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}}}>Begin Details Emerge About American Woman Shot Dead By Israeli Soldiers Wednesday, April 03 2002 @ 12:19 AM GMT Suraida sat in the passenger seat holding her 9-month-old son Muhsin as Morad drove their car. A band of the notorious under cover units, undercover Israeli soldiers dressed like Arabs, stood in the shadows of an upcoming intersection By Ra’ed N. Tayeh for American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice It was reported widely on Friday, March 29 that the first victim of Israel' s latest siege on the West Bank city of Ramallah was a woman who was shot while driving her car. What most media outlets did not report, however, are the circumstances of the woman's death, as well as her identity. Suraida Saleh, the 21-year-old woman gunned down by Israeli soldiers, was an American, born in Washington, DC. The details of her death have emerged in an exclusive interview that Global Peace conducted over the telephone with Suraida's brother and father. Both are locked inside their home in Ramallah, along with other members of their family, and have been unable for four days to retrieve Suraida's body from the morgue to give her a proper burial. Omar Saleh, Suraida's brother, explained what happened in the early hours of March 29, when the Israeli military invaded Ramallah. The following is a summary of the incident: An unknown wounded man came to Suraida's home in Ramallah at about 3:30 a.m. Morad Abu Gharbiyeh, Suraida's husband, a journalist with the Palestinian Broadcasting Company, assisted the man and called for an ambulance. Paramedics took the wounded man and left their house by 4 a.m. Morad and Suraida decided that it would be safer for them if they went to Suraida's father's house, not far up the street from where they lived. Suraida sat in the passenger seat holding her 9-month-old son Muhsin as Morad drove their car. A band of the notorious under cover units, undercover Israeli soldiers dressed like Arabs, stood in the shadows of an upcoming intersection. As the car approached, the Israelis opened fire without warning, shooting Suraida in the head and the chest. She died instantly. Morad was hit with five bullets: two in his head, two in his shoulder, and one in his hand. The Israelis, assuming that all of the occupants were dead, left the scene. Morad regained consciousness to find his dead young wife slumped over their child. Miraculously, little Muhsin was unharmed. Wounded, Morad took Muhsin out of the lifeless arms of Suraida and began walking towards the home of his in-laws, in the foggy darkness of that morning, but he collapsed, and both he and his son fell to the pavement. Suraida's family heard a commotion outside and looked in horror to find that the bleeding man lying in the street was their daughter's husband. They called for an ambulance and rushed to help him. Israeli soldiers held up the ambulance for two hours at a checkpoint however, refusing to let it pass. They finally made it to the scene and took Morad and his son to the hospital. They were able to save Morad, and he is now in stable condition, but that is little compensation for the loss of his wife and his child's mother. Suraida's father couldn't hold back his anguish and heartache over the loss of his daughter, and the manner in which she was killed. "They killed her in cold blood-cold blood, and now my grandson will grow up not knowing the mother who gave birth to him. I called the American consulate so that they could help me get Suraida's body, and they promised me on Saturday, and on Sunday, and today, and still nothing. I don't think that they care about us because we are Arab-Americans. If we were American Jews they would put pressure on Israel. But for us, nothing." Omar also spoke of his aunt and uncle, Farhat Saleh and Selma Frookh, also Americans from northern Virginia, who went to Palestine for a visit following their pilgrimage to Mecca during Hajj last February. "They are an old couple, and right now they are alone in their home with no electricity or running water, and barely any food. My uncle has diabetes, and my aunt has high blood pressure. I'm worried that they are in need of their medication, but they can't get any because the Israelis will shoot anyone who goes outside and breaks the curfew." Two more Americans were wounded on Monday by Israeli gunfire in Beit Jala as they participated in a peaceful march in solidarity with the Palestinians. The State Department said that they hope such incidents won't happen in the future. There was no immediate comment from the State department about dozens of American citizens who have been detained in Israel's round-up of all men between the ages of 16 and 64 in Ramallah and other parts of the West Bank. Note: Global Peace can put members of the media in contact with Americans in Palestine, including the family of Suraida Saleh, as well as families here in the United States whose loved ones have been detained by Israeli soldiers. 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