The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah took place in the Gaza Strip on 30 September 2000, during the widespread protests and riots of the Second Intifada. Jamal al-Durrah and his 12-year-old son Muhammad were filmed by Talal Abu Rahma, a Palestinian television cameraman freelancing for France 2, as the two were caught in crossfire between Israeli and Palestinian forces. The footage shows the pair crouching behind a concrete cylinder, the boy crying and the father waving, then a burst of gunfire and dust, with the boy slumping over. Some of the footage was broadcast in France with a voiceover from Charles Enderlin, who told viewers that the al-Durrahs had been the target of Israeli fire, killing the boy. This interpretation has been questioned by critics and by the Israel Defense Forces, which retracted an initial apology. After an emotional public funeral, Muhammad was hailed throughout the Muslim world as a martyr, with the scene appearing on postage stamps.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1882:
The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Street_Plant
1938:
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement
1975:
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache
2019:
President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Peruvian_constitutional_crisis
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
Plutonian: 1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal. 2. (by extension) Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful. 3. (by extension, geology) Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth”) 4. (by extension, geology, historical) Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”) [...] 5. (astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto, formerly regarded as a planet. 6. (astronomy) Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plutonian
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children. --Elie Wiesel https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel