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13-07-06, 06:39
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1819014,00.html
Family of nine killed as they slept
Conal Urquhart in Gaza City
Thursday July 13, 2006
The Guardian
Awad Abu Salmiah lay in a small ward covered in bandages, drifting in and out of consciousness. He looked around but did not seem to notice the absence of his parents or brothers and sisters.
The 19-year-old was dug out of the remains of his two-storey house on Wednesday morning, four hours after a 550lb bomb crumpled the building. He does not know that almost all his family is dead.
Nabil Abu Salmiah, 45, and his wife, Salwah, 38, were killed along with two sons and five daughters, aged from four to 18. Awad and his brother Mohammed, 23, were saved when they were woken by aircraft and went to the balcony to see what was happening. Mohammed was thrown from the balcony while Awad was trapped by falling masonry which left him badly cut and bruised.
Family of nine killed as they slept
Conal Urquhart in Gaza City
Thursday July 13, 2006
The Guardian
Awad Abu Salmiah lay in a small ward covered in bandages, drifting in and out of consciousness. He looked around but did not seem to notice the absence of his parents or brothers and sisters.
The 19-year-old was dug out of the remains of his two-storey house on Wednesday morning, four hours after a 550lb bomb crumpled the building. He does not know that almost all his family is dead.
Nabil Abu Salmiah, 45, and his wife, Salwah, 38, were killed along with two sons and five daughters, aged from four to 18. Awad and his brother Mohammed, 23, were saved when they were woken by aircraft and went to the balcony to see what was happening. Mohammed was thrown from the balcony while Awad was trapped by falling masonry which left him badly cut and bruised.