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40 Palestinians murdered by Israeli forces since Trump Jerusalem move

Monday 19-March-2018

40 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli occupation forces since the US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of the self-proclaimed Israeli state on December 6 2017.

According to data by the Jerusalem Center of Studies of Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Gaza topped the list of post-December 6 casualties with 22 victims including two resistance fighters. A Gazan fisherman was killed by Israeli navy off Gaza seashore.

Six Palestinians from Nablus were also killed by the occupation forces during the same period one among them breathed his last inside Israeli jails due to preplanned medical neglect.

The list also included three Palestinians from al-Khalil three from Jenin two in Jericho two in Ramallah one Palestinian in Qlaqilya and another in Occupied Jerusalem.

Among the casualties were also 11 children below 18-years-old including Mohamed al-Dahoudh 14 and 18-year-old fisherman Ismail Abu Reyala.

75-year-old elderly woman Hamda Wahsh was killed during the same period after Israeli army troops rolled into Zbeidat town and showered civilian homes with teargas canisters. Nine-year-old girl Dalal Louleh died after Israeli forces prevented her family from reaching a hospital for urgent treatment.

33-year-old Yassin al-Saradeeh from Jericho died shortly after he was arrested by Israeli forces. Medical investigations showed that he was shot from zero distance and had been made to endure heavy beating.

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