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Middlebury grad tells of war horror in Gaza | The Rutland Herald

January 20, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

By the time he heard what had happened, Amro Shurrab said his relatives had already spent half a day bleeding by the side of the road.

Shurrab, 24, who graduated from Middlebury College in December and lives in Washington, D.C., is a Palestinian with relatives in Gaza. He said two of his brothers were killed and his father was wounded there Friday by Israeli forces. Israel declared a cease-fire in Gaza Sunday.

One of his brothers might have been saved, he said, had Israeli troops allowed him to seek medical attention, rather than forcing him to remain at the family’s vehicle until he bled to death.

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