Think of the foreboding and terror that must run through the mind of a 10-year-old girl who would write a will. From Asem Alnabih at aljazeera.com:
My 10-year-old niece was killed by an Israeli bomb. Before she died, she decided to write a will.
Ten-year-old children are supposed to be busy playing with toys, doodling and hanging out with their friends, not writing a will in case they die.
“My will, if I become a martyr or pass away: Please do not cry for me, because your tears cause me pain. I hope my clothes will be given to those in need. My accessories should be shared between Rahaf, Sara, Judy, Lana, and Batool. My bead kits should go to Ahmed and Rahaf. My monthly allowance, 50 shekels, 25 to Rahaf and 25 to Ahmed. My stories and notebooks to Rahaf. My toys to Batool. And please, do not yell at my brother Ahmed, please follow these wishes.”
No one in the family knew anything about a will from my 10-year-old niece Rasha, not until after we buried her in the same grave as her brother, Ahmed, aged 11, with half their faces gone as a result of an Israeli air strike on their home on September 30. This happened exactly 24 years to the day when 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was killed in Gaza.
It seems as though Israel was reminding us of its longstanding track record of killing defenceless children.
That video was disturbing even for those with an iron stomach.
The poor children playing soccer who had to scramble as a building blew up and an air raid siren screamed should be used for morale by the fearless and peerless Al-Qassam Brigade fighters.
Or the old man with no shoes walking for hours until the feet are blistered and swollen.
Another hospital was hit the other day while vaccination was going on.