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July 18, 2024

Israeli Soldiers Sicced a Dog on a Gazan Man with Down Syndrome
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Among those killed in Gaza was Muhammed Bhar, a 24-year-old man from
Gaza City. Bhar's mother says her son, who had Down syndrome, was
separated from his family and mauled by a combat dog that Israeli
soldiers unleashed on Bahr as he cried out "Khalas ya habibi," meaning
"Enough, my dear." Muhammed Bhar's mother says he was nonverbal and
these were the only words his family had ever heard him speak. He was
left to die and his family found his body after they were able to return
home a week later.


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