The still image taken from a video shows Jamal al-Durrah bidding farewell to his family members who lost their lives in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2023.
The father of 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah, who was killed in cold blood by Israeli gunfire in 2000, has bid farewell to his family members who lost their lives in the ongoing Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
On September 30, 2000, Muhammad al-Durrah and his father Jamal were filmed crouching behind a concrete block on a street corner in Gaza as Israeli forces showered them with heavy gunfire.
Moments later, the terrorized boy collapsed dead on his fathers lap whose attempts to shield his son from bullets proved to be futile.
The footage was broadcast around the world and became the defining image of the Second Intifada (uprising).
On Sunday, 23 years after his sons murder, Jamal al-Durrah lost his brothers in Israels ongoing deadly bombing campaign on Gaza.
In an interview with Turkeys Anadolu Agency in 2021, Jamal said his sons footage is a testament to hundreds of Israeli murders of Palestinians which largely go undocumented.
My sons martyrdom "has not been forgotten by the world," he added. "It will never be forgotten."
This clip belongs to the Palestinian hero Jamal Al-Durra in the year of 2000, specifically September 30
— (@khaleelhayat) October 16, 2023
When he tried to protect his martyr son, “Muhammad Al-Durrah,” with his chest from the bullets of the usurping Zionist entity
But as fate would have it, his martyred son… pic.twitter.com/zLLdqqbZtZ
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group waged a surprise operation against the occupying entity.
At least 2,750 Palestinians have been killed and 9,700 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Monday.
The bodies of more than 1,000 people are decaying under the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israels relentless bombardment, according to the Gaza Interior Ministry.
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