Killing of Hadeel al-Hashlamon

Killing of Hadeel al-Hashlamon
LocationHebron, West Bank, Palestine
DateSeptember 22, 2015
Attack type
Homicide by gunshot
Deaths1
PerpetratorIsrael Defense Forces

Hadeel al-Hashlamon (Arabic: هديل الهشلمون) was an 18-year-old Palestinian woman who was shot and killed on September 22, 2015 by an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to Amnesty International, Hashlamon's killing constituted an extrajudicial execution due to her posing no threat. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hashlamon was shot while trying to stab a soldier, but pro-Palestinian groups contested this, saying there is no video or photographic evidence of the moment of the shooting. Hashlamon was one of the first deaths of the 2015–2016 wave of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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