But there is equally little doubt that many ordinary civilians did not heed Israel's warning either because they had nowhere to go or simply felt safer at home. Reasonable estimates are that between a quarter and a third of Nabatiye stayed put and is lying low inside homes and basements, hoping to avoid injury. Dr. Ahmed Daher, who first treated the Abed siblings and who oversaw the rescue team that pulled the bodies and survivors out, questioned Nujud before she was sedated in the hospital. He says she told him the family did not live in the house they were sleeping in but had taken refuge in it because it was bigger and sturdier than their own, although she had opposed the move and had protested it to her mother. But I swear I never had feelings like I have today.
Terrorism is what Israel is doing.
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