The elderly activist Khairy Hanoun (60 years) from the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarm, escaped from an attempted deliberate execution while participating in the march of the village of Shofa, south of Tulkarm, whose lands were threatened with confiscation to establish an industrial zone for settlers.
Hanoun says, and the effects of abuse on his body, neck and face, in an interview with him, about the horrific scene that he was exposed to by the occupation soldiers, and he was aggressively trampled on his neck by an occupying soldier with the aim of killing him and getting rid of him, and he says: "The responsible officer knows me and threatened me with killing previous times. The wall and settlements in all areas, and I wear the Palestinian dress, "al-Hatta, al-Iqal and al-Qamabaz," during my participation in the activities against the wall, settlements, and activities in support of the prisoners.
He adds: "After the end of the Shoufah event, south of Tulkarm, which opposes the occupation’s decision to confiscate hundreds of dunams to establish a settlement industrial zone on the site, a number of soldiers threw bombs at the youths, and I shouted at them. On the ground, he pressed his shoes firmly to my neck for five minutes, and I could not breathe, and whenever I tried to keep the shoes away from my neck the process of pressure increased strongly. I felt unable to move and breathe, and after the youths tried to remove the soldier’s shoes from my neck, I managed to catch my breath and felt my soul returning to my body. After a while they left me on the ground untilThe arrival of the ambulance. "
Khairy continues, saying: “My speech to the officer before the attack on me was in it that I am the son of Palestine and the son of this land. Either you are coming from Africa or other regions. Photographed me every time
They target me, because I am in every event against the occupation, and this time they wanted to execute me silently without bullets through deliberate strangulation. "
Khairy Hanoun says: “The officer’s last words to me,“ I will kill you next time, ”my response was immediately:“ I will stay every time even if you kill me. ”This response is an affirmation of our love for the land, and the land needs every sacrifice from us.
He pointed out, "Before the Shofa event against the settlements, I was in an event of solidarity with the prisoners in the center of Tulkarm, as the occupation does not want the presence of figures who stand against it and expose its plans."
