|
Trending Topics
|
Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-864400
112 Druze Women and Girls Are Still Being Held Captive by Islamists in Syria
(Jerusalem Post) Dr. Sawsan Kheir - A family is sitting at home on a quiet day. A child is playing on the floor. Suddenly, the calm is shattered by gunfire. Armed men burst in. They execute the entire family. They rape the mother. And then they murder the child. This is what happened in the Druze city of Sweida, Syria, beginning on July 15, when a calculated massacre unfolded over several days. The world's silence is deafening. Under the command of Syrian leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, over 1,800 Druze have been murdered, including infants, women and elderly. 112 women and girls are still being held captive. They witnessed their families being butchered before they were taken. As a Druze woman, I see this as our "Never Again," and it is happening right now. The terrorists in Sweida have declared their intentions in numerous videos, as they slaughter and torture their victims: "We will erase the Druze and continue to Jerusalem! This is not a distant threat. They are only an hour's drive from Israel's border. Sweida's 700,000 residents are under siege. There is no water, no food, no electricity. Over 228,000 people have been left homeless. Al-Jolani's men destroyed the local hospital - murdering patients and staff, and smashing medical equipment. It was Israeli air defense that saved lives when the Druze fought back against these terrorists; that protection must be expanded to open a humanitarian corridor. This is the time to act and save the Druze in Sweida!