A family shattered

Transcribed from the clipping

Headline: “Israeli government takes an unexpected step and covers medical costs of a Palestinian family whose car was bombed by mistake. Trying to atone for deadly error.” The photograph is captioned “GRIEVING: A Palestinian man weeps at the funeral of his mother, wife and son, who were killed by an accidental Israeli airstrike in late May.” Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press.

Context added by this archive

A photograph, run large.

Cite this item

"A family shattered," Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2006. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2006-001. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2006-001

Elsewhere in the archive

Israelis, Palestinians clash on the 4th day of unrest over ‘al nakba’Houston Chronicle · 18 May 1998 · the same newspaper
Report says Israelis interrogate Palestinian minors violentlyHouston Chronicle · 26 June 1990 · the same newspaper
Is Jordan really Palestine? Well . . .Houston Chronicle · 8 October 1982 · the same newspaper
Gaza Strip: Israeli air strikesPost Bulletin · 4 November 2006 · the same year
Palestinian human shields thwart Israeli airstrikes on Gaza homesThe Star-Ledger · 20 November 2006 · the same year
U.S. nun, priest are human shields at Palestinian militant’s houseThe Beaumont Enterprise · 23 November 2006 · the same year

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