[News] ‘My Father’s Last Words’ - A Gaza Boy Describes Mass Executions at Shifa Hospital

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‘My Father’s Last Words’ - A Gaza Boy Describes Mass Executions at Shifa
HospitalMarch 24, 2024
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Farouk Mohammed Ahmed is the only survivor of one of many mass executions
at Al-Shifa. (Photo: video grab)

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

Farouk Mohammed Ahmed is the only survivor of one of many mass executions
carried out by the Israeli army in the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.

In a video interview, which was published in Al-Jazeera and other news
outlets, the boy described what happened to him and eight others, including
his father and his brother, when they were taken hostage inside the
hospital.

“I ran away. But just before I did, I raised my head up. There was more
gunfire. My father was no longer responsive. Nobody else was responsive,”
he said.

Below is the full, brief testimony
<https://www.aljazeera.net/videos/2024/3/23/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A>
of Farouk.

*‘Son, Run Away’*

“They stripped us from our clothes. They left us standing in the building
for two hours. Then, they took us to the Al-Shifa (Hospital).

“They put us in the middle of Al-Shifa. After that, they left us there for
about one hour. They took us to the Al-Shifa Tower. Then, they took us to
the first floor.

“They had us (lie) on the floor before they took us to the top floor.

“They took everyone’s IDs and inquired about our age.

“They left us for about three hours, then they said: ‘You are safe. You can
go south.’

“We stood up, but then, they opened fire. We all laid down on the floor
again. Then, the sniper entertained themselves by shooting us one after the
other.

“There was a person (besides me) who was hit in the abdomen. Then, he
lifted his head to look up and they shot him in the head. All of his blood
spilled on me.

“We were nine people, Abu Awad and his two children were martyred, and my
father, may Allah bless his soul, and my brother Yousef, and we had a
person who was 67 years old. They had not yet brought his children with
him.

“He (the old man) told me: ‘If you could help me untie, I will go with
you’.

“The moment he moved, they sniped him in the head.

“My father was declaring the shahada (declaration before death) in a low
voice. (In his last breath), he said: ‘Son, if you can run away, run away’.
I ran away. But just before I did, I raised my head up. There was more
gunfire. My father was no longer responsive. Nobody else was responsive.”

*(PC, AJA)*


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