Testimonies

Wafa Subuh, 17

I have been married for about a year and a half, and I live in Nablus. Last night, I slept at my parents' house, in the center of ‘Asira al-Qilbliya. This morning [13 September], around 7:30, I woke up to the sound of gunfire. I asked my mother what was happening, and she told me settlers were attacking houses in the southeast section of the village. I got out of bed and went to watch TV with my four little sisters.

I sat on the floor, opposite the front door, which faces south, and watched television. The door was open. Around 8:00, something hit me in the right hand. It hurt a lot. I got up and ran to one of the rooms in our house. I looked at my hand and saw that it was bleeding. I began to scream. My mother bandaged my hand to stop the bleeding. Then my grandfather and I got into his car. When we got to entrance to the village, there were four parked army jeeps and soldiers who were standing outside didn't let us pass. They shouted at us and aimed their rifles at us. It was scary.

My grandfather tried to explain to them that I had been wounded and needed to get to the hospital. They didn't care, even though they saw my hand was bleeding. About twenty meters from us an ambulance was parked. Only after fifteen minutes passed did the soldiers let a paramedic take me to the ambulance. They didn't permit my grandfather to go with me. When he insisted, one of the soldiers raised his rifle, aimed it at him, cocked the trigger, and said, “Now I'll shoot you.” My grandfather backed away.

The ambulance took me to Rafidya Hospital, where they cleaned the wound. They told me the bullet had entered one side of the hand and exited the other. I haven't been discharged yet.

Wafa Muhammad Sadqi Ahmad Subuh, 17 and married, is a resident of Nablus.
Her testimony was given to Salma a-Deba'i on 13 September 2008 at Rafidya Hospital.