A Palestinian narrates the moment the journalist Ahmed Mansour burns in Israeli raids on Gaza – the seventh day

Sadness of the Arab world, due to the scene of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Mansour’s burning inside a tent near the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, after the Israeli occupation planes targeted him with air strikes at dawn on Monday.

Scenes of the moment the fire showed the body of the journalist Ahmed Mansour, who seemed unable to do anything, while two, one of whom was killed in the bombing of the tent of the journalists at dawn on Monday.

The Palestinian journalist, Abdel -Raouf Shaath, narrated the moments in which the journalist Ahmed Mansour burned, saying: “I did not imagine that a moment when he rushed to a person and the fire devoured his body, not to save him from absence, but from combustion.”

He added: “When the occupation planes targeted the tent of journalists in Nasser camp, everything around us exploded: sound, fire, dust, and astonishment, and turned quickly.

He continued: “I did not think, I rushed to him with all the fear, love, and human instinct, I tried without feeling and I do not know what I did and I do not know how I moved, as if I turned off the burning fire in my heart, was screaming, and his eyes were looking for survival in my face, this was not a scene from a movie, which was alive, real, real, burning.”

And he went on to say: “We are journalists … carry the camera, not the weapon, we tell the truth, we do not participate in the fighting, so why do we bomb?, Those moments will remain engraved in my memory, what I lived, Ahmed, my colleague, I do not have a promise for you except that I tried with everything I can .. and that you will remain in my heart, and in our eyes all, forgive me if I let you down a moment, and I forgive this world that did not give you the right of life The flames of injustice. “

He emphasized that “the scene was so harshly unable to describe; a burning body, cries that penetrate smoke, and hearts that crumble on friends that we cannot save as much as we wish, adding:” In those moments, a person has only an instinctive reaction, between escaping, rush, or complete stagnation, some grabbed the camera, not because he wanted to photograph the rescue instead His movement, and did what he could do in the moment of terror. “

He concluded by saying: “No one chooses to see a person burning and then takes a picture of a cold heart, but we remind those who attack without testifying, that God does not cost a breath except its expansion, and thank God that God has inspired me to try, and that the amazement has an unforgettable limits from behind the screens, what happened is unforgettable, and whoever there will be easily, nor from the fire Rulings, may God have mercy on our colleagues, the martyrs and the speedy recovery of the wounded.

Commenting on this, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that the crime of targeting journalists in Gaza reflects the extent of the brutality practiced by the Israeli occupation forces against civilians, and this brutal attack comes within a escalating series of crimes that directly affect journalists, in a systematic attempt to silence the Palestinian voice and absent the truth.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement issued on Monday that the targeting of journalists comes in the context of the comprehensive war launched by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people, which aims to absent the truth, and prevent documenting crimes and continuous violations against civilians, and this crime falls within a series of deliberate violations, which include bombing and killing outside the framework of law, arbitrary arrest, and enforced disappearance, with the aim of soothing journalists. On the performance of their humanitarian and professional duties.

Journalist Ahmed Mansour

The moment the journalist’s body is burned

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