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Foreign citizens killed by Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, since Operation Cast Lead

  • 2015

    • November

      • Ezra Schwartz

        18 years old, killed on 19 Nov 2015 in Gush Etzion, Bethlehem District, by live ammunition. Additional information: Shot dead by a Palestinian civilian who opened fire at Israeli vehicles. An Israeli civilian and a Palestinian civilian were also killed by the gunfire. The shooter was shot and injured by security forces and taken into custody. More on the incident

  • 2011

    • April

      • Vittorio Arrigoni

        36 years old, killed on 15 Apr 2011 in Gaza City, by Hanging. Additional information: An Italian citizen. A peace activist, he was killed by hanging after being abducted by extremists in the Gaza Strip.

2 Foreign citizens killed by Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, since Operation Cast Lead

Israel’s regime of occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end the occupation, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.