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The Electronic Intifada (blog)
March 31, 2018
The apparent desired takeaway is that the Israeli military had acted magnanimously for not shooting a 7-year-old girl from Gaza – an admitted improvement on the killing by 17 bullets of 13-year-old Iman al-Hams in 2004. Israel lobby groups StandWithUs and the Board of Deputies of British Jews bothÃâà...
Middle East Eye
January 4, 2018
Israeli cruelty, and what Palestinians view as sheer hatred for their children, was epitomised by the killing in 2004 of 13-year-old Iman Darweesh Al Hams. She was shot by Israeli army soldiers from an observation post in what Israel claimed was a "no-man" zone near the Philadelphi Route in Rafah.
Haaretz
November 3, 2016
The piece at issue was an account of the events of October 5, 2004, near the Girit observation post on the outskirts of Rafah, in Gaza, during which Iman al-Hams, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl, was shot to death. Captain R., the company commander at the scene, sued Dayan and her show for libel for theirÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
March 27, 2016
This practice is known in the Israeli army as “confirming the kill,” and has been used and subsequently approved even in the slaying of Palestinian children such as 13-year-old Iman al-Hams in Gaza in 2004. Azarya also “liked” the Facebook pages of Israeli leaders who have incited violence or genocideÃâà...
Mondoweiss
March 25, 2016
Elor Azraya, the soldier who summarily executed Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif as he lay on the street immobile and unarmed yesterday, is suspected of murder. In his defense, his lawyer Eyal Beserglick said Azraya “acted in accordance with the rules of engagement as suggested by his superiors.”.
BBC News
November 20, 2004
Iman al-Hams was shot by soldiers after straying into a restricted area near Gaza's border with Egypt. An Israeli commander is accused of repeatedly firing into her lifeless body despite pleas from his colleagues. Army lawyers want to examine Iman's body to gather evidence in the case against the officer.
+972 Magazine
December 31, 1999
The infamous captain R, who murdered 13 year old Iman Darweesh Al Hams at close range, was payed handsomely for his deed, plus a promotion to major. Calling Rachel's killing “an accident” is sort of the best they can do, I guess, within the framework of a culture (or should we say 'cult'?) of impunity.
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
December 31, 1999
Routine Israeli military gun violence against Palestinian civilians is not mentioned. Nor is there a mention of the impunity for Israeli soldiers responsible for the deaths of Palestinian school children in even the most egregious cases such as that of Iman al-Hams, which was reported by The New York TimesÃâà...
