Last Night in Occupied Rafah

Nada Abu Khalil Siam, 4, in hospital after being seriously injured last night during the IOF shelling of Rafah. She was in her home when she was shot in the head.

Mohammed just emailed this:

Again, there has been heavy shelling of civilian neighborhoods in Rafah and a continuing buildup of Israeli army forces despite the Israeli disengagement plan scheduled to start next month. Wednesday night, there was shelling all night long in many areas of Rafah targeting civilian homes, and helicopters circling continuously. The same was true in nearby Khan Yunis.

Nada Khalil Siam 4 years old, was at home, in her own room late last night when she was shot in the head. Eyewitnesses said during the lengthy shelling, her mother was holding her to offer some comfort. She was in her mother's arms when she was shot.

She was rushed to al Najjar Hospital in Rafah where it was determined her injury was severe. She was transferred to the larger, better-equipped European Hospital in Khan Younis where she remains in serious condition.

Another civilian, Hanaa Hijazi, 21, was also wounded last night during the Israeli shelling.

On July 28 2005 Edit

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