It's unclear what Gaza Strip government security officials are real or who are militants as the situation rapidly becomes worse
BBSNews 2007-05-18 -- By Mohammed Omer. Dear friends, I'm scared, I was almost killed or at least bleeding till death. Three militants were closing all roads and they sudden, they said to me stop during the curfew, I stop and then the masked-men open fire under my feet hitting the ground under my feet.
I thought I'm killed, and I could not explain or scream as the shooting was louder than my scream, so I said, "No, don't do that, stop stop, please" oh, I was in tears, this is the first time I'm begging someone not to kill me, and then the other guy who's also militant was standing in my side and said, we don't want to kill him, lets shoot him in his legs and leave him bleed.
I said, what? why? and then he said, your ID, I show it with the press card and then they let me go. I was scared that they would shoot at me once I turn my back, but alhamdllah this didn't happen, I was scared, scared, scared to death.
This was not pleasant experience, and they were doing this, as I got stuck and could not find transport back home, so I went walking in the streets. I'm scared to death. Those are just evil and terrible people. I don't wish to be in that position again. I can't stand in my feet anymore, I feel pain and scared.
Those are working for preventive security, which is working closely with Israelis. I was wearing my bullet proof vest, but this didn't protect me enough. Today, more than 10 were killed and tens were injured, many by Israelis, but still some by Palestinian clashes between Hamas and Fatah.
They don't want this to be reported. I didn't tell about this to my mother, she will be scared again!
Editor's Note: Mohammed Omer is a young journalist/photographer in the Gaza Strip. We are proud to feature articles from Mohammed Omer here at BBSNews, his reporting is some of the only original, on the ground reporting available from the Israeli Occupied Territories. We have become increasingly concerned for his safety as the situation is rapidly deteriorating from an already bad situation to worse in the Gaza Strip. He has reported that he was nearly killed to us here today and to the BBC. How much longer will the Western world tolerate this occupation by Israel and the arming of militants with unknown allegiances and motives by the United States?
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