Shot seven times but still going strong

He has suffered multiple gun wounds – seven in total – since 2001.

Yet, Palestinian Ahmed Zughbor still stands strong in his fight against Israel.

“I’ve been shot all over including my head, with a total of seven gunshot wounds. I’m just lucky it didn’t cause severe damage,” said Ahmed.

“I was first shot when I was 15 while trying to change the Israel flag with the Palestinian flag. Since then I’ve been shot at in 2003 and 2004,” added the 26-year-old, who is now a Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP) volunteer.

"I will still return to Gaza."

Mahmud Samouni, 15, recalled the days when bombs and bullets rained on his neighbourhood.

Mahmud, who was then 11, and his cousins were having fun playing football when suddenly they heard gunshots and bombs being set off. They scrambled home for cover.

"There were 18 people in my house, mostly children, where my youngest sister was only 10 days old at that time," Mahmud told the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Hearing on Palestine at the Putra World Trade Centre yesterday.

“Children were extremely frightened, they were crying and screaming all the time. The Israeli troops donned head gears and uniforms with the words ‘Islamic resistance’ on it,” Mahmud recalled.

"One of the soldiers even kicked my brother in the back and made fun of us.”

Meanwhile, Samir Borno believe Jihad is the only solution to the long-standing issue in Gaza.

"The attacks are bad. But even if they attack us we will not be sad or scared. We will be stronger than before and keep on fighting," he said.

Asked whether he had lost any family members or friends, he said he recalled one family in his area whose family was wipes out by the troops after killing five children and two adults.

Khalil Maher, 26, summed it up by saying the situation in Gaza is unimaginable.

"You cannot believe it or feel it until you see it with your own eyes," he said.