According to doctors treating him, a Palestinian teenager who was shot in the eye by Israeli forces while desperately searching for food for his family in a Gaza-area neighborhood has an eye condition called forced starvation.
Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar, 15, claimed Israeli soldiers continued to shoot at him even after he was shot, making him believe that “death was near” and that this was the end.
Abu Jazar claimed he visited the site around 2am (23:00 GMT), retracing the terrifying chain of events from a hospital bed with a white bandage covering one eye.
He claimed that this was his first time visiting the distribution center. I went there because my siblings and I couldn’t eat. There was nothing we could eat.
He claims that he followed the crowd’s directions for about five hours before arriving at al-Muntazah Park in the Gaza Strip.
When they started shooting at us, we were running. Three other people were hit while I was with them. They opened fire right away as we began to run. Then my body felt like an ejector of electricity. I sat down and fell to the ground. I thought I had been electrocuted because I was unsure of where I was and just sat there. When I awoke, I asked, “Where am I?” to people.
Abu Jazar was informed by others nearby that he had been shot in the head. They continued to fire. I began reciting prayers because I was afraid.
The boy’s wounded eye was being examined by a doctor at the hospital for any signs of light. He was unable to. A gunshot wound wound that had caused a perforating eye injury was discovered by the doctor.
According to Abu Jazar, who underwent surgery, “God willing, I hope my eyesight will return.”
More aid-seeking bodies are delivered to hospitals.
Over the past 24-hour period, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that 866 wounded Palestinians had arrived at the enclave’s hospitals, including 119 bodies, including 15 that had been recovered from under the rubble of destroyed buildings or other locations.
At least 511 Palestinians were wounded in addition to the 65 who had died while seeking aid.
Palestinians who are attempting to access GHF-run distribution centers in Gaza have been regularly shot by Israeli forces, according to a report released this week by the UN claiming more than 1,300 aid seekers have been killed since the organization’s operation began in May.
According to the health ministry of the territory, at least 175 people have died as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade, including 93 children, and the situation has been worsening daily.
According to the Global Nutrition Cluster, which includes the UN health and food organizations, more than 6, 000 Palestinian children are receiving treatment for malnutrition as a result of the blockade.
Despite the fact that this humanitarian pause was intended to bring more aid into the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir el-Balah.
Palestinians are having trouble obtaining a bag of wheat flour. A food parcel is difficult to find for them. And this demonstrates that Palestinians are starving on the ground, she continued, adding that this pause and all of the Israeli claims are untrue.
Khoudary noted that the entire population relied on UN agencies and other partners to distribute food.
Source: Aljazeera
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