Family graves Israeli soldier held captive, swears never to pardon
Relatives and friends wept as the body of an Israeli hostage retrieved from Gaza City was buried. Her mother told the mourners she would never forgive what had happened to her daughter, a teenage conscript soldier, according to Reuters.
On October 7, Noa Marciano, 19, was present at a military base close to Gaza when Hamas fighters took control of it. Although she was pulled alive into the adjacent Palestinian territory, many of her fellow troops were killed.
She was killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to a video posted by Hamas earlier this week. Her body was discovered, according to the Israeli military, in a structure next to Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, and it was brought back to Israel for burial.
Speaking to her daughter during the Hamas attack, Marciano’s mother said to the mourners that her first worry had been for the soldiers who had only arrived at the facility two days earlier.
“We’re pleading with you for forgiveness today. “You shielded us, but we did not shield you,” her mother sobbed as she wore a t-shirt with a picture of her happy daughter in her high school cap and gown. While you are now sleeping, we won’t give up. We will not forgive or forget,” she declared.
Mourners attend the funeral of kidnapped female soldier Noa Marciano after her remains were recovered from Gaza, in the central city of Modiin on November 17. — AFP
Watch: A Gaza hospital’s surgeon provides an update on the civilians hit by Israeli bombing
Dr. Tom Potokar, our chief surgeon in the European Hospital in #Gaza shares the situation of the healthcare workers and of those civilians affected.
“Is seeing so many destroyed lives, so many shattered bodies, burned bodies, particularly in children… this is such a tragedy”. pic.twitter.com/ScQqJvJ3VX
— ICRC (@ICRC) November 17, 2023
“Palestinians are disappearing right before our eyes,” states Jeremy Corbyn, a UK MP
UN experts have warned that we are witnessing a genocide in the making.
Home by home, hospital by hospital, generation by generation, Palestinians are being wiped out before our very eyes.
MPs had the chance to demand a ceasefire. The majority chose to cheer on war instead.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 17, 2023
According to the health ministry, power outages caused 24 deaths at Al-Shifa Hospital in just two days.
As Israeli forces search the Al-Shifa hospital for Hamas hideouts, the health ministry in Gaza has announced that 24 patients have passed away at the facility in the last two days as a result of power outages, according to AFP.
According to ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, “24 patients in various departments have died over the last 48 hours as vital medical equipment has stopped functioning due to the power outage.”
WATCH: Israeli soldier vandalises classroom in Gaza
I am a dedicated student currently in my seventh semester, pursuing a degree in International Relations. Alongside my academic pursuits, I am actively engaged in the professional field as a content writer at the Rangeinn website.