Anthony Aguilar, who worked at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), says the child kissed his hand and thanked him before he was shot dead by Israeli forces
"He walked 12km to get there, and when he got there, he thanked us for the remnants and the small crumbs that he got.
"He set them down on the ground, because I was kneeling at this point, and he sets his food down, and he places his hands on my face, on the side of my face, on my cheeks, these frail, skeleton, emaciated hands - dirty - and he puts them on my face, and he kissed me.
“He kissed me, and he said thank you in English, thank you. And he collected his items, and he walked back to the group,” he said.
The next line in the article sums up the situation though:
"Then he was shot at with pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades and bullets shot at his feet [and then] in the air, and he runs away scared, and the IDF [Israeli army] were shooting at the crowd.
Sadistic fucking psychopaths. I literally can’t wrap my head around this level of cruelty. How can you even live with yourself, fucking hell, how do you sleep at night after doing something like this? I can’t fathom hating anyone bad enough to actually enjoy watching them suffer like that, it’s just… I don’t even have words to express how disgusting and sad this whole situation is…
I always think of that episode of black mirror where the soldiers are made to wear masks that make the humans that they’re killing look like monsters. Except in real life the mask is inside their brain and it’s extremely difficult if not impossible to remove. They’re not seeing humans when they kill and torture.
I am very glad these people are telling stories of their experiences. As someone with severe PTSD from a chaotic job trying to help people I can tell you this will stay with this guy the rest of his life. I see this not just from the starving Palestinian side but also from the side that this guy’s life, without proper acknowledgement and treatment is just as over as that poor Palestinian he watched starve and die.
I am hopeful he gets the help he needs but in this current western culture of hatred and cynicism I imagine he will disappear into a terrible obscurity of fucked up memories because Palestinians obviously deserve this and so does he for trying to help.
Neither person in this story should be experiencing this and all of us are complicit in allowing it to happen until we force our governments to do otherwise.
The next line in the article sums up the situation though:
Jesus fucking Christ… Monsters
Sadistic fucking psychopaths. I literally can’t wrap my head around this level of cruelty. How can you even live with yourself, fucking hell, how do you sleep at night after doing something like this? I can’t fathom hating anyone bad enough to actually enjoy watching them suffer like that, it’s just… I don’t even have words to express how disgusting and sad this whole situation is…
I always think of that episode of black mirror where the soldiers are made to wear masks that make the humans that they’re killing look like monsters. Except in real life the mask is inside their brain and it’s extremely difficult if not impossible to remove. They’re not seeing humans when they kill and torture.
I am very glad these people are telling stories of their experiences. As someone with severe PTSD from a chaotic job trying to help people I can tell you this will stay with this guy the rest of his life. I see this not just from the starving Palestinian side but also from the side that this guy’s life, without proper acknowledgement and treatment is just as over as that poor Palestinian he watched starve and die.
I am hopeful he gets the help he needs but in this current western culture of hatred and cynicism I imagine he will disappear into a terrible obscurity of fucked up memories because Palestinians obviously deserve this and so does he for trying to help.
Neither person in this story should be experiencing this and all of us are complicit in allowing it to happen until we force our governments to do otherwise.