Israeli Aggression Against Palestinian Children
Mohammad Al-Durra (12 years Old), shot along with his father and killed.
His last words-"Don't worry daddy, the ambulance will come and save us." (TIME magaizine, Oct. 16 issue-US edition)
Pictures that shook the world; Mohammad al-Durra, 12 year old, died huddled in his father's arms' caught in a hail of Israeli bullets and captured by a viewfinder of a television camera in a shocking scene viewed all over the world. Amid a welter of brutal scenes from street battles that have swept the West Bank and Gaza Strip since September 28, 2000, the boy's death was a singularly horrific one.
Television footage shot by French TV during Saturday's pitched battle outside the heavily guarded Israeli settlement of Netzarim showed Mohammed clinging to his father, Jamal, and screaming in terror as a sustained burst of gunfire raked a concrete wall behind them. As the two huddled behind a tiny abutment, the father vainly stretched a protective arm in front of his son. Most stations that aired the footage cut away before the stricken boy could be seen slumping over, loosing his grip on the father, who himself twitched convulsively as he was struck by round after round.
Mohammad Al-Durra (12 years Old), shot along with his father and killed.
His last words-"Don't worry daddy, the ambulance will come and save us." (TIME magaizine, Oct. 16 issue-US edition)
Pictures that shook the world; Mohammad al-Durra, 12 year old, died huddled in his father's arms' caught in a hail of Israeli bullets and captured by a viewfinder of a television camera in a shocking scene viewed all over the world. Amid a welter of brutal scenes from street battles that have swept the West Bank and Gaza Strip since September 28, 2000, the boy's death was a singularly horrific one.
Television footage shot by French TV during Saturday's pitched battle outside the heavily guarded Israeli settlement of Netzarim showed Mohammed clinging to his father, Jamal, and screaming in terror as a sustained burst of gunfire raked a concrete wall behind them. As the two huddled behind a tiny abutment, the father vainly stretched a protective arm in front of his son. Most stations that aired the footage cut away before the stricken boy could be seen slumping over, loosing his grip on the father, who himself twitched convulsively as he was struck by round after round.
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It brings tears and heartache every single time.