Part of the interview with Jamal Al Durra (son murdered by I sraeli soldiers)
Date:  November 16, 2000


BBB: How are you feeling now?

Jamal Al Durra: My situation is bad. My pelvis is shattered, I can't move
my right arm properly. I had 3 surgeries on my arm already.  I also had
operations on my elbows.  After my muscles heal, they will operate on my
fingers.

Samer4: Do you think that this Intifada is going to help the Palestinian
people?

Jamal Al Durra: The continuation of the Intifida will eliminate the
Zionists and retrieve Palestinian lands and rights.

Jongar: Is it true that the Israelis were really looking to kill the young
boys by shooting on their heads?

Jamal Al Durra: The Israelis intend to kill children less than 16 years of
age. So they won't grow up and build families. That is how they will
annihilate the Palestinian people.

3oqla: How many bullets hit you if I may ask?

Jamal Al Durra: Eight bullets. There is one bullet remaining in my pelvis.

Wael*: Jamal.. Where were you going at the time of the crime?

Jamal Al Durra: I was leaving Gaza to go back home (Buraij Camp). We
wanted to cross the road & take a car back to the camp.

basel: In the media they said it was cross shooting, is that right?

Jamal Al Durra: The area I was at with my son didn't have cross fire.
There was nobody there in that area, the shooting was aimed at us.

Hanthalla: How many bullets hit your son?

Jamal Al Durra: Four Bullets, The first in his right knee. I then called
for help. My son told me that he wouldn't cry, that is when I raised my
right arm to ask for help. They didn't stop firing at us, the gunfire
increased. A bullet hit my right arm then I tried to protect Mohammad but
bullets were coming from several locations. Soldiers were aiming at us. I
tried to protect my son with my leg, Which was hit by bullets, that is
when my pelvis was smashed, I used the cell phone to call the journalist
Sami Ziara, he sent us an ambulance. The Israelis shot the ambulance
driver Bassam Al Belbeisi dead. I called Sami Ziara again, and told him
that the ambulance driver he sent us was killed. Sami told me that he was
aware of the incident and that he sent us another one. The ambulance came,
the driver couldn't reach us due to the heavy shelling. By then, my son
was dead on my lap, I tried to protect him with and every part of my body
but I couldn't. I was awake and aware of everything. I went to a hospital
in Gaza, and the doctors nurses there thought I was unconscious so they
were asking if anyone can identify me or Mohammad, I told them that I am
completely aware of the situation, my name is Jamal Al Durra and this is
my son the martyr Mohammad Al Durra.