Sharon Decided
to Make It Last Bed Time Tale for Gaza Children
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Donia 2months old
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By
Falah al-Safady, IOL Palestine Correspondent
GAZA
CITY, July 23 (IslamOnline) – It was only minutes before midnight
Monday, July 22, when Iman, mother of three, tucked her beloved ones
to bed after reading them the usual bed time tale. Then, the Israeli
F-16 roared high in the sky, fired the killer missile, and buried them
all under the rubble of their home at al-Darag neighborhood, Gaza City.
The
target of the U.S.-made fighter jet, as proudly declared by Israeli
officials, was the assassination of Salas Shahedeh, leader of the
military wing of the resistance movement Hamas in Gaza Strip. Shahedeh
lived in a one storey-building in the area. Mission was accomplished,
his house was demolished, along with other six buildings, once
inhabited by Palestinian civilians.
Eyewitnesses
told IslamOnline that minutes after hearing the F-16 sound, they
heared a defeaning explosion, rushed out of their homes to see dense
dust covering the area.
“I
was about to go to bed when I heard the explosion. I came out of my
house, only a 100 meters away (from the blasted area),” one
eyewitness said.
“When
the dust settled a bit, we heard the screams of children and women. We
started removing the rubble to be able to save any survivors. Hundreds
of citizens were running everywhere, screaming and scared, it was
chaos,” he added.
The
raid was devastating, judging from the huge destruction and high
number of casualties, but that did not stop the people from trying to
help the wounded and get the martyrs out of the rubble. In a matter of
minutes, thousands of Palestinians, men, women and children, gathered
at the hit area. The civil defense forces arrived two hours after the
blast.
With
each recovered body, people shouted “No God but Allah, the martyr is
Allah’s beloved”, a reference to killed children, who will never
again enjoy any bed time tales, in this unjust life at least.
“Revenge
for the martyrs” was also shouted with each recovered body. Israeli
F-16s kept roaring above their heads, however, the Palestinians did
not care and went ahead with the rescue operation.
Gaza
Shifaa hospital sources declared the death of 11 citizens, eight
of whom were children and women. Mona Fahmy, 3o, along with her two
children, Sobhy, 4, and Mohammad, 3, were killed. Iman Hassan Matar,
27, along with her three children, Donia 5, Mohammad, 4, and Ayman, 18
months, also were sent to heavens, upon (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel)
Sharon orders. Among the martyrs was Donia Ramy Mater, a “baby
terrorist”, at the age of two months, and her cousin Alaa, 11 years
old.
Some
145 citizens were also wounded by the Israeli raid, 15 of them were in
critical condition. However, it was clear that the effect Israel
sought to leave on Palestinians was not there. There was no fear in
the eyes of the Palestinians, there was only one dominant feeling,
seen unmistakingly in their eyes. There was nothing but revenge, and
only revenge, for the cowardly murder of their beloved children.
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