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Samouni family members found dead in Gaza rubble

Posted on: January 18, 2009

International human rights activists have witnessed the recovery of dead members of the Samouni family.

Several bodies of the Samouni family have finally been retrieved, 12 days after an attack by Israeli military forces that led to the death of an unknown number of family members. Red Crescent ambulance crews finally gained access to the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on 18 January 2009.

The family was killed in their home by an Israeli air-strike on January 6th, but their bodies could not be recovered until recently due to ongoing Israeli operations in the area.  Seven family members including men, women and … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2009
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Vittorio Arrigoni: In Gaza Hippocrates is dead

Posted on: January 12, 2009
A wounded child awaits medical attention at the Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Published by Il Manifesto, 10th January 2009.
Translated from Italian by Daniela Filippin

In Gaza, a firing squad put Hippocrates up against a wall, aimed and fired. The absurd declarations of an Israeli secret services’ spokesman, according to which the army was given the green light in firing at ambulances because they allegedly carried terrorists, is an illustration of the value that Israel assigns to human life these days – the lives of their enemies, that is. It’s worth revisiting what’s stated in the Hippocratic Oath, which every doctor swears upon before starting to practice the profession. The following passages are especially … Continue reading


Updated on April 15, 2011
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Six members of the same family killed by Israeli shell in Jabaliya

Posted on: January 10, 2009

10th January 2009 – Jabaliya, Gaza:

An international Human Rights Activist, working with medical teams in northern Gaza, today assisted in the collection of six members of the same family killed by an Israeli shell.

British citizen Ewa Jasiewicz, a co-ordinator for the Free Gaza Movement, said, “This morning at 11:40 at Mahmat Street in West Jabaliya.  I accompanied an ambulance to pick up members of the Abu Rabu family after six of them had been killed by an Israeli tank shell. Many others had been injured. While we were picking up the family and injured I saw a donkey cart full … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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Working with Red Cross evacuation team in Gaza

Posted on: January 10, 2009

By Sharon in Gaza

To view Sharon’s blog please click here

So, Thursday.. the Red Cross co-ordinated evacuation into Zaytoun. Doctor Said would look good on a Red Cross poster – black sweater, shaved head, muscles enough to keep that Red Cross flag held above his head for the two hours we were behind army lines. You’d definitely invite him in for coffee to ask for his opinion on the state of the world.

His colleague has more of an accountant look about him, but his job is to keep us alive – he is armed with a walkie-talkie and is negotiating … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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ei: Too much to mourn in Gaza

Posted on: January 10, 2009
The Deeb family was preparing bread when they were killed in their home by Israeli shelling.

By Eva Bartlett – ISM activist in Gaza

To view original article, published by Electronic Intifada on the 8th January 2009, click here

After finishing a shift with the Palestine Red Crescent Society yesterday morning, we went to the United Nations-administered al-Fakhoura school in Jabaliya, which was bombed by Israeli forces, killing at least 40 displaced people who were taking shelter there. When we arrived, prayers were happening in the street in front of the school. I’d seen prayers in open, outdoor places in Palestine and Egypt. But these days, when I see a mass of people praying, in front of … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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Sharon in Gaza: January 7th, 8th and 9th 2009

Posted on: January 10, 2009
Nour, evacuated from Zaytoun on Wednesday

By Sharon in Gaza

To view Sharon’s blog please click here

I covered another ambulance shift Wednesday night, working with two guys who might turn out to be my favourites. S is a sweet EMT driver with good English, very helpful for me, with the ambition to have a baby born in his ambulance since so far he only knows the theory of the process. EB is a dad of three, with a wife who he insists doesn’t mind the idea of him having a second wife … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2009
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Interview with Dr. Ghassan Hamdan of Palestinian Medical Relief Services

Posted on: April 15, 2006

Listen to an interview with Dr. Ghassan Hamdan of the PMRS as he tries to gain acess to two families of 15 people in Nablus imprisoned and held captive by the Israeli army as they use their home for a sniper base.

Audio Interview with Dr. Ghassan Hamdan of Palestinian Medical Relief Services. – mp3 10M

Devlish May, IMEMC

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/04/338134.html


Updated on January 10, 2009
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