52 years old, resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 15 Jan 2009 in Khan Yunis, by beating. Additional information: ‘Az a-Din al-Qassam Brigades distributed a video on the Internet with a confession of Ahmad that he collaborated with Israel.
43 years old, resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza District, killed on 15 Jan 2009 in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza District, by beating. Additional information: Abducted on 14 January 2009 by masked armed men, medical officials found signs of torture and beating, which led to his death.
39 years old, resident of a-Shati' Camp, Gaza District, injured on 08 Jan 2009 in Gaza city, by beating, and died on 07 Feb 2009. Additional information: A group of men dressed in civilian clothes who said they were from the police grabbed him. About an hour later, after he had been beaten and tortured, his family took him to a-Shifa Hospital.
46 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 07 Jan 2009 in Rafah, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Rafah after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza. He had been convicted of espionage on behalf of a hostile state in a trial that took place on 28 October 2002 and was sentenced to death.
37 years old, resident of Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, killed on 07 Jan 2009 in Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, by gunfire. Additional information: Hamas issued a proclamation in which they apologized for killing Hassan accidentally, and that they were responsible for the mistake.
59 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 02 Jan 2009 in Rafah, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in front of his house after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was held on charges of collaboration with a hostile state.
26 years old, resident of al-Bureij R.C, Deir al-Balah District, killed on 01 Jan 2009 in Khan Yunis, by gunfire. Additional information: He was imprisoned on charges of espionage for a hostile state, escaped from prison, and was killed when he was caught at his grandfather’s house, in Khan Yunis, where he was hiding.
60 years old, resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 31 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Found innocent by a military court on 16 October 2008, he was killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the central prison.
25 years old, resident of Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, killed on 29 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held on suspicion of espionage.
36 years old, resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza District, killed on 29 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held on suspicion of espionage.
28 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 29 Dec 2008 in Rafah, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Rafah after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held after being sentenced to death after being found guilty by a military court on 16 December 2008.
44 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 29 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Held in the central prison in Gaza on charges of collaboration, he was killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the prison.
33 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 29 Dec 2008 in Rafah, by gunfire. Additional information: Accused of collaboration on behalf of a hostile state, he escaped from jail in Gaza, and was killed in Rafah.
45 years old, resident of Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, killed on 28 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in a-Shifaa Hospital after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza.
34 years old, resident of Gaza city, killed on 28 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Gaza after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held after being sentenced to death, following conviction of espionage for a hostile state.
44 years old, resident of Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, killed on 28 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held on suspicion of espionage.
27 years old, resident of Jabalya R.C, North Gaza District, killed on 28 Dec 2008 in Gaza city, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed in Gaza City after he escaped from the central prison in Gaza, where he was being held on suspicion of espionage.
24 years old, resident of Rafah, killed on 28 Dec 2008 in Rafah, by gunfire. Additional information: Killed by police gunfire in Gaza after police forces wanted to disperse a funeral of one of the men killed by Israeli fire, in Rafah.
18 Palestinians killed by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, during 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.