22-year-old Palestinian crushed to death 'left for 3 hours' under Israeli jeep

22-year-old Palestinian crushed to death 'left for 3 hours' under Israeli jeep

by FalastinNews Staff

A Palestinian youth Nabil Abd al-Karim succumbed to his wounds early Sunday morning after a wall, where he took shelter from bullet fire, was hit by an Israeli jeep, crushing him.

Abd al-Karim was left under an Israeli military Jeep for three hours before he died, an eyewitness said. Nabil Abd al-Karim recounted the details of the incident saying that Abdullah Iyad Ghuneimat, 22, was heading to his work in a poultry farm when  sraeli forces shot him in the back and chased him down as he tried to return home.

The jeep then hit Ghuneimat pushing him into a wall that collapsed on him and caused the jeep to overturn on him as well, Abd al-Karim said.Soldiers then vacated the jeep and left Ghuneimat under it with his back crushed and his leg completely severed, he added.

He was left under the jeep for three hours screaming in pain while gas and oil from the jeep dripped over him and the vehicle crushing his body, the witness added.

After three hours of Israeli forces preventing any assistance or medics to come to his aid, residents of the village attacked Israeli soldiers with their bare hands and managed to lift the jeep from over him, but it was too late as Ghunaimat had already died.

His body was taken in an ambulance to Palestine Medical Complex.

Thousands participated in his funeral which started from his village’s mosque to its graveyard where he was laid to rest.

Participants in the funeral chanted calls for revenge.His mother, who broke down after hearing the news and received treatment, said her son was executed by Israeli forces in cold blood.

Ghaneim breathed his last in the clashes that burst out shortly after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rolled in Ramallah’s northern town of Kafr Malik at five a.m.

The young casualty hemorrhaged for over a couple of hours as the IOF soldiers denied ambulances access into the area.

Ambulance crews, who evacuated the murdered youth at around 7.30 a.m., said his body was crushed. He was rushed to the Ramallah public hospital shortly afterwards.

Abdullah Ghaneim is an ex-prisoner who was unshackled from the Israeli occupation jails just one month ago after he had served a sentence of one year and a half.