On 9 December 2023, Israeli soldiers raided the Abulkhair family home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood. The family had been trapped in their home, under siege, for five days as Israel bombed the area. And when soldiers burst into the home, they were firing their weapons indiscriminately, in every direction.
Sojod Abulkhair, 19, watched in terror as her grandfather was hit with three bullets. He was disabled and had Alzheimer’s disease. The shots killed him immediately.
“We were all laying down jam-packed in the corridor,” said Sojod. “It was very dark and scary.” She said she was even more afraid when the hallway lit up with the tactical lights attached to the soldiers’ rifles. They shouted to each other in Hebrew and English.
The soldiers handcuffed her, her younger sister Toqa, 15, and her ailing grandmother and took them to a neighboring home that soldiers had occupied…..more