On this day 25 years ago, the world watched, as Jamal al-Durrah tried to protect his 12-year-old son Muhammad from Israeli bullets that rained down on them in Gaza for 40 minutes. Despite pleads, Israeli soldiers intentionally shot Muhammad in the stomach- whose final moments of fear and horror were caught on camera and streamed by France TV, and injured his father.
Muhammad became the defining and haunting image of the Second Intifada.
This is Hossamās team, and we are sharing his final message :
āIf youāre reading this, it means I have been killedāmost likely targetedāby the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years oldāa college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tentsāanywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my peopleās side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at restāsomething I havenāt known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our storiesāuntil Palestine is free.ā
ā For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
thereās legit nothing to celebrate,, itās an ABSOLUTE relief that the felon predator wonāt be in office but letās not act like Kamala is the MVP of anything other than being silly ashell ,, stop giggling and get to it mam weāre stressed
Now MSNBC anchors are admitting Joe Biden had "zero chance" of winning. Same people who told you he was the world's greatest candidate a month ago and were still saying he's the best candidate a day ago. But now that Democratic leadership has moved, their marketing arm is moving.
Joe Biden is out! The rebel forces have won! We'll have a new Democratic ticket! There is no reason why the new ticket wouldn't instantly be the favorite over Trump. Please Democrats don't trust leadership to pick anymore - do an open convention to pick the strongest team!
This morning, Israel attacked the West Bank, the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas day.
Large scale celebrations in Bethlehem were already cancelled to show solidarity with the people of Gaza. But what does Christmas usually look like in Palestine, the very place it began?
Crowds in the Vatican's St Peterās Square showed solidarity for Palestine during Christmas Day on Monday.
Numerous Palestinian flags were seen among the crowds as they waited for Pope Francis to deliver his annual Christmas message
I've gotten on the ballot in Texas! Nothing is impossible. Our constitutional case is excellent. We're on the ballot in several states and after the case it should be all of them. Biden team has been trying to block me everywhere because they're nervous. Time to get more nervous!