Boy clings to life from side of ruined Aleppo building after more Russian air raids
This is what hope looks like in rebel-held eastern Aleppo - Civil defense workers rescue a boy from the edge of a building destroyed by airstrikes.
Amateur video, which cannot be independently verified, comes as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 17 people were killed in attacks by Russian jets on Sunday night, including five children.
In the video, the boy in a yellow shirt, reading 'don't shoot' can be seen hanging from the edge of a demolished concrete building.
He appears to be hanging some distance in the air as workers struggle to free him from the rubble.
According to the Washington Post, the clearly dazed boy survived the ordeal, but many did not as Russian bombs continued to pound Aleppo over the weekend.
On Monday, 14 members of the same family were killed in an air strike -- as the Syrian government pursued its Russian-backed campaign to capture opposition-held areas of the city.
Syrian and Russian militaries say they only target militants.
Several hundred people, including 82 children, have died since since last month after the collapse of a truce brokered by Russia and the United States.
The EU has condemned the bombings, saying they "may amount to war crimes."
Russian and Syrian armed forces said they will pause attacks in Aleppo for eight hours on Thursday so that civilians and rebels can leave the city.
