Incredible website memorializes the three daughters of a Palestinian doctor who were slain in Israel’s recent Gaza violence.
On January 16th he walked out of his home for a moment and the tank which had sat in front of his home for some time fired two shells directly at his house. The second hit its mark. His three daughters, Bessan, Aya, and Mayar [pictured above] were killed along with a cousin.
Shortly after the shells hit their mark, Dr. Abu-Laish called Channel 10 begging for help. His cries, a father’s helpless cries live on the air are enough to rend the flesh and break the heart. For me, the Abu-Laish daughters should’ve been the Neda Aga Soltans of the Gaza war. The fact that they weren’t, but were rather a footnote and bit of collateral damage testifies to the hardened hearts of Israelis innured to 42 years of Palestinian (and Israeli) suffering and Occupation.
Naila 5:18 pm on June 27, 2009 Permalink |
Thank you for this link. It was unbearable to watch the original in January. Painful beyond belief.
It is just as heartbreaking to see East Jerusalem being ethnically cleansed of Arabs right now as Israel annexes it completely.
I am glad that these sites are here to remind us of the brutality of the Israeli occupation.