Ahmad Zahi Shamsa
Shot in the head with live ammunition by Israeli forces during a protest in Beita; died from his wounds the following morning.
Ahmad was fatally wounded by a live round to the head, fired by Israeli forces during a protest in Beita on June 16, 2021. The protest was part of an ongoing campaign by local residents against the establishment of an illegal Israeli settler outpost on Jabal Sabih. Ahmad was immediately transported to Rafidia Governmental Hospital, where he underwent surgery. Despite medical efforts, he died of his injuries on June 17. The fatal shooting occurred amid widespread demonstrations in Beita, which had already seen multiple civilian casualties in preceding weeks. No investigation into his death was opened by the Israeli military.
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Ahmad Zahi Daoud Bani Shamsa was a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from Beita village in the northern West Bank. He was shot in the head with live ammunition by Israeli forces on June 16, 2021, during a protest against the establishment of an illegal settlement outpost on Jabal Sabih. Ahmad died from his wounds the next morning at Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. His death was the fourth fatality in Beita linked to protests against Israeli land confiscation that year.
Ahmad Zahi Daoud Bani Shamsa was a 16-year-old Palestinian boy from the village of Beita, located in the northern West Bank. He was shot by Israeli forces on June 16, 2021, during a protest in his hometown against the establishment of an illegal Israeli settlement outpost on Jabal Sabih. Ahmad sustained a critical gunshot wound to the head and was rushed to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus, where he underwent emergency surgery. Despite efforts to save him, he succumbed to his injuries on the morning of June 17, 2021. His killing marked the fourth fatality from Beita in a series of deadly confrontations between local residents and Israeli forces in response to ongoing land seizures and settlement expansion. The protest movement in Beita had gained momentum in early 2021, as villagers resisted the appropriation of their land. Ahmad's death, like the others before him, has gone uninvestigated by the Israeli military, deepening a pattern of impunity and injustice surrounding the use of lethal force against
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Ahmad Zahi Daoud Bani Shamsa, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in his hometown of Beita village, in the northern West bank. He was shot during a protest on Wednesday June 16th, and he died of his wounds on Thursday morning. The child, identified as Ahmad Zahi Daoud Bani Shamsa, age 16, was taken to Rafidia Governmental Hospital, where he underwent an operation, but the doctors were unable to save his life. The Head of the emergency department at the Palestinian Red Crescent in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril, told Palestinian reporters that the youth was taken to hospital with serious live gunshot wounds to the head. It is noteworthy that this boy is the fourth Palestinian who was shot and killed by the Israeli military this year at protests at Jabal Sabih in Beita. The protests are challenging the Israeli development of an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land on Sabih mountain.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source