A UN report revealed the danger of the Israeli occupation forces using tear gas and targeting Palestinian youths in the upper body and head.
A report issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that at least seven of the martyrs of the "200 demonstrations of return" were martyred by gas bombs that hit their bodies. He stressed that there are more than 1,600 injured by the same weapons by firing tear gas in this way, which is part of the policy of fire that Israel has been implementing for more than a year near the separation fence, adding that this policy is against the law and morality in that it allows the injury of unarmed people who do not pose a threat On one.
The report pointed out that since the beginning of the return demonstrations on the anniversary of the Land Day on 30.3.18 until the end of June 2019, the occupation forces killed 216 Palestinians, including 43 minors and wounded thousands of others, most of those killed and wounded by gunshot wounds, but even the means of dispersing the demonstrations have turned In the hands of the occupation to a lethal weapon, including tear gas canisters, although they are never intended to infect human bodies. "
Of the martyrs, at least seven were martyred due to tear gas canisters in the head or face, including four minors, including:
Jamal Abdel-Hadi Mohammed Afaneh, 15, a resident of al-Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, was injured on 11.05.2018 in Rafah by a tear gas canister and died on 12.05.2018 from his wounds.
Karam Ibrahim Ali Abu Arafat, 26, a resident of ´Abasan al-Jadida (Al-Saghira) in Khan Yunis, was injured on 08.06.2018 in Khuza´a, also in Khan Yunis, by a tear gas canister and died on 23.07.2018 from his wounds.
Ahmad Mir Harb Abu Habil, 15 years old, a resident of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, died on 03.10.2018 by a tear gas canister in the industrial area of ​​Erez, also in the northern Gaza Strip. The gas bomb fired by the Israeli army hit his head and was inserted in it.
According to the report, 13-year-old Abdel Raouf Ismail Mohammed Salha, a resident of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza governorate, was injured on 11.01.2019 by a tear gas canister in the Jabalya refugee camp and died on 14.01.2019 from his wounds. The gas bomb fired by the Israeli occupation forces hit his head when he was about 150 meters away from the separation fence and his back to him.
The report documented the martyrdom of Samir Ghazi Mahmoud al-Nabahin, 47, a resident of the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah governorate. Wounded on 18.01.2019 by a tear gas canister in al-Bureij refugee camp, also located in Deir al-Balah governorate, died on 29.01.2019 from his wounds.
The report confirmed that Hassan Nabil Ahmed Nofal, 16, a resident of Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah. He was injured on 08.02.2019 by a tear gas canister in Bureij refugee camp and remained in a coma until he died on 12.02.2019 from his wounds.
The report concluded with the martyrdom of Bassam Sami Othman Safi, 22, a resident of Khan Younis refugee camp. He was injured on 22.02.2019 by a tear gas canister in Khuza´a, Khan Yunis. He remained in a coma until he died on 11.03.2019.
