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Palestinian Rescuers Rely on the Stench of |
by Bob Rieger
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26 Jul 2002
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Palestinian Rescuers Rely on the Stench of Death, Find Two More Children
GAZA CITY: Palestinian aid workers and hundreds of volunteers searching the ruins of flattened homes for survivors in the Daraj neighborhood in Gaza , are relying mostly on primitive rescue methods, one is following the stench of death.
“We thought we located all of them,” an old man, helping in the rescue efforts told a cameramen at the scene. “But then we realized that there is a strong stench of death coming from under the debris. We finally were able to locate them. They were two children.”
Two children, aged one and four were the cause of the strong odor. They were carried out from under the debris, one with a completely burnt face, and another dead, with a bewildered face
But the stench of death is yet to leave the Gaza neighborhood, a reason that is keeping hundreds of rescuers, children, women and men all gathered to help, occasionally finding a body part and more often chanting “God is Great”, to raise their crushed spirits.
The discovery brings the toll of Monday night's F-16 strike to 17 people, including 11 children aged between 13 years and two months.
Ahmed Abdul Rahman, a top PA official conveyed the latest figures of the Palestinian victims to Al Jazeera Television, saying that 67 of those remaining in the hospital are children, and that there is nearly 20 people in a very critical condition.
The identities of the children found Wednesday were not immediately known, but initial reports say that they might belong to the Matar family, as Mohammed, aged four, Ayman, aged 18 months, and Dalia, aged five, are still missing. |
