Hundreds of Palestinians form human shield to protect militant's home from airstrike

Hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of Mohammedweil Baroud, commander of the Salah a-Din Brigades - the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees - in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya late Saturday to prevent an Israeli airstrike on the building, residents said.

People flocked to the home after he received a warning from the army late Saturday giving him

30 minutes to leave the house, in order to avoid casualties. The crowd chanted anti-Israel and anti-American slogans, and people said they were prepared to give their lives to protect the home. "Yes to martyrdom. No to surrender," the crowd chanted. (AP, Ali Waked)