Wednesday, June 06, 2007

"At around 2am yesterday, a squad of Israeli soldiers raided the house belonging to Yehya Isaq al-Jabari, 67. According to his sons and daughters, who were in the house at the time, the soldiers ran into the house and pushed one son to the floor. Mr Jabari then began a scuffle with the soldiers. "My father pushed some of the soldiers," said Salih al-Jabari, 19. "Then one of the soldiers pulled the trigger and shot him in the jaw." His father fell to the floor, bleeding heavily. Moments later, the mother, Fatima al-Jabari, 60, appeared and began screaming at the soldiers. "My mother tried to get them outside, but they said to her: 'Get away, get away.' And then they shot her in the head. None of us had fired one bullet." She was later taken to the city's al-Ahli hospital, where she was in a critical condition. Two other sons were still in hospital: Kamal, 30, who was shot in the lower left leg, and Raja, who suffered a head wound."