Palestinian with Down syndrome ‘left to die’ by Israeli soldiers after combat dog attack

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Desperate screams as he struggled to free himself from a combat dog unleashed by Israeli soldiers. 

This is the last image Nabila Ahmed Bhar recalls of her son Muhammed, 24, who had Down syndrome. 

The Palestinian family were hiding in their home in eastern Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighbourhood when Israeli troops stormed it, Bhar told Middle East Eye.  

Dogs were sent in first, which attacked Muhammed and started mauling him. 

Soldiers then expelled everyone from the house, except for Muhammed, who was taken to a separate room.

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