CIVIC: Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict

Aboul Aish's Story

A doctor who received his Master's of Public Health from Harvard, Aboul Aish returned to Gaza to raise his daughters and help his people. He is widely known from his television appearances and practice in Israel.

He's always preached peace and bridge building. But one day during the Isreal/Gaza conflict of early 2009 Israeli tanks approached Aboul Aish's house. He quickly drew up a list of high-level contacts in the IDF and called a few. The tanks shortly withdrew from his home.  The following day, though, Aboul Aish wasn't so lucky. Israeli tanks shelled his home and killed three of his daughters and his niece before he had a chance to call his friends in the IDF.

This video is of a phone call he placed to his friend, a television news anchor, in the moments after the attack.

WARNING:  This video is deeply emotional and may be upsetting to some viewers.