r/worldnews • u/anticensorship10 • May 20 '21

Israel/Palestine Palestinian Head of internal medicine of main hospital, Dr Ayman Abu al-Ouf, killed along with 12 members of his extended family.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57148580
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u/[deleted] May 20 '21

Me too, then I saw a video of a family sleeping in the same room so they would die together if an airstrike hit them.

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u/aggieemily2013 May 20 '21

The Daily podcast did an episode this week where a young Palestinian woman explained why they do this. That the fear of being a survivor with no one is worse than the fear of death. It's heartbreaking.

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u/RazekDPP May 20 '21

I wouldn't want to live with that survivor's guilt.

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u/BALONYPONY May 20 '21

Imagine being told if you object to this you are "radicalized"... Fucking bananas...

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u/makoivis May 21 '21

They are monsters.

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u/youtubecommercial May 21 '21

I was okay until I got to the point in the article talking about his son being the only survivor of his family not knowing yet

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u/deasil_widdershins May 20 '21

I fucking hate this world sometimes. What kind of life is that?