He watched two missiles destroy his bookshop. 'My soul came out of me'

He watched two missiles destroy his bookshop. 'My soul came out of me'
Nabih Bulos
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Police officers inspect the ruins of Samir Mansour's bookstore and other buildings in Gaza City that were destroyed by Israeli bombardment. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
The call sealing Samir Mansour’s bookstore for destruction came in the early morning.
For days, Gaza had been subject to Israeli bombardment, a relentless aerial assault that turned towers, boulevards and commercial districts in an instant into rubble-filled craters. Now, according to the Israeli soldier's voice coming through Mansour's cellphone in accented Arabic, it was the turn of the six-story Kuheil building, which had housed Mansour’s bookshop and publishing house since 2008. He had 10 minutes to get out.

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