The Israeli army has been causing mass blindings in occupied Palestinian territories. They have been shooting at men, women and children to deliberately and grievously injure their eyes. Here are some accounts of the latest victims
According to Abu Qutaish, Israel takes advantage of the exceptional protection from accountability they enjoy from international pressure groups, to provide its soldiers a blanket of impunity.
“Targeting Palestinian children has no limits. It involves shooting, chasing, arresting, torturing them even after arrest and using them as human shields, all of which are methods used by Israel without any accountability.” Abu Qutaish concludes.On April 24, Omar Assi was in the yard of his house when Israeli soldiers fired a stun grenade on its roof. It fell in front of him and exploded, with the shrapnel wounding him in the face.
The pain of the shrapnel all over his face, head and eyes, was excruciating. He was unable to open his eyes for several days, and wasn’t aware that he had almost lost his sight completely. “I feel inferior. I want to go back to my previous life, study, hang out with friends and help my parents. Israel deprived me of all that in one moment,” Omar adds.
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