Maine Owl

Survivors say medical attention was denied for hours or days

Does the similarity in these stories "refute" Israeli denial?

Israel accused of executing parents in front of children in Gaza
Israel has refuted allegations of war atrocities in Gaza after Palestinian children described how their parents had been "executed" by Israeli troops.
By Murray Wardrop - Last Updated: 9:50PM GMT 21 Jan 2009

One nine-year-old boy said his father had been shot dead in front of him despite surrendering to Israeli soldiers with his hands in the air.

Another youngster described witnessing the deaths of his mother, three brothers and uncle after the house they were in was shelled.

He said his mother and one of his siblings had been killed instantly, while the others bled to death over a period of days.

Palestinian US College Grad Loses 2 Brothers in Israeli Shooting; Father Watched Son Bleed to Death After Israeli Troops Blocked Ambulances
Democracy Now! - January 22, 2009

AMY GOODMAN: Amer, Ibrahim?tell us what was happening with him through the day, your eighteen-year-old brother, who your father was with. Where was he shot?

AMER SHURRAB: He was shot in his leg just under the knee. And while he was getting out of the car, upon the orders of the soldiers, he got shot, and he screamed, ?I have been injured!? And he tried to call the ambulance, but the soldiers ordered him to drop the phone, or they would shoot him.

But they would allow my father to use a cell phone. My father tried to call the emergency number several times. And Ibrahim would tell him, every five minutes, ?I?m hurt. I?m injured. I?m in pain. Call an ambulance.? And he was bleeding all the time. And after sunset, he started shivering and trembling, telling my dad he was cold.

And after my dad found out that Kassab was dead, Ibrahim asked my dad, ?Were you pleased with him, Daddy?? And he said, ?Yes, I?m pleased with him.? And then Ibrahim, around 9:00, Ibrahim told my dad he was still shivering from cold, and he told my dad, ?I?m so cold.? So my dad told him, ?OK, stand up, and I will help you to get in the car. Maybe it will be warmer there.?

So, as they stood up, the soldier said, ?Don?t move, or we will shoot you.?

What followed was horrific in its cruelty. The injured man was forced to remain with his father in the car, bleeding without medical care until he died twenty hours later.

Why is it so hard for American politicians to stand up against this kind of inhuman behavior? There hardly has been a peep from the U.S. Congress, President Obama, or the U.S. media. I just have to think that if Israel did not feel it had such impunity conferred to it from its American benefactors, these crimes could not happen.