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Exact day14 May 2018 · exact time not established
Gaza separation-fence protest sites
Human Rights Watch reported that Tarek Loubani was shot near the Gaza separation fence on 14 May. This incident record also connects the reported rescue and subsequent documentation.
Part of
EventGaza demonstrations on 14 May 201814 May 2018
Why this connection? ↗Smaller event
EventAssistance to Loubani by Mousa Abu Hassanein14 May 2018 · exact time not established
Why this connection? ↗Containment does not imply causation.
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Link to this chapterHuman Rights Watch · section: Paragraphs on the 14 May injury and the responder who assisted Loubani
Link to this citationHuman Rights Watch · section: Accounts from Witnesses: Tarek Loubani account of assistance by Mousa Abu Hassanein
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Event
30 March–31 December 2018 · inquiry coverage
A bounded record of the Gaza demonstrations during the UN inquiry’s 2018 coverage. The closing date describes the investigation’s scope; it does not say that the demonstrations ended then.
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14 May 2018
OCHA documented mass casualties during the 14 May Gaza demonstrations. Its same-day flash update and later period report are retained as separate reported accounts below.
Follow this recordPart of Gaza demonstrations: the 2018 inquiry period · why this link?
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14 May 2018 · exact time not established
Human Rights Watch reported that Tarek Loubani was shot near the Gaza separation fence on 14 May. This incident record also connects the reported rescue and subsequent documentation.
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Event
14 May 2018 · exact time not established
Loubani told Human Rights Watch that Mousa Abu Hassanein helped rescue him after he was shot. The source’s relative timing is not converted into an invented clock time.
Follow this recordPart of The shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani · why this link?
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Work / recordingCanada’s statement on Gaza violence, May 2018 documents EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani
Role: Official response
Attributed to Prime Minister of Canada. The statement acknowledges injury and requests investigation; it is not presented as a forensic reconstruction.
Statement by the Prime Minister on violence in Gaza Strip ↗
Prime Minister of Canada · Source published 2018-05-16 · supports · section: Statement: paragraphs identifying Tarek Loubani and requesting an investigation
Evidence version:gaza2018-canada-statement:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani took place / is located at PlaceGaza separation-fence protest sites
Role: Broad location only
Attributed to Human Rights Watch.
Medical Workers Shot in Gaza Demonstrations ↗
Human Rights Watch · Source published 2018-06-11 · supports · section: Paragraphs on the 14 May injury and the responder who assisted Loubani
Evidence version:gaza2018-hrw-medics:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani is part of EventGaza demonstrations on 14 May 2018
Attributed to Human Rights Watch. The source dates the individual incident to the same demonstration day. Containment does not establish motive or intent.
Medical Workers Shot in Gaza Demonstrations ↗
Human Rights Watch · Source published 2018-06-11 · supports · section: Paragraphs on the 14 May injury and the responder who assisted Loubani
Evidence version:gaza2018-hrw-medics:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
Work / recordingLoubani interview documents EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani
Role: Retrospective interview
Attributed to Democracy Now!. A later interview is not footage of the shooting. No video segment, camera angle or acquisition checksum has been verified here.
Democracy Now! · Source published 2018-05-17 · supports · section: Story date, guest identification and Transcript
Evidence version:gaza2018-loubani-interview:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonTarek Loubani participated in EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani
Role: Injured medical worker
Attributed to Human Rights Watch.
Medical Workers Shot in Gaza Demonstrations ↗
Human Rights Watch · Source published 2018-06-11 · supports · section: Paragraphs on the 14 May injury and the responder who assisted Loubani
Evidence version:gaza2018-hrw-medics:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani has an attributed account Human Rights Watch attributed Loubani’s shooting to an Israeli sniper.
Attributed to Human Rights Watch. The attribution remains attached to this source. The archive does not infer the shooter’s identity, orders or intent.
Medical Workers Shot in Gaza Demonstrations ↗
Human Rights Watch · Source published 2018-06-11 · supports · section: Paragraphs on the 14 May injury and the responder who assisted Loubani
Evidence version:gaza2018-hrw-medics:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
EventAssistance to Loubani by Mousa Abu Hassanein is part of EventThe shooting incident involving Tarek Loubani
Attributed to Tarek Loubani, as reported by Human Rights Watch. The rescue is documented as part of the incident and its immediate response, not as another shooting.
Israel: Apparent War Crimes in Gaza — witness accounts ↗
Human Rights Watch · Source published 2018-06-13 · supports · section: Accounts from Witnesses: Tarek Loubani account of assistance by Mousa Abu Hassanein
Evidence version:gaza2018-hrw-witnesses:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.