Palestinian Father in U.S. Recounts How His 11 Year-Old Son Died When Israeli Warplanes Bombed His Family's House
Today, we take a look behind the statistics. Suleiman Baraka is a Palestinian astrophysicist working at Virginia tech with NASA.
On December 29th, Israeli warplanes bombed his house where his wife and four children were staying. His 11 year-old son, Ibrahim, was killed. His wife and three other children are now homeless in Gaza, along with 17 members of his family. Suleiman Baraka has never before told his story in the US. He joins us now from Norfolk, Virginia. Welcome to Democracy Now.
We are also joined on the telephone from Gaza City by Suleiman’s brother, Sayed.
Suleiman Baraka, Palestinian astrophysicist. He is a post doctoral associate at Virginia Tech working at the National Institute of Aerospace for NASA. His house in Gaza was bombed on Dec. 29th. Severely wounding his son and his mother. His son, Ibrahim died of his injuries in Cairo on Jan. 5th.
Sayed Baraka, Suleiman’s brother. He is in Gaza City.
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