Entwined in death: Two brothers shot dead in Gaza while evacuating with white flag | ITV News
Published on 2024-02-02 | Archived on 2024-03-05
Fifteen year-old Nahed Barbakh had been waving a white flag in Gaza when he was shot dead last week.
His brother Ramez, 20, rushed to his aid, before he too was shot dead.
All of this was witnessed by their nine-year-old sister who was only able to watch on in horror.
Today, their grieving family spoke to ITV News.
Describing what she witnessed, sister Rimas Barbakh said: "They fired and hit him in the leg and he fell. My father kept telling him to crawl back towards us.
"Then he was hit in his neck and back. He was bleeding. My brother Ramez wanted to go to him.
"My father grabbed him by the jacket but he got free and ran towards Nahed.
"Ramez tried to pull him, but then he too was hit, in his heart, and fell on his brother. He looked at us with a smile and then passed away."
She added that she can't sleep because she cries her "eyes out" every time she thinks of her brothers.
"My parents are so sad and I'm so sad for them," she added.
Their father, Mohammad Barbakh said: "They used loudspeakers to tell us to evacuate, when we did they killed my sons before my very eyes."
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