Elias al-Ashqar realises his dad is among 11 people killed in an Israeli raid on the flashpoint city of Nablus. Read more at straitstimes.com.
this week, a young Palestinian nurse rushed to help.
“I was on my regular shift in the hospital on Wednesday morning. I was busy with a group of medical students from An-Najah University,” Mr Ashqar told AFP. “I helped the doctors with the first patient. He was young but soon died, so I tried to help save the life of the second man without looking at his face.
Mr Ashqar said his father Abdel Aziz, 65, had been returning from prayers in the Old City when he was caught up in the Israeli incursion. He said his father was unarmed.
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