The pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement activist group reports and the Baltimore Sun confirms that 21-year-old Jewish-American art student Emily Henochowicz was badly wounded Monday during a Jerusalem protest against Israel's deadly raid on a relief flotilla headed for Gaza over the weekend. Hit directly in the face by a tear-gas canister fired by an Israeli border policeman, Henochowicz lost her left eye and required substantial surgery to repair damage to the bones of her face and skull.

What makes the nature of her injuries sadder still, hopefully regardless of your thoughts on the underlying conflict, is that Henochowicz is clearly a talented visual artist and animator. You can visit her blog and Flickr page for everything from life-drawing sketches to visual chronicles of her experiences in Israel and the Occupied Territories.

Via Andrew Sullivan, who has further information and links.