Yasin Hasan Hamad
Yasin Hasan Yassin Hamad was shot in the heart with a live round by Israeli soldiers, resulting in his immediate death.
During an Israeli military incursion into Zeita town, north of Tulkarem, protests broke out as residents opposed the army’s presence. Israeli soldiers responded with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear gas. Yasin was directly targeted and hit by a live bullet to the heart, causing instantaneous death. His killing occurred amid multiple other fatalities across the West Bank and Gaza during the same escalation, highlighting the intense military response to civilian protests and unrest.
Biography
Yasin Hasan Yassin Hamad, 26, was a young Palestinian man from Saida town, north of Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank. He lived in a region frequently affected by tensions and military incursions. Yasin’s life was tragically cut short during a period of intense clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza in May 2021.
Yasin Hasan Yassin Hamad was born in Saida town, north of Tulkarem, and grew up in a region marked by recurring confrontations with Israeli military forces and settlers. By the age of 26, he was actively part of his local community, which often experienced violent incursions and protests in response to Israeli occupation policies. On May 15, 2021, during a military invasion near the Annexation Wall west of Zeita town, Yasin was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers. His death occurred amid a broader wave of escalations in the West Bank, which saw multiple Palestinians killed during protests and military operations in cities such as Nablus, Ramallah, Salfit, Jericho, and Hebron. Yasin’s killing became part of the tragic pattern of civilian casualties during this period of heightened conflict.
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Yasin Hasan Yassin Hamad, 26, was shot by Israeli soldiers with a live round in the heart, instantly killing him, near the Annexation Wall, west of Zeita town, north of Tulkarem. The Israeli attack took place when the soldiers invaded Zeita, leading to protests, and attacked the Palestinians with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs. In related news, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, on Saturday evening, a young Palestinian man, identified as Hussein Atiya at-Teety, 26, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, after opening fire at his car and leaving him to bleed to death, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The previous day, a Palestinian identified as Ismael Jamal Tubasi, 23, was killed in a similar attack by the Israeli colonists on the village. On the same day, Israeli soldiers killed eleven Palestinians in the West Bank and 39 men, women and children in airstrikes in the GazaStrip.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source