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Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 7:16 pm
Rights groups report ‘dangerous’ surge in use of rubber bullets on Palestinian inmates
Some shootings in Israeli jails caused severe injuries that went untreated, according to documents; one detainee’s testicle was removed after it was reportedly ‘crushed’ by bullet
By SAM MEDNICK
Izz al-Din Nidal al-Batsh, 14, who was allegedly struck by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli forces, in St. John's Hospital of the Eye in Jerusalem (screenshot)
April 12, 2021, 1:35 am
Palestinian bystander, 14, loses eye from rubber bullet allegedly fired by IDF
Izz al-Din, 14, was in a vegetable shop Friday when Israeli soldiers used rubber bullets against protesters nearby; IDF neither confirms nor denies Israeli fire led to injury
By Aaron Boxerman
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion (2L) visiting the hospital bed of Malik Eissa, 9, who was shot by a police officer in Issawiya, February 22, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 23, 2020, 12:47 pm
Jerusalem mayor visits hospital bed of Palestinian boy shot by Israeli police
Malik Eissa lost sight in his eye after he was hit by non-lethal munition in Issawiya; Moshe Lion reportedly vows to take care of him like a son
By ToI Staff
Nine-year-old Palestinian boy Malik Eissa in Hadassa hospital in Jerusalem, February 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 20, 2020, 7:58 pm
Palestinian boy shot by Israeli police in East Jerusalem loses sight in eye
Malik Eissa was struck by non-lethal munition Saturday during what police said were riots in Issawiya; TV report says 2 policemen involved questioned by internal investigations
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Karam Qawasmi, who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an incident caught on video last year, sits in his garden, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
November 12, 2019, 2:32 am
Israel looking to speak to Palestinian shot in back, as new allegations emerge
Karam Qawasmi, filmed being hit by non-lethal round at checkpoint, says officers also rammed him with jeep, beat him; ministry request for interview rare, activist says
By Adam Rasgon
A file photo taken on August 12, 2019 shows Palestinian boy Abdelrahman Shtewi, in a bed in Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 23, 2019, 12:16 pm
Family of Palestinian boy shot in the head wants answers from Israel
Yassir Shtewi says his 9-year-old son was 150 meters away from West Bank clashes when he was shot by IDF troops; Israel is probing incident, but insists no live fire was used
By Joe Dyke
Palestinian men wave flags in front of Israeli troops during a demonstration commemorating Land Day in the West Bank village of Qusra on March 30, 2018. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
March 30, 2018, 6:21 pm
Over 60 Palestinians injured in scattered protests across West Bank
Roughly 900 West Bank Palestinians demonstrate on Land Day and in solidarity with mass ‘March of Return’ at Gaza border; non-violent marches held in northern Israel
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Border Police officers take aim at Palestinian rioters during clashes near the West Bank Qalandiya checkpoint, on the outskirts of Ramallah, on December 15, 2017. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
December 19, 2017, 4:34 am
Using Israeli data, study finds rubber bullets cause significant fatalities
Researchers who looked at reports from several countries find weapons cause deaths in 3% of cases, permanent disabilities in 15%
By AFP
Joint (Arab) List leader MK Ayman Odeh was injured during a protest against house demolitions in the Negev town of Umm al-Hiran on January 18, 2017. (Courtesy/Arab Joint List)
January 31, 2017, 12:00 am
No conclusive proof what hit Arab Knesset leader at protest, probe finds
State investigation says wounds sustained by Ayman Odeh at fatal Bedouin home razing demonstration ‘could have been caused by rubber bullets’
By Sue Surkes
Erin Schrode (Josh LaCunha)
November 7, 2016, 1:57 am
Jewish activist says shot by rubber bullet at peaceful Standing Rock protest
Erin Schrode, 25, hit in lower back while interviewing Native American man amid protest over oil pipeline that would run near Indian reservation
By JTA
The Associated Press Photographer Majdi Mohammed shows a bruise after he was hit with a rubber bullet while covering clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the town of al Ram, West Bank, October 9, 2016. (AP Photo)
October 10, 2016, 4:05 pm
IDF, police ‘looking into’ case of AP photographer hit by rubber bullet
Majdi Mohammed says he was shot in West Bank despite obeying soldiers’ order to leave area; FPA calls shooting intentional
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron on November 20, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
February 10, 2016, 2:24 pm
Palestinian teen shot dead while throwing rocks
Soldiers fired on youth who was lobbing stones at cars near Hebron, IDF says; witnesses say troops used live fire
By Judah Ari Gross
Zionist Union party leader Isaac Herzog speaks at a memorial ceremony marking 20 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, in the Knesset, October 26, 2015. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2016, 1:29 pm
Herzog: Only unilateral separation will keep Jerusalem Jewish
In special Knesset debate on two-state solution, opposition leader defends unilateral plan to sever Arab neighborhoods from capital
By Marissa Newman
Palestinian protesters hurls a rock at Israeli security forces during clashes near the Shejaiya area of Gaza City along the border with Israel on December 18, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS)
December 18, 2015, 7:00 pm
Palestinian said killed in Gaza border clash with IDF
Health ministry in Hamas-run coastal area says 41 people also wounded, including 31 hit by live fire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hadil Wajia Awad, one of two teenage Palestinian attackers who stabbed a passerby in Jerusalem on November 23, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 23, 2015, 11:22 pm
Brother of teen Palestinian stabber was killed in clash with IDF in 2013
Mahmoud, the older brother of 16-year-old Hadil Awad, died months after a rubber bullet struck him in the neck
By Tamar Pileggi
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