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5/31/06
Collateral
damage:Entire Gaza family
By Gideon Levy
The entire family of Hamdi Aman, a 28-year-old Palestinian
from Gaza
who spent his youth in Tel Aviv's Carmel market, was hit in
the
assassination of Islamic Jihad operative Mohammed Dahdouh in
Gaza a
week and a half ago.
Aman's 7-year-old son Muhand was killed; Naima, his wife,
27, was
killed; his mother Hanan, 46, was killed. His three and a
half year
old daughter Mariya is lying in the pediatric intensive care
unit at
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, permanently paralyzed
and on a
respirator. Aman is not allowed to be with her.
His youngest son, Muaman, 2, was lightly wounded by shrapnel
in his
back, and Aman himself was hit by shrapnel throughout his
body. His
uncle Nahed, 33, a father to two toddlers, is fully
paralyzed and in
critical condition at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center.
The Amans had bought a used Mitsubishi car 11 days ago, and
took it
for a maiden spin through the Gargash neighborhood in Gaza
City.
There were eight of them in the car: five adults and three
toddlers.
Mariya stood dancing on her mother's knees. When they drove
down the
busy industrial street and passed the home of Palestinian
Authority
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, they felt a powerful blow to
the left
side of the car exactly when a Magnum van carrying Dahdouh
passed
them on the left. A massive blast occurred, the van with the
dead
Jihad operative in it was in flames, and Hamdi was faced
with the
horror that his entire family had been hit.
Israel Air Force chief Major General Eliezer Shkedi said the
next day
that "we still have to check" what killed the Aman family.
The IDF
Spokesman's Office also told Haaretz this week, 10 days
after the
assassination, that the IDF is "continuing to investigate in
order to
check the report that three Palestinians were killed as a
result of
the attack on Dahdouh's car."
Have you asked yourself how is it possible that you, a well informed and educated citizen, can be ignorant of what is being done in your name, with your money? Why have you never read anything by these journalists and commentators in the newspapers and magazines you read? Why have you not heard about this on your radio or TV?
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