Identification Data
Full Name: Salman Younis Al-Qurinawi.
Nationality: Palestinian.
Date of Birth: September 19, 2000.
Place of Residence: Al-Bureij Camp (Abu Al-Rous Roundabout), Gaza.
Circumstances of Disappearance
On January 31, 2024, while staying at his family’s displacement tent in Al-Zawaida (specifically on Al-Tha’abeen Street), Salman left the premises and never returned. According to family testimonies, the last person to see him reported that he boarded a vehicle shortly after leaving the tent. His destination and current whereabouts remain unknown. Despite immediate and extensive searches by his family in the surrounding areas, no information has surfaced, and his name has not appeared on any official lists of casualties or detainees.
Critical Health Condition
Documented information indicates that Salman suffers from a severe acute psychological condition, clinically diagnosed as a result of severe trauma experienced at the beginning of the war. This condition significantly impairs his judgment and ability to perceive danger, substantially increasing his vulnerability to harm or exploitation during detention.
Alarming Legal Indicators
Given the intensity of military operations in the area at the time and documented patterns of unannounced detentions and violations against civilians, there are credible grounds to suspect that Salman has been subjected to enforced disappearance or direct targeting. This concern is heightened by the total lack of official disclosure regarding his legal status or location, which violates the “Right to Know” for his family and contradicts obligations under International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law.
Search and Follow-up Efforts
The family has exhausted multiple avenues to determine his fate:
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): No information regarding his detention, injury, or death.
Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs: No record of him in Israeli prison facilities.
HaMoked (Center for the Defence of the Individual): Repeated inquiries yielded no confirmed information.
PCMFD Action: The Center has officially documented the case and submitted a filing to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), demanding a disclosure of his fate.
Conclusion: An Unknown Fate and Ongoing Suffering
After more than two years since his disappearance, the Al-Qurinawi family remains in a state of agonizing uncertainty. This case represents a grave humanitarian crisis that requires immediate international action to uncover Salman’s whereabouts and ensure his family’s legitimate right to the truth.
