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| After two days of searching for a son they lost contact with during a rushed evacuation from their home in Gaza City, one Palestinian family was surprised to hear the young man’s voice, calling out for a missing cousin, in video posted on YouTube on Monday by human rights activists. | After two days of searching for a son they lost contact with during a rushed evacuation from their home in Gaza City, one Palestinian family was surprised to hear the young man’s voice, calling out for a missing cousin, in video posted on YouTube on Monday by human rights activists. |
| A sister and a cousin of the missing 23-year-old, Salem Khaleel Shamaly, were horrified to see video of him lying on the ground in the ruined neighborhood they had fled, Shejaiya, wounded by an unseen sniper, according to activists from the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement who witnessed the incident and released the footage. As the man tried to get to his feet, two more shots rang out, and he stopped moving. | A sister and a cousin of the missing 23-year-old, Salem Khaleel Shamaly, were horrified to see video of him lying on the ground in the ruined neighborhood they had fled, Shejaiya, wounded by an unseen sniper, according to activists from the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement who witnessed the incident and released the footage. As the man tried to get to his feet, two more shots rang out, and he stopped moving. |
| Joe Catron, a human rights activist who witnessed the shooting and documented the incident in photographs posted on Flickr, said in a telephone interview from Gaza that, although it seemed certain the young man would die without emergency medical treatment, the rest of the small party with which he was traveling had no choice but to retreat when shelling resumed in the area after the filming had stopped. The two people closest to the gunshot victim were convinced that he was dead by the time they left, Mr. Catron said. | Joe Catron, a human rights activist who witnessed the shooting and documented the incident in photographs posted on Flickr, said in a telephone interview from Gaza that, although it seemed certain the young man would die without emergency medical treatment, the rest of the small party with which he was traveling had no choice but to retreat when shelling resumed in the area after the filming had stopped. The two people closest to the gunshot victim were convinced that he was dead by the time they left, Mr. Catron said. |
| Mr. Shamaly’s cousin, Mohammed Alqattawi, said in a telephone interview from Gaza on Tuesday that his family had tried to get rescue workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to retrieve the body, only to be told that the situation in Shejaiya remained too dangerous. At least 60 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed there during a fierce battle between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas militants. | Mr. Shamaly’s cousin, Mohammed Alqattawi, said in a telephone interview from Gaza on Tuesday that his family had tried to get rescue workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to retrieve the body, only to be told that the situation in Shejaiya remained too dangerous. At least 60 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed there during a fierce battle between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas militants. |
| The video was recorded by a local activist, Mohammed Abedullah, at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, during a two-hour cease-fire brokered by the Red Cross, when a group of volunteers and Palestinian rescue workers searched for survivors in Shejaiya. It had been under intense Israeli shelling since early that morning. | |
| Mr. Abedullah’s video was edited by the International Solidarity Movement Palestine’s West Bank media office, which posted the video on YouTube with a headline assigning blame for the shooting to an unseen Israeli sniper. The activists provided 15 minutes 46 seconds of raw footage to The New York Times for review, and although it bears no apparent signs of manipulation, it also offers no clear evidence of the gunman’s identity. | |
| The Israel Defense Forces did not respond to a request for comment, but Israeli officials have defended the incursion into Shejaiya on the grounds that Hamas has “fortified” the area with a labyrinth of tunnels in civilian neighborhoods. | The Israel Defense Forces did not respond to a request for comment, but Israeli officials have defended the incursion into Shejaiya on the grounds that Hamas has “fortified” the area with a labyrinth of tunnels in civilian neighborhoods. |
| The video, showing the shooting of an apparently unarmed man, was described as a war crime by Ali Abunimah, the Palestinian-American founder of the Electronic Intifada. Human Rights Watch, which has accused both Israel and Hamas of violation of the laws of war, said last week that at least four recent attacks by the Israeli military that killed civilians in Gaza were apparently unlawful. | The video, showing the shooting of an apparently unarmed man, was described as a war crime by Ali Abunimah, the Palestinian-American founder of the Electronic Intifada. Human Rights Watch, which has accused both Israel and Hamas of violation of the laws of war, said last week that at least four recent attacks by the Israeli military that killed civilians in Gaza were apparently unlawful. |
| Mr. Alqattawi said that his cousin worked as a grocer with his father in Gaza City’s old market and had “absolutely nothing” to do with any militant brigade or the Hamas-led government of the territory. | Mr. Alqattawi said that his cousin worked as a grocer with his father in Gaza City’s old market and had “absolutely nothing” to do with any militant brigade or the Hamas-led government of the territory. |
| Citing the images of Mr. Shamaly in the video, Mr. Alqattawi said that his cousin “clearly had nothing in his hand” except the cheap Nokia mobile phone he was using to track down his family. | Citing the images of Mr. Shamaly in the video, Mr. Alqattawi said that his cousin “clearly had nothing in his hand” except the cheap Nokia mobile phone he was using to track down his family. |