Israeli Military Kills Refugee Child
/
Kristen Ess
|
10/01/03
|
Just over an hour ago Israeli soldiers opened fire on
a small group of children in Bethlehem's Aida Refugee
Camp. The Israeli occupying army entered the camp, as
they do most days and nights, in jeeps, with their
tanks rumbling on the side roads. The Israeli soldiers
were throwing tear gas into the camp, choking its
Palestinian residents who could not escape from their
homes because the Israeli military had imposed curfew
on them. To leave ones home means arrest or death. A
group of Palestinian children protested the Israeli
invasion by throwing stones at the heavily
armoured jeeps and tanks. Israeli soldiers shot the
kids. One is dead. His name was Tariq Abu Jadu.
Ambulances could not reach the camp. Two other kids
are still in critical condition in the hospital. One
is 15, the other is just 12 years old. A few people in
the camp snuck out with the three to take them to the
hospital. They live in a refugee camp in a Palestinian
city which suffers from Israeli invasion after
invasion. The Israeli military government imposes
curfew on them which deems attending school or
living a free life impossible. This is now the 55th
year of Israeli imposed horror on the Palestinian
people. Grown Palestinians must ask the permission of
the occupying military government to leave ones own
town. The Israeli government would not issue travel
permits to the Palestinian delegation to attend
the conference on the " peace process " in Britain.
|