Another Zionist "mistake" in Jenin

A woman in Jenin tried to save the life of young man shot during an Israeli invasion last Monday (27 November 2006) and ended up paying with her own life. During a time when the world is being told that Israel is observing a 'cease-fire', Israeli forces shot Mahmoud Abdul Razik Baker Nasser in front of the home of Fatima Mahmoud Ahmed Shriem in the northern part of the West Bank. Fatima was then shot while attempting to pull the young man, Mahmoud, to safety. She later died, with the cause of death being loss of blood. Israeli forces kept the area under siege for several hours, with the result that nobody could leave their homes and ambulances could not reach victims.

During this latest siege of the Jenin area, a number of Israeli soldiers had broken into homes in order to using them as cover for snipers. Members of the armed resistance from Qabatia tried to fend off the invaders, but had little success. A leader of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said that this is one of the tactics the Israelis have been re-employing as of late. "They hide inside a house and then open fire when no one knows they were there in the first place."

Fatima's husband, Mahmoud Hafez, said that his wife had heard the cries of the young man who lay injured at the gate of their home, adding that "she started screaming and rushed to save him. It was clear she was not a member of the armed resistance, so that cannot be the reason the Israelis use to explain this murder.”

The women of Qabatia Village, which lies just to the south of Jenin, sang for Fatima as they walked in her funeral procession. At the funeral, her husband had difficulty in holding back the tears, asking "Where is the 'calm', the 'cease-fire'... when they continue to kill in cold blood, leaving bodies to slowly bleed to death". His tears choked his words and he collapsed after saying, "The Israeli soldiers continued their shooting. They wouldn't stop."

Source: International Middle-East Media Center