Israeli Sniper Takes 12-Year-Old Girl's Life
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Sad story...
http://www.nationalexpositor.com/News/1071.html
"I put my hand on her chest to stop the streaming blood. She told me that she could not breathe, her body trembled and she closed her eyes," said Ra'd Abu Saif of his 12-year-old daughter Safa's last moments after she was shot by an Israeli sniper last Saturday.
Safa was shot in the left side of her chest while she was inside her home in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. An ambulance tried to reach her but Israeli soldiers opened fire at it, wounding a paramedic and causing the tires to lose air, and so she bled to death three hours after she was wounded.
Her 39-year-old father Ra'd, 37-year-old mother Samar, and the rest of Safa's family surrounded her, praying for her safety. Her father pressed on the wound while her brother Ali held her hands as her body was severely trembling. She asked her father to help her to breathe.
"Dad, I cannot breathe, all of you leave me please, let me breathe, enough, enough," were Safa's last words, according to her father.
Ra'd tried CPR, but he failed. No more pulse and no more breath.
Safa had gone to fetch some clothes from the second floor when, according to Ra'd, "the Israeli sniper on a nearby building shot her in her chest."
The gunshot penetrated both her chest and the door of the room, and blood poured from her chest and back.
"I heard a gunshot and soon her scream filled the house. I went upstairs, [and saw] her knees gave in and slowly she fell down while calling for her mother," said her 17-year-old brother Ali.
Her father carried his wounded daughter and tried to evacuate her to the hospital but when he reached the door of the house, his brothers prevented him from leaving as Israeli snipers were shooting anything moving.
Several phone calls later, the ambulance center told the family to evacuate the girl. Her mother Samar carried Safa but as soon as she left the house, the Israeli soldiers opened fire at her and the wounded girl fell to the ground. Samar dragged her into the house.
While Safa laid dying, the family waited as explosions, gunshots, drones and helicopters sounded all around them. Israeli forces cut the electricity and shot the water tanks on the roof. The radio and mobile phone batteries lost their power."
http://www.nationalexpositor.com/News/1071.html
"I put my hand on her chest to stop the streaming blood. She told me that she could not breathe, her body trembled and she closed her eyes," said Ra'd Abu Saif of his 12-year-old daughter Safa's last moments after she was shot by an Israeli sniper last Saturday.
Safa was shot in the left side of her chest while she was inside her home in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. An ambulance tried to reach her but Israeli soldiers opened fire at it, wounding a paramedic and causing the tires to lose air, and so she bled to death three hours after she was wounded.
Her 39-year-old father Ra'd, 37-year-old mother Samar, and the rest of Safa's family surrounded her, praying for her safety. Her father pressed on the wound while her brother Ali held her hands as her body was severely trembling. She asked her father to help her to breathe.
"Dad, I cannot breathe, all of you leave me please, let me breathe, enough, enough," were Safa's last words, according to her father.
Ra'd tried CPR, but he failed. No more pulse and no more breath.
Safa had gone to fetch some clothes from the second floor when, according to Ra'd, "the Israeli sniper on a nearby building shot her in her chest."
The gunshot penetrated both her chest and the door of the room, and blood poured from her chest and back.
"I heard a gunshot and soon her scream filled the house. I went upstairs, [and saw] her knees gave in and slowly she fell down while calling for her mother," said her 17-year-old brother Ali.
Her father carried his wounded daughter and tried to evacuate her to the hospital but when he reached the door of the house, his brothers prevented him from leaving as Israeli snipers were shooting anything moving.
Several phone calls later, the ambulance center told the family to evacuate the girl. Her mother Samar carried Safa but as soon as she left the house, the Israeli soldiers opened fire at her and the wounded girl fell to the ground. Samar dragged her into the house.
While Safa laid dying, the family waited as explosions, gunshots, drones and helicopters sounded all around them. Israeli forces cut the electricity and shot the water tanks on the roof. The radio and mobile phone batteries lost their power."
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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another senseless death.hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
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Thats so sad. Indeed another senseless death.Keep on rockin in the free world!!!!
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.0 -
We are all aware of the cycle of violence in this region. I don't want to advocate that the Palestinians need to "give in", but I surely think they need to reassess their position and alter their approach.
From Ghandi to MLK, history has shown that non-violent protest (especially when you are in the right) will yield far more results than waging a guerilla war against your oppressors.
With every suicide bomb, whether it is justified or not, the Palestinians lose respect and their ability to negotiate. Their standing is diminished, and their goals are pushed farther out of their reach.
To see that the Israeli's are in the position of power is not to advocate their side, it is just the reality of the situation. They can continue to do what they please with little consequence.
Until the Palestinians change course the cycle of violence will keep going round and round.0 -
NCfan wrote:We are all aware of the cycle of violence in this region. I don't want to advocate that the Palestinians need to "give in", but I surely think they need to reassess their position and alter their approach.
From Ghandi to MLK, history has shown that non-violent protest (especially when you are in the right) will yield far more results than waging a guerilla war against your oppressors.
With every suicide bomb, whether it is justified or not, the Palestinians lose respect and their ability to negotiate. Their standing is diminished, and their goals are pushed farther out of their reach.
To see that the Israeli's are in the position of power is not to advocate their side, it is just the reality of the situation. They can continue to do what they please with little consequence.
Until the Palestinians change course the cycle of violence will keep going round and round.
Man, not to be a dick but what does any of that have to do with a 12 year old getting sniped?0 -
inside her own house mind you...
approach?Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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NCfan wrote:We are all aware of the cycle of violence in this region. I don't want to advocate that the Palestinians need to "give in", but I surely think they need to reassess their position and alter their approach.
From Ghandi to MLK, history has shown that non-violent protest (especially when you are in the right) will yield far more results than waging a guerilla war against your oppressors.
With every suicide bomb, whether it is justified or not, the Palestinians lose respect and their ability to negotiate. Their standing is diminished, and their goals are pushed farther out of their reach.
To see that the Israeli's are in the position of power is not to advocate their side, it is just the reality of the situation. They can continue to do what they please with little consequence.
Until the Palestinians change course the cycle of violence will keep going round and round.
Why do you feel it is the Palestinians who need to change the way they behave? Surely that can also be said for the Israelis, what is it that gives the Israelis the right to treat people like this? Oh yes i forgot the unquestionable support from the west.
But yea it has nothing to do with the little girl, what are your thoughts on that?Keep on rockin in the free world!!!!
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.0 -
The deal is big guy rips off the little guy. There is no "deal" here except a raw one. I can bet the same people that think the Palestinians should lie down and make "deals" would themselves revolt when their government or some huge corporation bears down on them , and turns the screws on their land ownership via some "deal" whereby they sign their rights away. Then you'll hear it...Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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well, she was obviously firing rocket attacks and might have even demolished a dog house with one of those rockets...RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:inside her own house mind you...
approach?0 -
It’s an ongoing vicious cycle. I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer but this is never going to end. The more I look at this world the more fucked up it is. I have come to the conclusion that people just don't give a shit anymore. They are concerned about writer’s strikes then they are about real issues. The systems we live in are so contaminated and have been for many, many years that it is impossible to get out of. I know this is a little off subject but its how I feel. I do not have any kids and my girlfriend (of 3 years known each other 12) and I do not believe in marriage and she wants to have kids. But lately I have been thinking do I want to bring a kid into this fucked up world. Don't get me wrong we both do very well and have no financial burden are very happy and I know we would be great parents but I am seriously having doubts about bringing a child into this world. Again, sorry for being off subject...0
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agreed....sad story.
blow up cafes and buses = loss of many innocent lives
snipers = loss of one innocent life
when one life is lost, a name is attached to it.
when many lives are lost, it is a nameless event.0 -
NCfan wrote:We are all aware of the cycle of violence in this region. I don't want to advocate that the Palestinians need to "give in", but I surely think they need to reassess their position and alter their approach.
From Ghandi to MLK, history has shown that non-violent protest (especially when you are in the right) will yield far more results than waging a guerilla war against your oppressors.
Tell that to the Algerians. Tell it to the Vietnamese.
Also...you think that India won independence from Colonial rule without violent protest? And you think the blacks in the U.S turned the other cheek?
What planet are you on?NCfan wrote:With every suicide bomb, whether it is justified or not, the Palestinians lose respect and their ability to negotiate. Their standing is diminished, and their goals are pushed farther out of their reach.
To see that the Israeli's are in the position of power is not to advocate their side, it is just the reality of the situation. They can continue to do what they please with little consequence.
Until the Palestinians change course the cycle of violence will keep going round and round.
Until people like yourself cease being passive supporters of Israeli terrorism and cease believing the pro-Israeli propaganda spewed out by the western media on a daily basis, then these atrocities will continue.0 -
yellowsnowbetter wrote:agreed....sad story.
blow up cafes and buses = loss of many innocent lives
snipers = loss of one innocent life
when one life is lost, a name is attached to it.
when many lives are lost, it is a nameless event.
in the past month 120 Palestinians have been killed, compared with just two Israelis. This is the norm in that region.
What was your point again?0 -
Religion has utterly failed in that region. If suicide bombers actually realized that they weren't going to go on some magical Disneyland afterlife experience by blowing themselves up in the name of God, then it might be different. If Israeli's didn't think God gave them exclusive rights to that land via a book of ancient parables (aka stories) then it would be different. It would just be probably normal instead of insane. One could argue strongly that religion has made both these peoples certifiably insane.Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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that is toatlly fucked up being a father of an 11yr old girl myself this kind of senseless taken of a life no matter wich side it's on is totally fucked up ,both sides will never ever get along never never in our life times & probably my kids also ,they are back to biblical times over there you kill one of us we take one of your's .......RIP young girl
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yellowsnowbetter wrote:agreed....sad story.
blow up cafes and buses = loss of many innocent lives
snipers = loss of one innocent life
when one life is lost, a name is attached to it.
when many lives are lost, it is a nameless event.
You left out F-16's dropping bombs on nameless innocents. You forgot nameless kids and farmers blowing off limbs from leftover cluster bombs. Nameless event my ass.0 -
flywallyfly wrote:You left out F-16's dropping bombs on nameless innocents. You forgot nameless kids and farmers blowing off limbs from leftover cluster bombs. Nameless event my ass.
His comments were typical of the skewered thinking of many people in the west who sit blinking at the mainstream media, lapping it all up unthinkingly.
Kind of makes you despair, doesn't it?0 -
It's all very Ironic. Maybe the real sign the end times is near is really when the place that religion started so to speak has in fact become hell on earth.
Messed up large... when do the participants sit back and realize what has become?
"we followed god's word as it was written, and created hell"Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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yellowsnowbetter wrote:agreed....sad story.
blow up cafes and buses = loss of many innocent lives
snipers = loss of one innocent life
when one life is lost, a name is attached to it.
when many lives are lost, it is a nameless event.
I think they might have meant that it's easier to focus on the sadness and how shocking the story is when it's just one person. You're able to read details about the last moments of this persons life instead of seeing "the suicide bomber maimed 24 people and killed 6 others". We know this young girl was laying on the floor for three hours, slowly dying because help wasn't allowed to come. We know just what happened to Safa. I think that may be what the poster meant.0 -
how does one live with themselves if they are the sniper?? ... how do you pull the trigger on a 12-year old girl?
i don't know the validity of this story but if it's true - it really shows what people are capable of ...0 -
polaris wrote:how does one live with themselves if they are the sniper?? ... how do you pull the trigger on a 12-year old girl?
i don't know the validity of this story but if it's true - it really shows what people are capable of ...
It's true.
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