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Palestinian American mourns death of 100 family members
Mohammed Shehaiber, a Palestinian American from Gaza who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 30 years, told NBC News yesterday that over 100 of his family members and friends have been killed in the strip this week alone, after his hometown of Sabra was bombed by Israeli forces on Monday.
“They hit the neighbor’s house, next to my father’s house. The walls jumped, and Asma collapsed,” he said, describing the death of a female family member, who was the mother of two. Sabra, on the western outskirts of Gaza City, was an area his family believed would be safe, having been largely unaffected by previous wars with Israel. Now, Shehaiber believes that many family members remain buried under the rubble, with no diesel or supplies to assist efforts for their recovery.
“The house that got destroyed, I grew up in it. All my childhood, gone. I have no childhood left,” he said. He added that in Gaza, Israeli bombing campaigns would only increase support for Hamas, instead of eradicating the group as Israel and the U.S. hope.
“Please stop it, Mr Biden. You can do it.” He said, referring to Israel’s campaign on the strip. “It will only cause more problems, more hatred.”
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
