Muhammad al-Durrah’s father mourns brothers 23 years after son’s martyrdom

The father of 12-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Durrah, who was killed in cold blood by Israeli gunfire in 2000, has bid farewell to his family members who lost their lives in the ongoing Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

On September 30, 2000, Muhammad al-Durrah and his father Jamal were filmed crouching behind a concrete block on a street corner in Gaza as Israeli forces showered them with heavy gunfire.

Moments later, the terrorized boy collapsed dead on his father’s lap whose attempts to shield his son from bullets proved to be futile.

The footage was broadcast around the world and became the defining image of the Second Intifada (uprising).

On Sunday, 23 years after his son’s murder, Jamal al-Durrah lost his brothers in Israel’s ongoing deadly bombing campaign on Gaza.