Israeli TV airs telephone call to father after children killed -English

A doctor’s grief speaks to us all…

The Israeli media appears to have seized upon the tragedy of one Palestinian to put a face upon the suffering of the people of Gaza. Dr. Izz el-Deen Aboul Aish’s home was shelled just minutes before he was scheduled to speak to Israeli television. Three of his daughters were killed outright: Bisan, Mayar and Aya. “Abu al-Aish said he hoped his three daughters would be the last victims of the fighting in Gaza, and that their deaths would help bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians,” Haaretz reported.

Dr. Aboul Aish worked in a hospital in Israel and lived in Gaza. Since his wife’s death from cancer, his girls were his life. He worked tirelessly to change Israeli perceptions of Palestinians, and called himself ‘a bridge’ between the two worlds. His heartbroken cries on Israeli television brought the consequences of the war home to the people of Israel.