The martyrdom of the released prisoner, Mohammad Abu Hammad, at the entrance to Jerusalem
The former prisoner Mohammad Hassan Hosni Abu Hammad (41 years old) from the town of Ezaryeh was martyred after being shot while walking on the bypass road leading to Ezaryeh.
The Israeli police said in a statement that they pursued the vehicle as it traveled on the bypass road between the Al-Z’ayem checkpoint and the Ma'ale Adumim settlement. They claimed that the young man attempted to run over a police officer at the scene, prompting shots to be fired at the vehicle.
The police claimed that during the initial investigation, before the shooting, it was determined that the young man was in the area without a permit and driving an illegal vehicle.
Video footage showed the police stripping the young man and transporting him in the trunk of a police car before handing him over to the ambulance.
The occupation authorities are still withholding the body of the martyr Abu Hammad.
The Jerusalem Governorate stated that the martyr supported seven children and worked in the stone industry.
The Governorate added in a statement that this crime comes amid an escalation in the occupation's crimes against our people. Since the beginning of March, occupation forces have killed two other citizens during pursuit operations, one inside Jerusalem and the other near the apartheid separation wall in the town of al-Ram. These crimes add to the ongoing series of violations carried out by the Israeli occupation as part of its war of extermination against our Palestinian people.
On March 16, 2025, Palestinian Maher Sarsour (59 years old) from the village of Sarta, west of Salfit, was killed during the forces' pursuit of a number of Palestinians near the apartheid separation wall in the town of Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, under the pretext of "attempting to enter Jerusalem illegally."
On March 12, 2025, worker Ra’fat Hammad (35 years old) from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, died after falling from a height during a raid on a construction site in Jerusalem, under the pretext of searching for workers with West Bank IDs.
