Tom's family have started The Thomas Hurndall Fund, to raise the money to bring him home and another longer term charity, The Tom Hurndall Trust Fund - concerned with working to relieve poverty in Palestine.
The family of 21 year old Tom Hurndall who was shot in the head and left in a coma by an IDF sniper, as he tried to rescue three Palestinian children who were under fire, have said he will not survive and wish to bring him home to Tufnell Park, North London, to die. Tom's brain tissue is dead and he is not going to wake up, his sister Sophie said, “At some point we are going to have to turn off the life-support machine and there are a lot of friends and family who need to say goodbye before that happens.” She added, “They (the IDF) keep changing their story, first they said he was a Palestinian terrorist dressed in camouflage, then when they realized the extent of the media coverage, claimed he was caught in crossfire.” Blatant lies! An American friend who was an eyewitness to this shooting, says Tom was very deliberately shot in the head, while wearing his bright orange ISM jacket. His parents and 12 year old brother also came under fire in Palestine as they travelled to visit other members of the International Solidarity Movement, the organisation Tom worked for. His mother, Jocelyn, the Head of Learning Support at a King's Cross school said, “I really cannot believe how brave he was, it takes my breath away.” His father, Anthony, accused the British Foreign Office of failing to do enough to investigate the incident.
Cheques made payable to The Thomas Hurndall Fund can be sent to; Lloyds Bank, 273-275 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LP.
Cheques made payable to The Thomas Hurndall Fund can be sent to; Lloyds Bank, 273-275 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LP.
