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I've interviewed Palestinian (mostly elderly) civilians (in Nablus & in Gaza) who were held for several days or more by Israeli soldiers who didn't give them food, medications, and who abused them.
Pretty sure handshakes were not exchanged...
Pretty sure handshakes were not exchanged...
https://twitter.com/Dimaq389484111/status/1716726266270019812
(2007)
"One Nablus old city resident was held captive in one room of her home, along with approximately 40 other family members & neighbours, from Wednesday evening until Friday morning. During their captivity, residents were neither given food or water
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"One Nablus old city resident was held captive in one room of her home, along with approximately 40 other family members & neighbours, from Wednesday evening until Friday morning. During their captivity, residents were neither given food or water
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...nor were they permitted to use the toilet, instead having to hold themselves or urinate in the room in which they were kept captive. Numerous elderly, children, & 1 pregnant woman suffered greatly under these circumstances. 1 elderly man was unable to take his vital medicine
...for nearly two days as it needed to be taken with food. Both the elderly woman and man developed severely swollen legs from remaining seated for nearly two days, needing to be carried out of the room when finally released from captivity.
In the course of relating her story, she moved from this shining smile to raw, sobbing grief at she and her husband’s repeated suffering: “He has been beaten over the head and shocked on the genitals. He is but a shell of who he was,” she explained, citing previous invasions...
While occupying the home, soldiers urinated in the rooms as well as ransacked the house. Upon eventually leaving the home, one soldier tossed a hand grenade into the 2nd story window of the house still occupied by about 100 unarmed civilians, fortunately not resulting in deaths
...but nonetheless adding to the damage done by the soldiers.
This house-occupation was not an isolated instance. Numerous homes in the old city were appropriated and occupied, residents crammed into small rooms together and held without food, water, or visits to the toilet.
This house-occupation was not an isolated instance. Numerous homes in the old city were appropriated and occupied, residents crammed into small rooms together and held without food, water, or visits to the toilet.
(2007)
"Neighbours confirmed that the man, 70 years old, had answered the knock of an Israeli soldier. Upon opening the door to his courtyard, he was shot directly with at least 3 bullets to his stomach. He died, shortly after, in his nephew’s hands.
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"Neighbours confirmed that the man, 70 years old, had answered the knock of an Israeli soldier. Upon opening the door to his courtyard, he was shot directly with at least 3 bullets to his stomach. He died, shortly after, in his nephew’s hands.
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One young man explained how Israeli soldiers had entered the home around 2 am, entered shooting. Soldiers surprised the family in their beds, shooting in bedrooms occupied by sleeping residents. The approximately 25 residents in the multi-storied building, members of the same...
...family, were eventually made to leave, sent to another location. Israeli soldiers searched and ransacked the house, then left and fired a shell from a nearby rooftop through the window of the parents’ bedroom, hitting the ceiling.
(2009)
Safhia, 60, shot in wrist and shin and punched in the face. Her husband was shot dead by the Israeli army soldiers and his body is still in the house they fled, she said.
Souad, 35, shot in both right & left arms and the left side of her abdomen.
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Safhia, 60, shot in wrist and shin and punched in the face. Her husband was shot dead by the Israeli army soldiers and his body is still in the house they fled, she said.
Souad, 35, shot in both right & left arms and the left side of her abdomen.
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(2009)
Shrater’s father, 70, spoke of being locked up with his wife & others for 4 days. “The Israeli soldiers came to our door, yelled at us to come out, shot around our feet. My wife was terrified. They took all of our money, then handcuffed us.
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Shrater’s father, 70, spoke of being locked up with his wife & others for 4 days. “The Israeli soldiers came to our door, yelled at us to come out, shot around our feet. My wife was terrified. They took all of our money, then handcuffed us.
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...Before they blindfolded us, they let our goats & sheep out of their pens and shot them. They shot 8 dead in front of us.”
...for the next 4 days Israeli soldiers denied him his inhaler for his asthma & his wife her diabetes medications...
...for the next 4 days Israeli soldiers denied him his inhaler for his asthma & his wife her diabetes medications...
...Food & water were out of the question, and Yousef Shrater’s father says their requests for such were met with soldiers’ retorts ‘No, no food. Give me Hamas, I’ll give you food.’
Hate & death graffiti drawn by Israeli soldiers who occupied the house.
(2009)
*Not even kept hostage, forced outside & shot at.*
“My father opened the back door & stepped out. They shot without warning. He died immediately.”
The soldiers then ordered the rest of the family to leave the house.
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*Not even kept hostage, forced outside & shot at.*
“My father opened the back door & stepped out. They shot without warning. He died immediately.”
The soldiers then ordered the rest of the family to leave the house.
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...Israeli soldiers told him “If you stay here we’ll kill you.”
The terrified family had only walked a few hundred meters down a back lane before Israeli snipers began shooting at them, hitting one-year-old Farah in the abdomen.
The terrified family had only walked a few hundred meters down a back lane before Israeli snipers began shooting at them, hitting one-year-old Farah in the abdomen.
The girl didn’t immediately die, instead suffered for the next few hours, intestines falling out. Her mother, Shireen, breast-fed her in a desperate attempt to comfort the baby.
The couple’s 6 year old daughter & Amer’s 23-year-old brother were also hit, in the elbow and back.
The couple’s 6 year old daughter & Amer’s 23-year-old brother were also hit, in the elbow and back.
The family scrambled behind a dirt mound & huddled there for safety. “We were there for about 14 hours,” al-Helo said, “then they released the dogs.”
al-Helo stated that at around 8pm Israeli soldiers sent dogs to frighten the family out from behind their earthen shelter.
al-Helo stated that at around 8pm Israeli soldiers sent dogs to frighten the family out from behind their earthen shelter.
Israeli soldiers took the injured away, keeping them hidden behind a tank for another 8 hours while a Red Crescent ambulance searched for them. Shireen al-Helo said it was in total about 23 hours before the injured received medical care.
(2009)
*After firing numerous shells (including White Phosphorous) on a home, killing 5 (incl infant) & mutilating 5, Israeli soldiers shot & killed 2 cousins trying to help their family evacuate.
They left hate graffiti in the home they occupied:
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*After firing numerous shells (including White Phosphorous) on a home, killing 5 (incl infant) & mutilating 5, Israeli soldiers shot & killed 2 cousins trying to help their family evacuate.
They left hate graffiti in the home they occupied:
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One of the civilians mutiliated by White Phosphorous later died of her injuries, 43% of her total body surface covered by the deep burns.
I met her & the surviving family members in Shifa hospital during Israel's 2009 war on Gaza
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In February, after the war was over, I went to their home & spoke with surviving family members & neighbours. Horrific story.
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Israeli soldiers left hate graffiti in the house where the 1.5 year old girl had burned to death from White Phosphorous.
“We kept pouring water on her body but it was still on fire. We wrapped her in blankets, & when we later unwrapped the blankets her corpse was still smoking.”
“We kept pouring water on her body but it was still on fire. We wrapped her in blankets, & when we later unwrapped the blankets her corpse was still smoking.”
I've edited the screenshot of the burned infant because it is extremely disturbing.
You can see the non-edited photo on my blog post.
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You can see the non-edited photo on my blog post.
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More testimonies of how Israeli soldiers vandalized Palestinian homes they occupied & left hate graffiti.
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(2009)
“My mother was injured in the initial shelling, she bled to death over the next few days.”
Israeli soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the injured. Maher believes his mother would have lived if she’d had access to medical treatment.
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“My mother was injured in the initial shelling, she bled to death over the next few days.”
Israeli soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the injured. Maher believes his mother would have lived if she’d had access to medical treatment.
ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/212…
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