's

media unit in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018).

Right: The death notice issued by the PFLP for Ahmad al-Adini (Facebook page of, the PFLP's media bureau in the central Gaza Strip, May 15, 2018). Left: The funeral held

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for Ahmad al-Adini, attended by PFLP military operatives. His body was wrapped in the PFLP for burial (Facebook page of, the PFLP's media bureau in the central Gaza Strip,

May 15, 2018)

Omar Jumaa Abu Fol

Personal details: 30 years old, from the al-Tufah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City

Circumstances of his death: Wounded on May 14 east of Gaza City (Twitter account

of Shabakat Fajar al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018). Died of his wounds in the Indonesian

hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on May 15 (Facebook page of the spokesman for the


Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing. He wore a

Hamas military wing headband and his body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for

burial. His funeral was attended by operatives of Hamas' military wing (Facebook page

of Sharq Press , May 16 , 2018).

Omar Abu Fol (Facebook page of Shabakat Fajar al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018)

The funeral held for Omar Abu Fol (Facebook page of Sharq Press, May 16, 2018)

Muhammad Hassan Mustafa al-Abdallah

Personal details: 25 (Facebook page of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018)

or 26 years old (according to the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis), from al-Qarara

(quds.net, May 14, 2018).

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in Hamas' military wing (Facebook page of Mohammed O. Alabadla, May 15, 2018).

His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial.

Right: Muhammad al-Abadallah (Facebook page of Mohammed O. Alabadla, May 15, 2018). Left: The body of Muhammad al-Abadallah wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial

(Facebook page of Shabakat Khan Yunis al-'Ilamiya, May 14, 2018)

Ahmad Salem Allyan al-Jaraf

Personal details: 26 years old according to the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip

(Facebook page of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018), from Abasan al-

Jadeeda.

Circumstances of his death: Killed during riots in the region of al-Farahin

(Facebook page of Shabakat Nur al-Akhbariya, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was chairman of the Hamas student faction at the al-

Quds Open University in Khan Yunis. His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for

burial (Facebook page of the Islamic Bloc, the department of southern Abasan, May 15,

2018).

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Right: Ahmad Salem al-Jaraf (Facebook page of the Islamic Bloc, the department of southern Abasan, May 15, 2018). Left: The funeral held for Ahmad al-Jaraf (from a video

posted to the Facebook page of Shabakat Nur al-Akhbariya, May 14, 2018)

Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel Abu Matar / Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel

Personal details: 18 years old according to the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip

(Facebook page of Gazan journalist Hassan Aslih, May 14, 2018). From the Nuseirat

refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. His name also appears on the social networks

as Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel (Facebook page of the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, May 14,

2018).

Circumstances of his death: Shot during the riots (website of the Palestinian

Center for Human Rights, May 15, 2018).


(Facebook page of Abd al-Aziz al-Malek, May 14, 2018). His brother, Tareq Sami Aqel

Abu Matar, was a Hamas operative killed in March 2003 in an IDF activity in the Nuseirat

refugee camp (Facebook page of the Rashfat Qahwa Group, May 14, 2018).

Right: Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel (Facebook page of the Rashfat Qahwa Group, May 14, 2018). Left: The body of Abd al-Rahman Sami Aqel wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial

(Facebook page of Abd al-Aziz al-Malek, May 14, 2018)

Alaa Anwar Ahmad al-Khatib


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Sajaiya neighborhood in eastern

Gaza City (Twitter account of Shabakat Fajar al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018).

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Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14 in riots east of Sajaiya (Facebook

page of Ali Muhammad al-Khatib, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Belonged to the branch of the Fatah movement in

eastern Gaza City (Facebook page of the branch of the Fatah movement in eastern

Gaza City, May 14, 2018).

Right: Alaa Anwar al-Khatib (Twitter account of Shabakat Fajar al-'Ilamiya, May 15, 2018). Left: Death notice issued by the Khalil al-Wazir branch of Fatah in Sajaiya (May 14, 2018)

Mahmoud Wael Mahmoud Jundiya

Personal details: 21 years old, from the al-Sajaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza

City (Facebook page of Gaza Now, May 15, 2018).


Organizational affiliation: Was a Fatah operative. The branch of the Fatah

movement in eastern Gaza City posted to its Facebook page that it mourned the death

of its "heroic shaheed sons" killed in the Nakba Day march by IDF fire in eastern Gaza

City. Mahmoud Jundiya, said the announcement, was one of three Gazans mentioned

(Facebook page of the branch of the Fatah movement in eastern Gaza City, May 14,

2018). Fatah also issued a poster with Jundiya's picture (Facebook page of Yusuf

Jundiya, May 15, 2018). The body of Mahmoud Jundiya was wrapped in a Fatah flag

for burial (Facebook page of Hamada Muhammad Jundiya, May 15, 2018).

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Right: Death notice issued for Mahmoud Jundiya by the branch of the Fatah movement in eastern Gaza City (Facebook page of Yusuf Jundiya, May 15, 2018). Left: The body of Mahmoud Jundiya

wrapped in a Fatah flag for burial (Facebook page of Hamada Muhammad Jundiya, May 15, 2018) Ahmad al-Abed Abu Samra

Personal details: 21 years old, from Jabalia.

Circumstances of his death: Critically wounded on May 14 east of Jabalia. Died on

May 19 in the Shifaa hospital in Gaza City (Facebook page of Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, May 19,

2018).


(Facebook page of Jabalia al-Nazle, May 19, 2018).

Body of Ahmad Abu Samra wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Jabalia al-Nazle, May 19, 2018)

Muhammed Mazen Allyan

Personal details: 20 or 21 years old, from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central

Gaza Strip.

Circumstances of his death: Critically wounded on May 14 east of Jabalia. Died on

May 19 in the al-Quds hospital in Gaza City (Facebook page of Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, May

19, 2018).

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(Shehab Twitter account, May 19, 2018).

The body of Mahmoud Allyan wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Shehab Twitter account, May 19, 2018)

Taher Ahmad Madhi

Personal details: 24 years old, from the al-Shati refugee camp north of Gaza City.

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14, 2018 (website of the Palestinian

Center for Human Rights, May 15, 2018; Twitter account of fadi madi, May 14, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: The pictures from his funeral and the mourning tent

erected for him indicate he was an operative in Hamas' military wing.

Right: Taher Ahmad Madhi. Left: The body of Taher Ahmad Madhi wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Muhammad Ahmad Madhi, May 14, 2018)

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The mourning tent erected for Taher Ahmad Madhi. There are posters issued by the Badr Battalion of Hamas' military wing mourning the death of "its shaheed" (Facebook page of

Muhammad Ahmad Madhi, May 16, 2018)

Samer Nael Awny al-Shawwa (Abu Mu'min)

Personal details: 22 or 23 years old.

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14 in eastern Gaza City (website of the

Palestinian Center for Human Rights, May 15, 2018; website of the al-Shawwa family,

May 15, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing.

Right: Samer Nael Awni al-Shawwa (Abu Mu'min. Left: The body of Samer al-Shawwa wearing a green Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades headband and wrapped in a Hamas flag

for burial (Facebook page of Muhammad Nael al-Shawwa, Samer's brother, May 15, 2018)

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Death notice issued by the Badr Battalion of Hamas' military wing mourning "its shaheed" (Facebook page of Muhammad

Nael al-Shawwa, Samer's brother, May 15, 2018)

Yazan Ibrahim Muhammad Khalaf al-Tubasi

Personal details: 23 years old, from the al-Shati refugee camp north of Gaza City;

family originally from the town of Tammun, northeast of Nablus (Facebook page of

Walid al-Tubasi, May 15, 2018). His father was expelled from the town to the Gaza

Strip (Facebook page of al-Quds TV, May 15, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14 (website of the Palestinian Center for

Human Rights, May 15, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing. His body was

wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial and he was wearing a Hamas military wing

headband. Note: The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) branch in

the town of Tammun issued a death notice for "its shaheed," allegedly killed on May 11

in the Gaza Strip (website of the PFLP's military wing, May 17, 2018).

Right: Yazan al-Tubasi (Facebook page of Akhbar Tammun Awal Balawal, May 15, 2018). Left: Yazan al-Tubasi wearing a Hamas military wing headband and wrapped in a Hamas

flag for burial (from a video posted to the Facebook page of Loay al-Sawafiri, May 15, 2018)

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Notice issued by the Tammun branch of the DFLP for "its shaheed" Yazan Ibrahim al-Tubasi, according to which he was allegedly killed

on May 11 in the Gaza Strip (website of the PFLP's military wing, May 17, 2018)

Layla Anwar al-Ghundur

Personal details: 8 months old, from a family living in the al-Shati refugee camp.

Circumstances of her death: According to the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip,

she died of tear-gas inhalation while with her parents in the "return camp" east of Gaza

City (Facebook page of the spokesman for the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip, May

15, 2018). However, her parents said she had a congenital heart defect called patent

ductus arteriosus. A doctor, who chose to remain anonymous, told the AP he was of

the opinion that the defect, not the tear gas, was the cause of her death (New York

Times, May 16, 2018). Note: A spokesman for the ministry of health later said her name

was not on the list of Gazans killed and that the circumstances of her death were being

examined.

The funeral procession of Layla Anwar al-Ghundur (Palestine Online, May 16, 2018)

Muin Abd al-Hamid al-Saie

Personal details: 58 years old, from the al-Shati refugee camp north of Gaza City.

Circumstances of his death: Critically wounded on May 14 in eastern Gaza City.

Died on May 19 in the Shifaa hospital in Gaza City (Facebook page of Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra,

May 19, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: Fatah. His body was wrapped in the Palestinian flag.

Yellow Fatah flags were carried at his funeral (Paltoday YouTube channel, may 19,

2018).

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Right: Muin Abd al-Hamid al-Saie (Twitter account of Filastin al-A'an, May 19, 2018). Left: Muin al-Saie at one of the focal riot sites in the Gaza Strip (Paldf Twitter account,

May 19, 2018)

The funeral of Muin al-Saie. His body was wrapped in the Palestinian flag.

Mourners carried Fatah flags (Paltoday YouTube channel, May 19, 2018)

Yahya Isma'il Rajib al-Daqur (Abu Hamza)


health in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2018), from the al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in

Gaza City.

Circumstances of his death: Details unknown.

Organizational affiliation: Was an operative in Hamas' military wing (Facebook

page of the al-Taqwa mosque in the al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, May

16, 2018).

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Right: Death notice issued by the al-Taqwa mosque for Yahya al-Daqur (Abu Hamza). The death notice called him an operative in Hamas military wing Facebook page of the al-Taqwa mosque in

the al-Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, May 16, 2018). Left: Body of Yahya al-Daqur wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial (Facebook page of Fawzi Ashraf, May 15, 2018)

Information about the Palestinians killed on May 15, 2018

Nasser Ahmad Mahmoud Ghrab


Strip.

Circumstances of his death: Shot to death east of Jabalia on May 15 (Facebook

page of Dr Ashraf al-Qidra, May 15, 2018).


(Emad, May 16, 2018).

The body of Nasr Ghrab wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial

(Emad, May 16, 2018)

Bilal Badeir Hussein al-Ashram


Strip.

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Circumstances of his death: Shot to death on May 14, east of the al-Bureij refugee

camp (Facebook page of the spokesman for the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip,

May 15, 2018).

Organizational affiliation: The Fatah branch in central Gaza Strip issued a death

notice for him saying he was a Fatah operative (Facebook page of the Raed al-

Qrinawi branch of the Fatah in the central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2018).

Right: Death notice issued by Fatah for Bilal al-Ashram (Facebook page of the Raed

al-Qrinawi branch of the Fatah in the central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2018). Left: A Fatah flag was placed on his body for burial (Facebook page of the Nuseirat refugee camp, May 16, 2018)

Saadi Sayid Fahmi Abu Salah

Personal details: 16 years old, from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. His

father and his uncle are released prisoners affiliated with Hamas. Two of the uncle's

sons are currently imprisoned in Israel. The uncle posted a notice to his Twitter

account thanking Hamas and its military wing for attending the funeral of his nephew,

Saadi Abu Salah (Twitter account of Fahmi Abu Salah, May 16, 2018).

Circumstances of his death: Killed on May 14, east of Beit Hanoun, near the border

fence.

Organizational affiliation: Hamas produced a video dedicated to his memory

showing him participating with a group of other adolescents in an attempt to cut

through the border security fence. In the video his father says his son always spoke of

his desire to be a shaheed. He said that from the beginning his son had always

attended the "return marches." His body was wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial

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(Shehab Facebook page, May 16, 2018). Hamas activists and operatives attended his

funeral.

Right: The body of Saadi Abu Salah wrapped in a Hamas flag for burial. Left: Saadi Abu Salah, a short time before his death, participating with a group of other adolescents in cutting through

the border security fence during the riots on May 14 (Shehab Facebook page, May 16, 2018)

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Identities of the Palestinians killed on May 14 and 15, 2018

Name Age Residence Circumstances Affiliation Notes

1 Anas Hamdan

Salem Qudeih

21 Abasan al-

Kabira

Killed on May

14, east of

Khan Yunis.

Operative in the

Izz al-Din Qassam

Brigades, Hamas'

military wing

2 Musab

Youssef Abu

Laila

28/29 al-Rimal

neighborhood,

Gaza City

Shot to death

on May 14, in

eastern

Jabalia.

According to the

death notice

from the ministry

of the interior in

the Gaza Strip, he

was lieutenant in

military

intelligence.

3 Ubaida Abd

Rabbo Salem

Farhan

30 Bani Suheila Killed on May

14, in eastern

Khan Yunis.

The military wing

of the PIJ issued

a notice referring

to him as an

operative.

4 Muhammad

Ashraf Abu

24/26 Beit Hanoun Killed on May

14, in eastern

His body was

wrapped in a

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Sitta Beit Hanoun in

the northern

Gaza Strip..

Fatah flag for

burial.

5 Izz al-Din

Moussa al-

Sammak

14 al-Bureij

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Killed on May

14 in a riot in

eastern al-

Bureij.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

Son of Musa al-

Sammak, senior

Hamas figure in

the central Gaza

Strip and

formerly deputy

minister of

labor.

6 Izz al-Din

Nahed al-

Uweiti

23 Khan Yunis Shot to death

on May 14,

details

unknown.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

7 Bilal Ahmad

Abu Duqqa

26 Abasan al-

Kabira

Shot to death

on May 14

Unknown

8 Jihad Mufid

Abed al-

Mun'em al-

Farra

30 al-Qarara Killed on May

14, east of

Khan Yunis.

According to web

surfers, he was

an operative in

Hamas' military

wing.

9 Fadi Hassan

Salman Abu

Salah

29/30 Abasan al-

Kabira

Shot to death

on May 14 in

eastern Khan

Yunis.

Operative in the

PIJ's military

wing.

He was disabled,

having lost both

legs.

10 Ahmad

Awadallah

24 al-Maghazi

or Nuseirat

refugee camp

Killed on May

14

Unknown Had been

previously

wounded in the

leg during the

"great return

march" on May

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4.

11 Mu'tasem

Fawzi Abu

Lula

20 Unknown Killed on May

14 in eastern

Rafah.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

12 Muhammad

Mahmoud

Abd al-Mu'ti

Abd al-Aal

Unknown Killed on May

14 in eastern

Rafah.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

13 Ahmad Fawzi

al-Tatar

28 Unknown Killed on May

14

Fatah operative. Son of a senior

commander of

the wireless

communications

unit of the

national security

apparatuses.

14 Ahmad Adel

Moussa al-

Shaer

16 Khan Yunis Killed on May

14 in eastern

Khan Yunis.

Operative in the

PIJ's military

wing.

15 Muhammad

Abed al-

Rahman Ali

Miqdad

28 Khan Yunis Killed on May

14

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

16 Moussa Jaber

Hasanein

35/36 al-Shati

refugee camp

north of Gaza

City

Killed on May

14 in eastern

Gaza City.

Operative in the

security forces of

Hamas' ministry

of the interior in

the Gaza Strip.

Captain in the

civil defense

unit.

17 Mahmoud

Rabah Allyan

Abu Muamar

28 Ma'an region of

Khan Yunis

Killed on May

14

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

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18 Ahmad

Muhammad

Ibrahim

Hamdan

27/37 al-Amal

neighborhood

of Khan Yunis

Killed on May

14

Operative in the

Izz al-Din Qassam

Brigades' nukhba

elite unit.

19 Mu'taz

Bassem

Kamel al-

Nunu

30/31 Unknown Killed on May

14

Was a captain in

Hamas' security

forces in the Gaza

Strip. Was also an

operative in

Hamas' military

wing.

20 Jihad

Muhammad

Othman

Moussa


14, details

unknown.

Was an operative

in the security

forces of the

Hamas ministry

of the interior

and an operative

in Hamas'

military wing

21 Wissal Fadhel

Izzat al-

Sheikh Khalil

15 al-Maghazi

refugee camp

Killed on May

14 in eastern

al-Bureij.

Fatah operative Had a history of

participation in

demonstrations.

22 Ibrahim

Ahmad al-

Zarqa

18 al-Tufah

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Shot to death

on May 14.

Was active in

Hamas'

information

bureau in the al-

Tufah region.

His mother said

he had usually

participated in

the Friday

"return

marches" as a

photographer.

23 Mustafa

Muhammad

Samir

22 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

Shot to death

on May 14 in

eastern Gaza

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

His brother was

an operative in

Hamas' military

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Mahmoud al-

Masri

City City. wing's

manufacturing

unit, killed in a

"work accident"

on December 29,

2006.

24 Ahmad Fayiz

Harb

Shihadeh

23 al-Rimal al-

Shamali

neighborhood

in western

Gaza City

Killed on May

14

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing. His

body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial and he had

a green Izz al-Din

Qassam Brigades

headband.

Allegedly a

lawyer.

25 Ahmad Zuheir

Hamed al-

Shawwa

24 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Shot to death

on May 14 in

eastern Gaza

City.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial. He had an

Izz al-Din Qassam

Brigades

headband.

Hamas issued a

death notice for

him.

26 Muhammad

Hani Husni al-

Najjar

33 Jabalia refugee

camp

Killed on May

14 in riots in

the eastern

part of the

Jabalia refugee

camp.

Was an officer in

Hamas' naval

police. According

to web surfers, he

was also an

operative in

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Hamas' military

wing.

27 Fadhel

Muhammad

Atta Habshi

(Abu Ahmad)

34 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14 near an IDF

post.

Was a major in

the Hamas

security and

protection forces.

28 Abd al-Salam

Yusuf Abd al-

Rahman Abd

al-Wahab

38 al-Qarara Killed on May

14

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

His brother was

a Hamas military

wing operative,

killed on

January 24,

2002.

29 Ali

Muhammad

Ahmad

Khafaja

21 Tel-al-Sultan

neighborhood

in the Rafah

Killed on May

14 in eastern

Rafah

Hamas flags and

commemoration

notices were

hung at the

entrance to his

mourning tent.

30 Muhammad

Suleiman

Aqel

32/33 Abasan al-

Jadeeda in the

Khan Yunis

district

Details

unknown

Captain in the

Palestinian

police force in

Khan Yunis.

31 Mahmoud

Mustafa

Ahmad Assaf

17/23 Jabalia refugee

camp

Killed on May

14

Unknown

32 Ahmad Majed

Qassem

Atallah

27 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14

Unknown

33 Khalil Isma'il

Khalil

Mansour

25 al-Tufah

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

Killed on May

14

Unknown

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City

34 Talal Adel

Ibrahim

Matar

16 Unknown Died in the

Shifaa hospital

on May 15 after

having been

wounded in

riots east of

Khan Yunis

Unknown

35 Muhammad

Samir

Dawidar

29 Nuseirat

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Killed on May

14 east of al-

Bureij.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial and Hamas

operatives

attended his

funeral.

36 Mukhtar Abd

al-Karim Abu

Khamash

23 Deir al-Balah Killed on May

14 east of al-

Bureij.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial

37 Imad al-Nufar Unknown Unknown Killed on May

14.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial

His funeral was

attended by

senior Hamas

figure Isma'il

Radwan. Hamas

and its military

wing issued a

joint death

notice for him.

38 Sayid

Muhammad

Abu al-Kheir

16 Central Gaza

Strip

Killed on May

14 east of Gaza

City.

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial and

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Hamas' military

wing issued a

death notice for

him with his

picture.

39 Imad Ali

Sadeq al-

Sheikh

19 Gaza City Killed on May

14 east of Gaza

City.

Unknown

40 Zayid

Muhammad

Hassan Omar

19 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial and he had

a green Izz al-Din

Qassam Brigades

headband. He

was also covered

with a

Palestinian flag.

41 Muhammad

Abd al-Salam

Hirz

21 al-Daraj

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14

Unknown

42 Shaher

Mahmoud

Muhammad

al-Madhoun

(Abu

Abdallah)

32 Gaza City Killed on May

14, east of Gaza

City.

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

43 Mahmoud

Yahya

Hussein

24 al-Bureij

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Killed on May

14, east of al-

Bureij

His body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial and

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according to a

Gazan Twitter

account, he was

an operative in

Hamas' military

wing.

44 Muhammad

Riyadh Abd

al-Rahman al-

Aamoudi (Abu

Ubaida)

31 al-Shati

refugee camp

north of Gaza

City

Details

unknown

Worked for the

office of the

inspector general

of the ministry of

the interior in the

Gaza Strip and

was also a field

commander in

Hamas' military

wing.

45 Isma'il Khalil

Ramadan al-

Dahuk

30 al-Tufah

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14 east of Gaza

City, near the

cemetery.

Was an operative

in the Palestinian

police force and

also in Hamas'

military wing.

46 Ahmad

Mahmoud

Muhammad

al-Rantisi

27 al-Sheikh

Radwan

neighborhood

in Gaza City

Details

unknown

His body was

wrapped in a

green Hamas flag

for burial.

According to

pictures posted

on the social

networks, he was

also an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

Son of senior

Hamas figure Dr.

Mahmoud al-

Rantisi (Abu

Anas).

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47 Ahmad

Abdallah al-

Adini

30/36 Deir al-Balah Killed on May

14 east of the

al-Bureij

refugee camp.

Belonged to the

leadership of the

Popular Front for

the Liberation of

Palestine in Deir

al-Balah.

Was active in the

"return

marches."

48 Omar Jumaa

Abu Fol

30 al-Tufah

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Wounded on

May 14, during

riots east of

Gaza City. Died

on May 15.

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

49 Muhammad

Hassan

Mustafa al-

Abadallah

25/26 al-Qarara Details

unknown

According to the

social networks,

he was an

operative in

Hamas' military

wing. His body

was wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

50 Ahmad Salem

Allyan al-

Jaraf

26 Abasan al-

Jadeeda

Killed during

riots in the

region of al-

Farahin.

Was chairman of

the Hamas

student faction at

the al-Quds Open

University in

Khan Yunis. His

body was

wrapped in a

Hamas flag for

burial.

51 Abd al-

Rahman Sami

18 Nuseirat

refugee camp

Shot in the

head.

His body was

wrapped in a

His brother,

Tareq Sami Aqel

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Aqel Abu

Matar

in the central

Gaza Strip

Hamas flag for

burial.

Abu Matar, was a

Hamas

operative killed

in March 2003 in

an IDF activity in

the Nuseirat

refugee camp.

52 Alaa Anwar

Ahmad al-

Khatib

28 al-Sajaiya

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Killed on May

14 in riots east

of Sajaiya.

Fatah

53 Mahmoud

Wael

Mahmoud

Jundiya

21 al-Sajaiya

neighborhood

in eastern Gaza

City

Details

unknown

Fatah

54 Ahmad al-

Abed Abu

Samra

21 Jabalia Critically

wounded on

May 14 east of

Jabalia. Died

on May 19 in

the Shifaa

hospital in

Gaza City.

Hamas

55 Muhammed

Mazen Allyan

20/21 Nuseirat

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Critically

wounded on

May 14 east of

Jabalia. Died

on May 19 in

the al-Quds

hospital in

Gaza City.

Hamas

56 Taher Ahmad 24 The northern Killed on May Was an operative

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Madhi part of the al-

Shati refugee

camp in Gaza

City

14. in Hamas'

military wing.

57 Samer Nael

Awny al-

Shawwa (Abu

Mu'men)


14 in eastern

Gaza City.

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

58 Yazan

Ibrahim

Muhammad

Khalaf al-

Tubasi

23 al-Shati

refugee camp

north of Gaza

City; family

originally from

the town of

Tammun,

northeast of

Nablus

Killed on May

14.

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

The Democratic

Front for the

Liberation of

Palestine branch

in the town of

Tammun issued

a death notice

for "its

shaheed,"

allegedly killed

on May 11.

59 Layla Anwar

al-Ghundur

8 months Unknown Died of tear-

gas inhalation

while with her

parents in the

"return camp"

east of Gaza

City.

The spokesman

of the ministry

of health in the

Gaza Strip later

announced she

was not on the

list of those

killed and that

the

circumstances

of her death are

being examined.

60 Muin Abd al- 58 al-Shati Critically Fatah His body was

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Hamid al-Saie refugee camp

north of Gaza

City

wounded on

May 14 in

eastern Gaza

City. Died on

May 19 in the

Shifaa hospital

in Gaza City.

wrapped in the

Palestinian flag

and yellow

Fatah flags were

carried at his

funeral.

61 Nasser

Ahmad

Mahmoud

Ghrab

51 Nuseirat

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Shot to death

east of Jabalia

on May 15.

Hamas

62 Bilal Badeir

Hussein al-

Ashram

18 Nuseirat

refugee camp

in the central

Gaza Strip

Shot to death

on May 14, east

of the al-Bureij

refugee camp

Fatah

63 Yahya Isma'il

Rajib al-

Daqur (Abu

Hamza)

22 al-Sheikh

Radwan

neighborhood

in Gaza City

Details

unknown

Was an operative

in Hamas'

military wing.

64 Saadi Sayid

Fahmi Abu

Salah

16 Beit Hanoun Killed on May

14 east of Beit

Hanoun.

Hamas Hamas

produced a

video dedicated

to his memory.

The video shows

him with a

group of other

adolescents

cutting the

border security

fence during the

riots.

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