Ahmad Harb Ayyad’s family claims he died after being physically assaulted by soldiers while he was attempting to cross into Israel to reach his workplace
By MEE staff
Published date: 5 July 2022 11:03 UTC | Last update:20 hours 23 mins ago
The family of a Palestinian worker has accused the Israeli army of causing the death of the 32-year-old after physically assaulting him near the separation barrier in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm.
The Israeli army denies knowledge of the incident.
Ahmad Harb Ayyad, who is from Gaza, came under fire from soldiers along with a group of other Palestinians while trying to cross the barrier to reach his workplace in Israel, his uncle Jamal Ayyad told Middle East Eye.
The group managed to get away from harm but were then apprehend and beaten by soldiers, Jamal added.
Ahmad was then taken to a Tuklarm hospital but due to the seriousness of his condition he was transferred to a hospital in the nearby city of Nablus where he died shortly after.
His body was handed back to the family in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army via the Beit Hanoun crossing late on Monday, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The Israeli army told Middle East Eye it was “not aware of any such event with involvement of IDF soldiers.”
Crackdown on workers
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the killing as a crime and placed the blame on the Israeli government.
For months, Israeli forces have been attacking workers along the separation wall in the villages and towns of the West Bank, preventing thousands from reaching their workplaces inside Israel and arresting many.
In June, Israeli forces killed another Palestinian worker near the separation wall in the south of Qalqilia city in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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