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🇵🇸 Lives shattered in Tulkarem amid Israel’s escalating military assault in the West Bank | Mondoweiss
On the morning of February 9, the al-Ashqar family sat in terrified silence as news spread of the Israeli military’s advance into their neighborhood in #NurShams refugee camp in #Tulkarem.
Unbeknownst to them, Israeli forces had planted a bomb at their front door — an explosive device that would soon take the life of 21-year-old Rahaf al-Ashqar, one of over 70 Palestinians killed during Israel’s ongoing assault on the northern #WestBank.
Her father, Fuad al-Ashqar, recalled to Mondoweiss that he and Rahaf were sitting in the living room when she told him to look out the window. “There are wires on the pillars of the house. What are those wires?” Rahaf had said.
Before he could respond, she sprang from the couch in a panic, running towards the door, shouting, “Baba, they want to blow up the house!”
Moments later, Rahaf was dead
#Palestine #IOF #ForcedDisplacement #Apartheid #Genocide #Testimonies #OPT
On the morning of February 9, the al-Ashqar family sat in terrified silence as news spread of the Israeli military’s advance into their neighborhood in #NurShams refugee camp in #Tulkarem.
Unbeknownst to them, Israeli forces had planted a bomb at their front door — an explosive device that would soon take the life of 21-year-old Rahaf al-Ashqar, one of over 70 Palestinians killed during Israel’s ongoing assault on the northern #WestBank.
Her father, Fuad al-Ashqar, recalled to Mondoweiss that he and Rahaf were sitting in the living room when she told him to look out the window. “There are wires on the pillars of the house. What are those wires?” Rahaf had said.
Before he could respond, she sprang from the couch in a panic, running towards the door, shouting, “Baba, they want to blow up the house!”
Moments later, Rahaf was dead
#Palestine #IOF #ForcedDisplacement #Apartheid #Genocide #Testimonies #OPT
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🇵🇸 Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world | Mondoweiss
Only three months ago, nobody anticipated that soon 40,000 Palestinians would be displaced from their homes with no return in sight.
Even more unexpected was Israel’s continued widening of its campaign to new parts of the West Bank. But what was the least expected of all was that it would happen with little or no reaction — locally, regionally, and internationally.
Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the #WestBank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in #Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1948.
#Palestine #EthnicCleansing #Apartheid #Genocide #ForcedDisplacement #oPt
Only three months ago, nobody anticipated that soon 40,000 Palestinians would be displaced from their homes with no return in sight.
Even more unexpected was Israel’s continued widening of its campaign to new parts of the West Bank. But what was the least expected of all was that it would happen with little or no reaction — locally, regionally, and internationally.
Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the #WestBank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in #Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1948.
#Palestine #EthnicCleansing #Apartheid #Genocide #ForcedDisplacement #oPt