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Document library: Prosecution of IDF soldiers during and after the Second Intifada, 2000-2007
Shooting incidents      Abuse and violence cases       Looting and property damage       Other offenses      

This Document Library contains the results of all indictments served in the Israel Defense Force (IDF) Courts-Martial against IDF soldiers and officers for criminal acts against Palestinian and foreign civilians in the Occupied Territories since the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000.

The Document Library is updated periodically and currently includes the results of all indictments served through 31 December 2007.

All judgments and rulings were provided to Yesh Din by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit after they were examined by the IDF Information Security Department.

Shooting incidents

Killing incidents
January 7, 2001: the killing of Fatma Abu Jeesh, age 24
August 19, 2001, Nablus area: the killing of Muein Abu Lawi, age 38
March 1, 2002: the killing of Mahmoud Hassan Ahmad A-Talalkah, 7
June 21, 2002: the killing of Jamil Yousef Ghazawi, age 6, Sujud Ahmad Turki Shawahnah, age 8, Ahmad Yousef Ghazawi, age 9 and Hilal Shita, age 60, and the wounding of five others
October 4, 2002: the killing of Mohamed Ali Najeeb Saeed Zeid, 16
December 3, 2002: the killing of Fatma Obeidi, age 95, and the wounding of another woman by shooting at the van in which they were traveling
March 4, 2003: the killing of Abdullah Abu al-Ashhab, age 75
April 11, 2003: the killing of Thomas Hurndall, age 24
June 8, 2003: the killing of Nabil Ahmad Yousef Jaradat, age 47
July 25, 2003: the killing of Mahmoud Jawdat Sharif Kabha, age 3
November 28, 2003: the killing of Sayed Abu Safra, a Palestinian intelligence officer, in the northern Gaza Strip
June 5, 2004: the killing of Arafat Yacoub in the Qalandiya refugee camp

Injury incidents
October 13, 2000: the injury of Ibrahim Abu Turki, age 38
March 1, 2003: the injury of three Palestinians by gunfire at a checkpoint between the village of Sara and Nablus
July 25, 2004: the injury by gunshot and beating of the student Mohammed Kanaan at the Beit Iba Checkpoint
December 19, 2005: the injury of a boy in the head by gunfire next to the village of Tuqu’
July 26, 2007: the abduction of a taxi driver and injury of a Palestinian resident of the town of Dahariya

Other shooting cases
September 13, 2001: shooting at vehicles at a checkpoint under Highway 443
October 3, 2001: shooting at a Jeep in which a foreign press photographer was sitting
March 16, 2002: shooting the ground next to a detained suspect in the village of Silwad
October 19, 2003: shooting an unarmed Palestinian while he was fixing an antenna on the roof of a house in Rafah
October 5, 2004: the performance of a "confirmation of killing" on the body of Iman al-Hams, age 13
March 31, 2006: shooting into the air during confrontations between settlers and Palestinians and Israelis

Abuse and violence cases

May 28, 2001: the beating of Mustafa Alayan at the Bethlehem Checkpoint
July 21, 2001: the abuse of taxi passengers by soldiers of the "Samson" Battalion
July 23, 2001: the beating of a 13-year-old boy in Hebron
January 15, 2002: the assault of a bound minor in Hebron and the theft of his calling card
March-April 2002: attaching shock grenades to the bodies of Palestinians, assaulting a minor and a series of other offenses
April 2002: the beating of a mentally handicapped minor with a billy club
April 17-18, 2002: the abuse of a Palestinian and the use of a foreign national as a "human shield" by a reserve battalion commander
April 28, 2002: threatening to rape a detainee by a military police officer
August 7, 2002: the beating of detainees by two military policemen and four Nachal soldiers
October 16, 2002: assault of Palestinian detainees by soldiers from the Lavie Battalion
April 29, 2003: abuse of minor detainees by two military policemen
October 1, 2003: abuse of bound detainees by Paratrooper Brigade soldiers
January-February 2004: beating Palestinians and damaging vehicles at the Hawara Checkpoint
February 15, 2004: reserve soldiers attack Palestinian shepherds
February 27, 2005: Golani officer threatens to cut a detainee's penis and beats him
April 14 2005: the beating of a bound detainee to the point of injury
June 28, 2005: the beating of bound detainees at the Qalandia Checkpoint
August 16, 2005: the beating of a detainee at the Qalandia Checkpoint
April 4, 2006: the abuse of detainees on the way to the Salem Military Court
May 7, 2006: the beating of a bound detainee
May 28, 2006: Soldier from the Duchifat Battalion beats a bound detainee
August 26, 2006: soldiers from the Haruv Battalion beat two Palestinians
November 26, 2007: the beating of two bound and blindfolded detainees at the Samaria Brigade base

Looting and property damage

Property damage
January 23, 2002: the intentional crushing of a car by a tank in Ramallah
October 20, 2004: damaging a car windshield with a gun and threatening a Palestinian driver

Looting and theft
December 31, 2001: looting bodies at an IDF outpost
March-April 2002: looting computer equipment from the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Qalqiliya
March-April 2002: looting electronic equipment from the home of a family in Ramallah
March-April 2002: looting money from a home in Ramallah
March-April 2002: looting a computer hard drive from the PIB bank in Ramallah
March-April 2002: looting stores in Ramallah and theft from a Palestinian detainee
March-April 2003: taking forged money from the Muqataa building in Ramallah
April 2002: looting a wallet containing NIS 100 and 3 CDs from a store in Ramallah
March-May 2002: looting property in Ramallah
April 8, 2002: looting of cell phones in Nablus
April 15-17 2002: looting in the Palestinian Economic Ministry and a private home in Ramallah
April 20, 2002: looting NIS 1500 from a Palestinian civilian at Checkpoint 109
April-May 2002: stealing a cell phone from the detainee deposit in the Judea Brigade
May 2002-January 2003: the looting of property and jewelry on various occasions
July 12, 2002: looting a grocery store and stealing a radio tape from a vehicle in Nablus
August 2002: looting NIS 300 and cell phones from a residential home in the village of Zawata
October 31, 2002: looting NIS 1,300 during a search in a home
December 25, 2002, January 5, 2003: looting money and property in Nablus
April 23, 2003: stealing a wallet from a Palestinian taxi
February-March 2004: stealing money and property from cars inspected at the Gitit Checkpoint
August 2006: looting furniture from the Palestinian airport in the Gaza Strip
April 10, 2007: taking a lighter from a family's home in Ramallah
June 10, 2007: stealing a wallet containing NIS 800 at the Bekaot Checkpoint
August 3, 2007: theft of NIS 100 from a family's home in the Gaza Strip
October 2007: theft of NIS 200 from a car at the Hawara Checkpoint

Other offenses

February 10, 2003: forcing a Palestinian woman to drink a chemical liquid at gunpoint
June 2003: use of Palestinians to move suspicious objects
May 2004: the abduction of a clergyman as punishment by a Paratroops officer
January 2003 – January 2004: accepting bribes at the Qalandia Checkpoint
January 2004: accepting bribes at Checkpoint 700
April 24, 2006: the killing of a Palestinian woman and injury of another six people in a traffic accident