- 17 apr 2010
Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Nabi Abu Jalal 28
resident of a-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 13.04.2010 next to al-Bureij R.C., Deir al-Balah district, and died on 17.04.2010
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Maria 26 apr 2010
Ali Ismail Abdel Qader Al Suwaiti 45
in a crime – which constitutes an extrajudicial execution – IOF killed Ali Isma'el Swaiti, 45, in Beit 'Awwa in the West Bank district of Hebron, claiming that he had been wanted for several years.
Swaiti was killed after demolishing a house while he was inside, where other five Palestinians were wounded, including a child and a young woman.
The IOF spokesperson said that Swaiti had been wanted by the Israeli Security Service for eight years, as he was held responsible for carrying out a number of shooting attacks against Israeli targets near Hebron
Qassam Fighter Killed In Clashes Near Hebron
Israeli troops surrounding Ali Al Sweity on Monday
The fighter was identified as Ali Al Sweity, 40. He topped Israel’s wanted list for eight years. The Al Qassam Brigades confirmed the fighter was killed and vowed retaliation.
Local sources reported that Sweity was at the home of his relative Mahmoud Sweity who is currently imprisoned by Israel.
The sources added that at least 70 military vehicles and a bulldozer invaded the town and surrounded the home of Sweity demanding everybody to surrender. The army then opened fire at the home forcing everybody out.
Ali did not leave the home and exchanged fire with the soldiers for more than four hours before the army detonated the home and crushed Al Sweity to death.
The soldiers refused to allow the residents to remove the body from under the rubble for more than one hour; later on, troop pulled the body with ropes and handed it to the residents.
The army sealed all of the entrances of the town and prevented medics and journalists from entering the area. Soldiers them demolished several parts of the home rendering it unsafe to live it.
Following the attack and the killing of Al Sweity dozens of youths clashed with the invading forces. Six Palestinians were wounded, one of them was shot in the head, and five soldiers were slightly injured.
Later on, the residents carried the body of Al Sweity and marched in the streets of the town and in Doura nearby city. Al Sweity was buried at the local graveyard in Beit Awwa.
Al Sweity was wanted for eight years, and was a senior member of the Al Qassam Brigades.
The Israeli Radio reported that the army “scored a big achievement in assassinating Al Sweity” who was labeled as “dangerous” and as a central figure of the Al Qassam Brigades.
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Maria 26 apr 2010
What Kind Of Messed Up Country Would Sell Land-Mines To Israel!
(3:56) What Kind Of Messed Up Country Would Sell Land-Mines To Israel!
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Maria 28 apr 2010
Moaweya Hassanein, 19Ahmed Salem Deeb 21
Palestinian teen killed by Israeli army
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A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by the Israeli army that opened fire on a group of Palestinians protesting against a buffer zone being built on the border between the east of the Gaza strip and Israel.
Moaweya Hassanein, 19, was shot in the abdomen and carried to a hospital, where he died of wounds.
An Israeli human rights group has released video footage which showed a non-violent crowd of Palestinian protesters being taken surprise by a gunshot fired by an Israeli soldier on the other side of a nearby security fence.
IDF killed a Palestinian boy in the east of el-Shaja'eya neighborhood, in the eastern Gaza City.
This boy was a participant in a peaceful demonstration organized in the said neighborhood moving towards the eastern strip, and condemning the security belt along the border line in the east of the city. When the demonstration reached Nahal 'Oz crossing, at 150 meters away from the borders, some participants stoned the Israeli troops stationed at the borders, as a result, they opened fire towards the participants.
The said boy was wounded by a bullet to the right thigh, and then his death was announced after few hours.
Gaza protester injured by Israeli fire dies in hospital
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Gaza – Ma'an – A 21-year-old man protesting Israel's no-go zone in Gaza was killed on Wednesday, after Israeli forces opened fire on the march and hit the young man in the leg. Medics said he died in hospital.
The man, identified by activists as Ahmad Salem Deeb, was the fourth to be injured in three days as protests against the enforcement of the no-go zone continue.
Reports from members of the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza said Deeb was shot 30 meters away from the Gaza-Israel border. A statement from the activist group said protesters were waving flags and chanting slogans demanding the cessation of Israeli control over the no-go area when shots were fired.
The young man had joined in a protest that left from the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, and marched toward the border area. Areas of the no-go zone were expanded from 150-meters to 300 meters in some places, and are regularly patrolled by Israeli forces, who term the area a "combat zone," citing "terrorist activity" in the area.
Muawiya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in Gaza, the unidentified young man sustained moderate injuries, and was transferred to the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for treatment. Hours later the official said Deeb had succumbed to his wounds and died.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the man's death was under investigation, but confirmed that forces fired shots when a group approached the border area.
The official said a violent and illegal riot preceded the fire, and that participants threw rocks at the Nahal Oz crossing and set small fires nearby. Forces fired warning shots to distance them from the fence, she said.
The military considers the area a combat zone, the spokeswoman added.
In the following video, filmed by Muhammad Sabah, B’Tselem’s Gaza field researched, a group of Palestinians and internationals is seen walking from the Ash-Shaj'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, toward the Israeli border fence. The youths reach a distance of a few dozen meters from the border, facing an Israeli military post. A soldier is seen near the post, observing events. None of the protesters are armed.
Gaza protester injured by Israeli fire dies in hospital
Published Wednesday 28/04/2010 (updated) 30/04/2010 09:03
Demonstrators carry the wounded man away from the protest site to a waiting
ambulance on 28 April 2010. [MaanImages/Hatem Omar] - click for more -
Gaza – Ma'an – A 21-year-old man protesting Israel's no-go zone in Gaza was killed on Wednesday, after Israeli forces opened fire on the march and hit the young man in the leg. Medics said he died in hospital.
The man, identified by activists as Ahmad Salem Deeb, was the fourth to be injured in three days as protests against the enforcement of the no-go zone continue.
Reports from members of the International Solidarity Movement in Gaza said Deeb was shot 30 meters away from the Gaza-Israel border. A statement from the activist group said protesters were waving flags and chanting slogans demanding the cessation of Israeli control over the no-go area when shots were fired.
The young man had joined in a protest that left from the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, and marched toward the border area. Areas of the no-go zone were expanded from 150-meters to 300 meters in some places, and are regularly patrolled by Israeli forces, who term the area a "combat zone," citing "terrorist activity" in the area.
Muawiya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services in Gaza, the unidentified young man sustained moderate injuries, and was transferred to the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for treatment. Hours later the official said Deeb had succumbed to his wounds and died.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the man's death was under investigation, but confirmed that forces fired shots when a group approached the border area.
The official said a violent and illegal riot preceded the fire, and that participants threw rocks at the Nahal Oz crossing and set small fires nearby. Forces fired warning shots to distance them from the fence, she said.
The military considers the area a combat zone, the spokeswoman added.
In the following video, filmed by Muhammad Sabah, B’Tselem’s Gaza field researched, a group of Palestinians and internationals is seen walking from the Ash-Shaj'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, toward the Israeli border fence. The youths reach a distance of a few dozen meters from the border, facing an Israeli military post. A soldier is seen near the post, observing events. None of the protesters are armed.
According to B’Tselem, the video shows a group of youths, some of them throwing stones at the military post. There is a sound of one shot. The injured youth is seen evacuated to receive medical treatment. He died later of his wounds. A previous shot, which was fired approximately 10 minutes earlier, was not captured on tape. The video was edited for length, B’Tselem noted.
Eating up 20% of Gaza's arable lands, farmers and civilians have demanded access to the area, which lies insude the 1967 boundaries, and from which Israel said it unilaterally withdrew in 2005.
Palestine People's Party politburo member Walid Al-Awad told Ma'an that hundreds of residents participated along side the victim, and marched toward the buffer zone waving Palestinian flags.
On Monday, a woman from Malta and three Gaza residents were wounded, one seriously, when Israeli forces fired on a protest near Khan Younis.
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Maria 29 apr 2010
Two Sisters Killed, Their Dad and Brother Wounded After Soldiers Ram Vehicle Into Them
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that two sisters, aged 8 and 10, were killed while their father and brother were wounded after Israeli soldiers rammed their jeep into them in Al Baida area, in the Jordan Valley.
The sources stated that Foqaha', 8, and her sister Masa, 10, died instantly while their father Imad, 40, and their brother Hussein, 11, were moderately wounded.
Local sources reported that the family was on its way back home after farming their land.
The father was driving a tractor when a speeding Israeli military jeep rammed into it, flipping it over.
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Maria 29 apr 2010
Foqaha' 8, and her sister Masa, 10
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Maria 9 mei 2010
Hamza Samar Muhanna abu-Maria, 17 months,
of Beit Omar, Near Hebron, died of IDF tear gas inhalation May 7 while in her home during a demonstration.
Infant Dies After Inhaling Gaza Fired By The Army In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported Sunday that an infant died due to inhaling gas fired by the army at protestors in the nearby Beit Ummar town.
The infant was identified as Hamza Samar Abu Maria, 18 months.
The sources stated that the soldiers fired on Friday evening a gas bomb at the home of Abu Maria who was already suffering from dehydration.
The infant was moved to a local clinic before he was moved on Sunday at dawn to a local hospital where he died shortly afterwards.
The incident took place after clashes erupted between local youths and Israeli soldiers near Karmie Tzur illegal settlement installed on privately owned Palestinian lands, between Beit Ummar and Halhoul, north of Hebron.
Soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs at the protestors inflicting several injuries.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58637 28 apr 2012, 22:47 , Respect -
Maria 13 mei 2010
Aysar Yasser Fawaz Zaraqah 15Report
of Mazra al-Sharkiya, near Ramallah, killed by Israeli settler gunfire to his back after throwing stones at the settler's car on the Ramallah-Nablus Road near al-Bayada.
Aysar Yasser was killed by an Israeli settler near Ramallah. The boy and 3 of his friends had thrown stones at an Israeli settler's car traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road. The settler stepped out of the car and fired at the children, killing one of them.
Slain Ramallah Youth; Shot By A Settler, Left To Die
Palestinian medical sources reported that Aysar al-Zaben, 16, who was killed on Friday, was shot by Israeli settlers in Wad Al Haramiyya area near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, apparently bled to death as a bullet struck him in the heart.
Al Zaben, from Al Ma'sara Al Sharqiyya village, was shot and by a Jewish settler and was left to die.
Palestinian medics who were informed of the shooting by local residents searched the area and located his body three hours after he was wounded.
After the body of al-Zaben was located and autopsy revealed he was shot by one live round.
The Israeli army only stated that “there was shooting in the area after stones were hurled at a settlers’ vehicle” on Friday evening at settler road number 60.
Meanwhile, Palestinian eyewitnesses confirmed that a settler stepped out of his vehicle carrying an assault rifle and chased several children while firing at them.
Israeli sources reported that Israeli eyewitnesses said that they phoned the police and said that they saw three persons, one armed, leaving a vehicle, and that the armed person opened fire at Palestinian youths who hurled stones at him.
Meanwhile, member of Israeli Knesset of the fundamentalist “National Union Party”, Michael Ben Ari, defended the settlers and said that attack was an act of self defense.
Ben Ari added that Palestinians who hurl stones at the settlers and the soldiers and the setters “have the intention to kill Israelis”.
Shortly before the incident, two settlers were mildly wounded by Palestinian fire near the settlement of Ofra, not far from the area were the Palestinian youth was killed.
The Israeli army warned the Palestinian Authority that it takes any similar incident as a serious issue, and demanded the P.A police and security forces to calm the situation down.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58686 28 apr 2012, 22:47 , Respect -
Maria 14 mei 2010
Fouad Ahmad Yusef Abu Matar 75
Elderly Palestinian man (75) killed
Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to the east of Jabalya town, shot dead an elderly Palestinian man when he approached the border.
After the man had left his house in morning and did not return, his family began looking for him. On the following day, his family was informed that his body had been found near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Jabalya town.
According to the victim's son, his father did not suffer from any mental or psychological disorder. He assumed that his father had gone to the eastern cemetery, 500 meters from the border, to visit his grandfather's grave. He not know why exactly his father got so close to the border.
Elderly Man Killed By Army Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Saturday a 75-year old, and wounded another Palestinian in a separate incident near the border with Gaza.
Israeli Radio reported that the body of the 75-year old man was discovered on Saturday morning and that his bodies carried several bullet marks.
The man was reported missing two days before his body was located.
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that a military spokesperson stated that soldiers noticed the man at dawn and opened fire at him under the claim that he entered an off limits zone.
He did not cross the border or approach the "security fence", but approached a border area used by Palestinian fighters in attacking Israeli soldiers.
Another Palestinian, 22 –year old was wounded in a separate incident, and was moved to a hospital for treatment.
Israel prevents the Palestinians from approaching the border fence and the army killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians while working in their lands that are adjacent to the border.
Marking the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba, thousands of Palestinians marched in Gaza calling for unity, and for the internationally guaranteed Right of Return of the Palestinian refugees who lost their homes and land during the creation of Israel on their land.
The procession in Gaza brought together leaders of the rival Hamas and Fateh movement. The protestors waved Palestinian flags and chanted against the occupation while some protestors carried a giant key symbolizing the Palestinian determination to return to their homes and lands.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58689
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Maria 15 mei 2010
Report; Palestinian Killed In Gaza
The Israeli army reported that soldiers observed at a Palestinian approaching the fence near the Karni Crossing, east of the Gaza Strip, and shot him dead, the Israeli Radio reported.
The army initially said that the Palestinian was wounded, while the Israeli Radio said that at least one armed Palestinian was killed during armed clashes with the soldiers.
So far, the death report was not confirmed by Palestinian sources, while Israel’s Yedioth Aharonoth reported that soldiers at a military tower observed a Palestinian approaching the border fence near the Karni Crossing, and opened fire at him.
The report also stated that soldiers then advanced into the area and launched a search campaign.
According to Yedioth Aharonoth, the Palestinian was wounded during clashes with the army.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58685 28 apr 2012, 22:47 , Respect -
Maria 21 mei 2010
Nader Abu Duqqa 16
Hamdi Abu Duqqa 17
Two children killed in the southern Gaza border
“The firing was coming from its 500ml machine gun and focused at the child who was raising his hand… as if he was surrendering.”
On 21 May 2010, at around 1:00pm, Hamdi and Nader Abu Duqqa, cousins, took an assault rifle that belonged to their cousin and headed to the buffer zone that separates al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza, from the Israeli border. Both Hamdi and Nader had family problems and often talked about carrying out a “martyrdom operation.”
At around 1:30pm, their cousin Tarek (19) received a phone call from Nader saying: “Ask the youngsters to forgive me”. Then, he started hearing heavy shooting coming from the border zone.
According to Fadi Abu Duqqa (27), who can see the border area from the roof of his house, the shots came from a jeep parked near one of the observation towers, and from soldiers positioned in the second observation tower. They were aiming at two men who were crawling on the ground.
Around twenty minutes later, Tarek got hold of Nader. Gasping and crying, Nader said: “Please my cousin, come and take me.”
Tarek advised him to try to crawl back, or to tell Hamdi to carry him, but Nader said: “He’s injured in the head and chest, I’m injured in the chest and legs”.
At that moment, an Apache helicopter appeared hovering overhead and started firing at the hill east of the fence, between the two Israeli observation towers. From his roof, Fadi saw one of the children on the ground “lifting his hand up in the air as if he was surrendering.”
Then, he saw a tank firing at very close range: “The firing was coming from its 500ml machine gun and focused at the child who was raising his hand.”
On Saturday, 22 May 2010, at around 2:00am, Nader and Hamdi’s bodies were handed over to Naser Hospital in Khan Yunis. Their bodies were torn apart, “as if they were torn apart by a knife, not live ammunition.” Tarek cannot forget his last call with Nader, when he asked him for help.
The following information is based on two affidavits taken by DCI from Nader and Hamdi’s cousins, Tareq Saqer Hasan Abu Duqqa (19) and Fadi Adnan Abed Rabbo Abu Duqqa (27), on 5 June 2010.
On 21 May 2010, Tarek Abu Duqqa (19) went to the mosque for Friday prayer. On his way back, his uncle informed him that his cousins Hamdi (17) and Nader Abu Duqqa (17) had taken an assault rifle that belonged to their cousin and had left the house.
Tarek immediately knew Hamdi and Nader had gone to the border fence that separates al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Yunis, Gaza, from the Israeli border. Both Hamdi and Nader had family problems and often talked about carrying out a “martyrdom operation.” Tarek remembers: “They always talked about this in front of me since I was their friend. The three of us were always together but I thought they were not serious because they didn’t have a gun.
But now that they had a gun, it was possible that they would do it.” Tarek took his bicycle and rushed to al-Faraheen area. At around 1:30pm, he received a phone call from Nader: “Ask the youngsters to forgive me,” Nader said. Tarek tried to call him back, but he could not get through. Then, he started hearing heavy shooting coming from the area near the border fence.
When Fadi Abu Duqqa (27) heard the shooting, he went outside his house, located near the buffer zone, to see what was happening. There, he met with his cousins Ali and Fadi, who told him that Nader (17) and Hamdi (17), also his relatives, had tried to cross the border into Israel and had been shot. Fadi rushed to his roof and saw soldiers shooting at the hill between the towers: “I saw an Israeli jeep parked near Qulbat al-Faraheen [observation tower] and shooting at the hill between the two observation rooms on the border. I also saw the soldiers in Qulbat Abu ash-Shabab [second observation tower] shooting at the hill as well.”
When he looked at the hill, he saw two men crawling on the ground, but he couldn’t recognize which one was Nader and which one was Hamdi. He went down to the street to inform the people gathered there that Nader and Hamdi were still alive.
At that moment, Tarek received another missed call from Nader. Tarek called him back. Gasping and crying, Nader said: “Please my cousin, come and take me.” Tarek advised him to try to crawl back, or to tell Hamdi to carry him, but Nader said: “He’s injured in the head and chest, I’m injured in the chest and legs”. Then the call was disconnected.
An Israeli Apache helicopter appeared hovering overhead and opened fire. Although Fadi was scared to go to his roof again for fear of being targeted, he climbed again and saw one of the children on the ground “lifting his hand up in the air as if he was surrendering.”
At that moment, an Israeli tank opened fire at the child from a very close range. “The firing was coming from its 500ml machine gun and focused at the child who was raising his hand.”
Both Nader and Hamdi were killed.
Their bodies were handed over to the Red Cross and taken to Naser Hospital. Tarek, who saw their bodies, describes them as follows:
“Hamdi’s face was disfigured and his lower jaw was cut off. His legs were severely torn apart as if they were torn apart by a knife, not live ammunition.
Nader’s abdomen, chest, and legs were injured. His body was torn apart as if it was cut off with a knife especially in his legs.” Nader and Hamdi were buried the next morning.
Talking to DCI in June 2010, Tarek says: “I can’t forget my last call with Nader when he asked me to help him get out from the border. I can’t forget his crying and breathing that I heard through the phone.”
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Maria 31 mei 2010
AlJazeera Video: Israeli troops storm Gaza flotilla
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Israeli forces have attacked aid ships attempting to break the blockade of Gaza.
Commandos lowered themselves from helicopters and onto the Mavi Marmara – the lead ship in a flotilla of six vessels which are carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian territory.
Israeli Army Radio said up to 16 people may have been killed in the operation.
Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal on board the Mavi Marmara sent this report before communications were cut.
Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet
Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza.
Up to 16 people were killed and dozens injured when troops stormed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli Army Radio said.
The flotilla was attacked in international waters, 65km off the Gaza coast.
Footage from the flotilla’s lead vessel, the Mavi Marmara, showed armed Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and helicopters flying overhead.
Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal, on board the Mavi Marmara, said Israeli troops had used live ammunition during the operation.
The Israeli Army Radio said soldiers opened fire “after confronting those on board carrying sharp objects”.
Free Gaza Movement, the organisers of the flotilla, however, said the troops opened fire as soon as they stormed the ships.
They also said the ships were now being towed to the Israeli town of Haifa, instead of Ashdod to avoid waiting journalists.
Earlier, the Israeli navy had contacted the captain of the Mavi Marmara, asking him to identify himself and say where the ship was headed.
Israeli intervention
Shortly after, two Israeli naval vessels had flanked the flotilla on either side, but at a distance.
Organisers of the flotilla carrying 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid then diverted their ships and slowed down to avoid a confrontation during the night.
They also issued all passengers life jackets and asked them to remain below deck.
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Jerusalem, said the Israeli action was surprising.
“All the images being shown from the activists on board those ships show clearly that they were civilians and peaceful in nature, with medical supplies on board. So it will surprise many in the international community to learn what could have possibly led to this type of confrontation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Israeli police have been put on a heightened state of alert across the country to prevent any civil disturbances.
Sheikh Raed Salah,a leading member of the Islamic Movement who was on board the ship, was reported to have been seriously injured. He was being treated in Israel's Tal Hasharon hospital.
In Um Al Faham, the stronghold of the Islamic movement in Israel and the birth place of Salah, preparations for mass demonstrations were under way.
Protests
Condemnation has been quick to pour in after the Israeli action.
Thousands of Turkish protesters tried to storm the Israeli consulate in Istanbul soon after the news of the operation broke. The protesters shouted "Damn Israel" as police blocked them.
"(The interception on the convoy) is unacceptable ... Israel will have to endure the consequences of this behaviour," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader in Gaza, has also dubbed the Israeli action as "barbaric".
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including a Nobel laureate and several European legislators, were with the flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza in defiance of an Israeli embargo.
The convoy came from the UK, Ireland, Algeria, Kuwait, Greece and Turkey, and was comprised of about 700 people from 50 nationalities.
But Israel had said it would not allow the flotilla to reach the Gaza Strip and vowed to stop the six ships from reaching the coastal Palestinian territory.
The flotilla had set sail from a port in Cyprus on Sunday and aimed to reach Gaza by Monday morning.
Israel said the boats were embarking on "an act of provocation" against the Israeli military, rather than providing aid, and that it had issued warrants to prohibit their entrance to Gaza.
It asserted that the flotilla would be breaking international law by landing in Gaza, a claim the organisers rejected.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, officially declared a three-day state of mourning over Monday's deaths.
Turkey, Spain, Greece, Denmark and Sweden have all summoned the Israeli ambassador's in their respective countries to protest against the deadly assault.
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Maria Ibrahim Bilgen, 61, was an electrical engineer from Siirt. He was a member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers of Turkey. He ran as a Saadet (Felicity) Party candidate in the Turkish general election of 2007 and the Siirt mayoral election of 2009. He was married with 6 children.
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Maria Furkan Dogan, 19, was in his senior year at Kayseri High School, where he was awaiting the results of his university entrance exams. He had hoped to become a doctor and loved chess. He was the son of Dr. Ahmet Dogan, an associate professor at Erciyes University. He was a Turkish-American dual national with two siblings.
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Maria Fahri Yaldiz, 43, was a firefighter who worked for the Municipality of Adiyaman. He was married and had four sons.