By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
DailynewsegyptDailynewsegypt
  • Home
  • Business
    BusinessShow More
    HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
    HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
    June 4, 2023
    Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
    Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
    June 4, 2023
    146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
    146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
    June 4, 2023
    Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
    Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
    June 4, 2023
    Beltone Leasing signs EGP 500m sale-and-leaseback agreement With Hassan Allam Properties
    Beltone Leasing signs EGP 500m sale-and-leaseback agreement With Hassan Allam Properties
    June 4, 2023
  • Politics
    PoliticsShow More
    Iranian, Saudi FMs meet on bilateral ties
    Iranian, Saudi FMs meet on bilateral ties
    June 4, 2023
    Egypt’s PM inspects service, development projects in Alexandria
    Egypt’s PM inspects service, development projects in Alexandria
    June 4, 2023
    FM Shoukry attends inauguration ceremony of Turkish President
    FM Shoukry attends inauguration ceremony of Turkish President
    June 3, 2023
    1 Egyptian security personnel, 3 Israeli soldiers were killed in border shooting
    1 Egyptian security personnel, 3 Israeli soldiers were killed in border shooting 
    June 3, 2023
    India train crash kills at least 207, injures hundreds 
    India train crash kills at least 207, injures hundreds 
    June 3, 2023
  • Interviews
    InterviewsShow More
    EFG Finance to launch unified platform gathering all its financing services: Alaa Al-Afifi
    EFG Finance to launch unified platform gathering all its financing services: Alaa Al-Afifi
    May 31, 2023
    I changed my artistic path to create ‘state of wonder’: Tarek Lotfi
    I changed my artistic path to create ‘state of wonder’: Tarek Lotfi
    May 25, 2023
    I adore Ramadan drama, ‘Telt Al-Talata’ series achieved great success: Ghada Abdel Razek
    I adore Ramadan drama, ‘Telt Al-Talata’ series achieved great success: Ghada Abdel Razek
    May 8, 2023
    We aim to establish Egypt as nearshore centre for Software AG for MET region: Rami Kichli
    We aim to establish Egypt as nearshore centre for Software AG for MET region: Rami Kichli
    April 29, 2023
    Egypt-Spain relations witness remarkable development in recent years: Spanish ambassador in Cairo
    Egypt-Spain relations witness remarkable development in recent years: Spanish ambassador in Cairo
    April 18, 2023
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
Reading: In the memory of Al-Durra
Share
Notification
Latest News
HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
Banking
Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
Banking
146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
Banking
Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
Business
Beltone Leasing signs EGP 500m sale-and-leaseback agreement With Hassan Allam Properties
Beltone Leasing signs EGP 500m sale-and-leaseback agreement With Hassan Allam Properties
Business
Aa
Aa
DailynewsegyptDailynewsegypt
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Interviews
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Interviews
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
  • Advertise
© 2023 DNE News. All Rights Reserved.
Dailynewsegypt > Blog > Politics > In the memory of Al-Durra
PoliticsRegion

In the memory of Al-Durra

Hend Kortam
Last updated: 2012/09/30 at 10:49 PM
By Hend Kortam 4 Min Read
Share
Screen grab from footage by French television network France 2 that shows the death of Mohammed al-Durra and wounding of his father AFP PHOTO / Getty Images
Screen grab from footage by French television network France 2 that shows the death of Mohammed al-Durra and wounding of his father AFP PHOTO / Getty Images
SHARE
Screen grab from footage by French television network France 2 that shows the death of Mohammed al-Durra and wounding of his father  AFP PHOTO / Getty Images
Screen grab from footage by French television network France 2 that shows the death of Mohammed al-Durra and wounding of his father
AFP PHOTO / Getty Images

For those who’ve seen the footage, the image of the 12 year old Palestinian boy from Gaza being shot to death as his father tries to protect him is hard to forget, even 11 years on.

“The boy is dead,” you can hear Jamal Al-Durra cry at the top of his lungs several times in the video. Within seconds of the father’s frantic yelling and waving in the air calling on the shooters to stop shooting, both father and son stop moving. Mohamed Al-Durra had died, Jamal was injured. The tragic incident took place near the Netzarim inside the Gaza Strip and the shooting lasted for over 45 minutes.

The controversy surrounding the killing of the twelve year old Al-Durra did not stop at who shot him but in an appearance at the 11th anniversary of the shooting on the private Egyptian Al-Hayah Channel, Jamal Al-Durra said it is claimed that his son was never killed and that he is still alive.

“I hid next to the concrete cylinder you saw on television and I tried with all my power to protect my son and I put him on my right side…. The bullets penetrated my entire right arm,” Jamal said in his Al-Hayah appearance. The son was first shot in the knee. When Jamal Al-Durra told him not to be scared, he replied, “Don’t be scared dad, I will wait until the ambulance comes.”

“Minutes later, he was falling on my right side and the bullets were coming out through his back. I realised that he had become martyred at that point.”

The incident took place on 30 September 2000, at the outbreak of the second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, in reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in the ancient Palestinian city of Al-Quds. The Second Intifada broke out a day after then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon entered the mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, along with around 1,000 Israeli security forces, wearing his shoes.

The father and son who were caught in the crossfire between armed Palestinians and the Israeli army have been the focus of ongoing controversy ever since. While France 2, who aired the footage said the father and son were shot at from the Israeli side, Israeli officials claimed that they were killed as a result of Palestinian fire.

Regarding the incident, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said that the father and son who are from Al-Boreij were shot at by “Israeli occupation forces, which resulted in his death and the severe injury of his father, is one of the starkest examples of the grave and blatant human rights violations of Israel against Palestinian civilians.”

Talal Abu Rahma who shot the footage said, “shooting started first from different sources, Israeli and Palestinian. It lasted for not more than five minutes. Then, it was quite clear for me that shooting was towards the child Mohammed and his father from the opposite direction to them….I can assert that shooting at the child Mohammed and his father Jamal came from the above – mentioned Israeli military outpost, as it was the only place from which shooting at the child and his father was possible.”

Abu Rahma confirmed that the killing of the father and the injuring of the son was intentional and in cold blood.

You Might Also Like

Iranian, Saudi FMs meet on bilateral ties

Egypt’s PM inspects service, development projects in Alexandria

FM Shoukry attends inauguration ceremony of Turkish President

1 Egyptian security personnel, 3 Israeli soldiers were killed in border shooting 

India train crash kills at least 207, injures hundreds 

TAGGED: human rights, incident, Isreal, kill, middle east, Palestine
Share this Article
Facebook Twitter Email Print
Previous Article Nile Life TV Channel logo Media freedom tested as morning show investigated
Next Article Mo’em Essam says the idea came to him after the famous and popular graffiti along Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Dowtown Cairo was painted over (File photo) Laurence Underhill / DNE Graffiti: an alternative expression of dissent
Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Ad image
Ad image

Stay Connected

Facebook Like
Twitter Follow
Instagram Follow
Youtube Subscribe

Latest News

HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
HDB targets 25% growth in profits, various activities by 2023-end: CEO
Banking
Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
Bank ABC Egypt sees 158% profit growth in 1Q 2023, after merging with BLOM Bank
Banking
146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
146% growth in net profit of Attijariwafa bank Egypt reaching EGP 434.5m in 1Q 2023
Banking
Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
Al Ahly Pharos tops brokerage ranking in May
Business
//
Egypt’s only independent daily newspaper in English. Discuss the country’s latest with the paper’s reporters, editors, and other readers.

Quick Link

  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Interviews
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

© 2023 DNE News. All Rights Reserved.

Join Us!

Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss our latest news, podcasts etc..

Zero spam, Unsubscribe at any time.

Removed from reading list

Undo
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?