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Tom's memorial in Rafah

Palestinian children chant slogans during a ceremony in honor of British peace activist Thomas Hurndall
at the site where he suffered a gunshot wound to the head, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip (news - web
sites) Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Hurndall, age 21, from Manchester, England, had been standing between
Israeli troops and Palestinian children when Israeli soldiers opened fire, according to a fellow
activist from the International Solidarity Movement who witnessed the scene. Hurndall's family
announced Wednesday Jan. 14,2004 that had died, nine months after he was shot in the head by an Israeli
Defence Force soldier, leaving him in a permanent vegetative state. One of the girls holds a picture of
Hurndall. The black headband on one of the girls head reads in Arabic 'Palestinian miniparliament', the
youth organiztion which organized the event.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)