Name: Muamen Fathi Yusef al-Hams
Date of event: 2018-07-27
Date of death: 2018-07-28
Age: 16.0
Citizenship: Palestinian
Gender: M
Event location: Rafah
Took part in hostilities: No
Type of injury: gunfire
Killed by: Israeli security forces
Notes: Hit in the shoulder by Israeli security forces’ gunfire during the Return Protests near the Gaza perimeter fence, east of the city of Rafah; thousands took part in the protests. During the demonstration, some of the demonstrators torched tires and threw stones at Israeli security forces who were stationed on the other side of the fence. The Israeli military claimed that pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and a grenade were thrown during the protest and landed inside the Gaza Strip.