Name: Hamzah Muhammad Rushdi Shteiwi
Date of event: 2019-02-08
Date of death: 2019-02-08
Age: 17.0
Citizenship: Palestinian
Gender: M
Event location: Gaza City
Took part in hostilities: No
Type of injury: gunfire
Killed by: Israeli security forces
Notes: Hit in the neck by Israeli security forces’ gunfire while about 100 meters away from the Gaza perimeter fence during the Return Protests near the fence, east of Gaza City; thousands took part in the protests. At the demonstration, some protesters torched tires and threw stones, IEDs and improvised grenades – some of which landed in the Gaza Strip – at Israeli security forces who were stationed on the other side of the fence. He succumbed to his wounds shortly after.