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‘There was no mercy, even on children’: trauma in the West Bank after Israeli raids



Israel accused of using a 10-year-old girl as a human shield as it carried out its devastating attack on the occupied Palestinian territoryWhen Israeli soldiers arrived at the modest house along an alleyway in Nur Shams camp on Wednesday night, they sent the women and four of the children out into the street, but kept hold of Malak Shihab.They took the muzzle off their dog and it went straight up to the slight 10-year-old girl and sniffed her. Terrified, she pleaded to be with her mother, but the soldiers seemed to have just one phrase in accented Arabic: “Open the doors.” Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/31/trauma-in-the-west-bank-after-israeli-raids-palestinian-territory

Author : Julian Borger and Sufian Taha in Nur Shams camp, Tulkarm, West Bank

Publish date : 2024-08-31 18:37:48

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