BOSTONTOPALESTINE UPDATE
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We note with great sadness other reports that indicate that Tom
Hundall was declared clinically dead due to brain injury. Please
hold Tom Hundall in your thoughts and prayers.

*the wounded man is Tom Hundall, of the U.K., and not Tom of
bostontopalestine.
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ISM PRESS RELEASE:

Israeli soldiers shoot another ISM activist in the head

Yebna, Rafah - Between 4:30 and 5:00 PM today Israeli snipers shot
another ISM activist in the head. Tom Hundall from Manchester,
Britain, is currently in critical condition in a helicopter on his
way from Europa Hospital in Khan Younis to a hospital in Bir Sheva.
He is 22 years old.

According to Laura [an ISMer at the scene], the activists were being
shot at while protecting some children from Israeli gunfire. Tom was
in plain view of the sniper towers and was wearing a bright orange
fluorescent jacket with reflective stripes. The nine ISM activists
and many children were in the process of leaving the area. Sniper
fire from the tower was hitting the wall close beside the children,
who were afraid to move. Tom was attempting to bring them to safety
when he was shot. There was no shooting or resistance coming from the
Palestinian side at all.

According to Laura, the plan had been to put up a tent where a tank
parks itself every night in front of a Mosque. The soldiers in the
tank shoot down the street, terrorizing people who come to pray. The
group had discovered earlier that the tank was already in place and
had begun firing into the air. The Palestinian organizers felt the
plan had become unworkable, and the action was abandoned.

Laura and two Palestinians decided to go assess the situation. She
soon realized that the tank had moved from where it had been. It was
now possible to set up the tent. She spoke to Tom D by phone and they
decided to meet at the roadblock. The Israeli snipers in the
eastern tower began shooting in Laura's path.

When they arrived at the roadblock, the rest of the group was already
there. The snipers began firing again: this time at the wall of the
building next to the activists. As a result, the group began the
process of leaving.

Tom saw a little boy in an open space, clearly visible to the tower.
Tom went to get him out of the way. He looked back and saw two more
girls whom he also went to retrieve. As he went to get them, he was
shot in the back of the head. He fell to the ground in a pool of
blood. The ambulance arrived quickly, after about two minutes.

For years the Israeli army has killed Palestinian civilians with
impunity. Now they are targeting unarmed international peace
activists and human rights workers. On March 16, Rachel Corrie was
run over and killed by a bulldozer operator in Rafah while trying to
prevent home demolitions. On April 5, in Jenin, Brian Avery was
shot in the face by an APC in an unprovoked attack on a clearly
unarmed group of internationals. Six months ago in Jenin, Caoimhe
Butterly was shot in the leg and UN official Ian Hook was
murdered.

We ask the world community to stand up and demand that Israel honor
international agreements protecting civilians, whether they are
internationals or Palestinians, and hold Israel accountable for these
crimes against humanity. And we demand an end to the illegal and
brutal occupation that these murders defend.
For more information contact:
Allison 067 742 780
Raf 054 389 466
Nick 055 874 693
Alice 067 857 069

Tom ISM Media Coordinator
Beit Sahour, Occupied Palestine
02-277-4602
067-862-439
052-360-241




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