Massacre of the Samouni family: Gazan girl tells the story of her family.

Interview from Aljazeera Jan 21st, 2009
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For news reports on the incident:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/06/gaza-israel
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/2009118194212986246.html

Israeli forces demolished the house of the Samouni family in Gaza City after ordering them to remain in it for safety.

Twenty-seven members of the family died and another 90 Gazans remained trapped under the rubble, with rescue efforts hampered by Israeli forces.

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[bellesansbete]

I can't say for certain what happened to the Samouni family and the translation is not exact; but the little girl plainly says, at 0:43, the soldiers saw they were civilians and told them to leave, and, at 3:40, people said there were  women and children so the Israelis let them go! If the IDF wanted to murder civilians why not kill the women and kids when they had the chance. But even this little girl says the Israelis (she says Jews) did NOT shoot at them and LET THEM GO. Blame Hamas!

[karawmak]

You are right bellesansbete, I have translated every (yahood) as Israelis, because this is what is meant. Palestinians use Jews and Israelis interchangeably.

My purpose was to make sure it is not to be interpreted as antisemitism, cause it is not.

Not every soldier in IDF is a murderer or cold-heart killer. There are Israeli reports that specifically accuse certain individuals of this happening. a general who took over command that night.

[karawmak]

the translation is not exact only for that Jews=Israelis issue, and as I justified that. everything else was made as literal as possible.

you seem to be honestly looking for facts. I recognize my videos are what they are, but if you would like, I collected some fact links and documents that both sides can agree upon. Drama-free which I think what you want.

still though, you were very selective in your analysis of the video.

[ironpoet4muse]

Zionists are the real terrorist and a lot of faggs here who try to say that IDF are brave and honnest soldiers ..and who is shooting phosphorus bombs in a civilian area in Gaza? santaclaus?.. these chemical weapons are forbidden by the international laws, they provoke cancer and infertility and all this shit is create by ZIONISTS . The False Jews are the synagogue of Satan, real Jews are Arabs, the Zionism destroys the Judaism.

[hcwcars1]

jews kill more children then anyone !

[JerrySPsy]

@daphny007 LOL - you don't even know what the hell she is saying and you still suck up all this propaganda like it's established fact. Now that's what I think is horrible. Where is your righteous indignation over Hamas indiscriminantly launching tens of thousands of rockets at Israeli towns and not giving a damn who they hit - ya damn hypocrite.

[dlcalliope]

Get real.. you have to be an idiot to swallow this. Like there was a massacre in Jenin and Mohammaed al Dura was shot. I guess you believe that Israel put sharks off Sharm el Sheik to chase tourists away. All shown to be bold faced lies. daphnyoo7 you are gullible and naive and participating in spreading slander. Shame on you.

[bellesansbete]

@Aladin80 Who is bulldozing the homes of Palestinian Arabs without legal proceedings, who is taking prisoners of them and torturing and killing tthem, who held back diesel fuel for the electric plant and petrol (gasoline) for cars, who is keeping the medicine DONATED to the people of Gaza and charging exhorbitant prices for it, who dropped bombs on kids killing them, who destroyed a kid's summer camp, who beat Muslim pilgrims who tried to go to Mecca? HAMAS! That's who! No, not Israel.

[Aladin80]

@bellesansbete

It's not the first time the IDF is killing innocent people, so I'm starting to doubt that the slaughter is accidental. Such people as you and the IDF soldiers are immoral pigs that lights on the idea of killing innocent people.

One day the people will rise against the occupying regime of Israel and then there is no salvation.

[Aladin80]

@bellesansbete

You dirty bastard, the IDF killed an entire family and we should blame Hamas? It's the same as to blame the Jewish resistance for Hitler's massacre on the Jews.

[Aladin80]

Expect no kindness from these people that you have spent decades to destroy and plague. All these children that you have spent your energy on destroying their childhood, will be your worst enemy.

[zizo20002000]

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