Insanity in a Gaza hospital ward
The emergency room in Shifa Hospital is often a place of gore and despair. On Thursday, it was also a lesson in how ordinary people are squeezed between suicidal fighters and a military behemoth.Who knew the Israelis were making some Palestinians so happy? If he really wanted to be a martyr, why didn't he stay on the battle field?Dr. Awni al-Jaru, 37, a surgeon at the hospital, rushed in from his home here, dressed in his scrubs. But he came not to work. His head was bleeding, and his daughter’s jaw was broken.
He said Hamas militants next to his apartment building had fired mortar and rocket rounds. Israel fired back with force, and his apartment was hit. His wife, Albina, originally from Ukraine, and his 1-year-old son were killed.
...A car arrived with more patients. One was a 21-year-old man with shrapnel in his left leg who demanded quick treatment. He turned out to be a militant with Islamic Jihad. He was smiling a big smile.
“Hurry, I must get back so I can keep fighting,” he told the doctors.
He was told that there were more serious cases than his, that he needed to wait. But he insisted. “We are fighting the Israelis,” he said. “When we fire we run, but they hit back so fast. We run into the houses to get away.” He continued smiling.
“Why are you so happy?” he was asked. “Look around you.”
...“Don’t you see that these people are hurting?” the militant was asked.
“But I am from the people, too,” he said, his smile incandescent. “They lost their loved ones as martyrs. They should be happy. I want to be a martyr, too.”
Hamas should also be held responsible for the the deaths of the doctor's family. Their firing of weapons in order to draw fire from the Israelis in such an area is clearly a war crime.
"I want to be a martyr, too"
ReplyDeleteThis is the world's largest death cult.