Emad Ali Dwaikat

Their life

Emad Ali Dwaikat was a 37-year-old Palestinian man from the village of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. He was a father of five children, the youngest just two months old. On August 7, 2021, Emad was fatally shot by Israeli forces during a peaceful demonstration opposing the ongoing Israeli expropriation of Palestinian land in Beita. He was struck in the chest with live ammunition and later died from his wounds at Rafidia Hospital.

Emad Ali Dwaikat, aged 37, was a devoted father of five from Beita, a town in the Nablus region of the northern West Bank. On August 7, 2021, he joined fellow villagers in a demonstration protesting the continued seizure of Palestinian land for Israeli settlement expansion. During the protest, Israeli forces opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. Emad was hit by a live round in the chest, sustaining life-threatening injuries. He was rushed to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, where he was pronounced dead by medical personnel. Emad’s killing shocked the community, especially given that he had just welcomed a newborn child two months prior. His funeral drew hundreds of mourners and began from Rafidia Hospital, proceeding to his home in Beita. In the same protest, a photojournalist was shot in the knee with a rubber-coated steel bullet while covering the event, and dozens of others were injured by various means, including rubber bullets, gas canisters, and teargas. Emad’s death added to the growing toll of lives lost i

How they died

Gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by Israeli forces.

Emad was shot in the chest with live ammunition during a peaceful protest in Beita. The bullet caused critical internal injuries, and he was transported in urgent condition to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus. Despite emergency medical intervention, Emad was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. His killing was part of a broader pattern of Israeli use of live fire against demonstrators in the West Bank.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Emad Ali Dwaikat, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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