Killing of Mentally Ill Palestinian Swimming Off Gaza Coast Highlights Maddening Effects of...
Killing of Mentally Ill Palestinian Swimming Off Gaza Coast Highlights Maddening Effects of Israel's Siege
In the video, a naked young man slowly swims in the ocean, wading his way bit by bit through the waves to reach the other side of an invisible border.
He swims further, getting closer to the invisible line that cuts through the sea from the border fence visible onshore.
From the beach, a man shouts, pleading with an invisible soldier not to shoot the swimmer.
The naked swimmer emerges, bobs up and down, and crosses the invisible line. Shots ring out. His dead body floats to the surface.
The swimmer's name was Ishaq Khalil Hassan, and he is a 28-year-old from Gaza who had reportedly spent the last few months trying to get permission to leave the tiny Palestinian coastal enclave in order to seek medical treatment abroad.
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