Peace activist shot by Israelis is 'brain dead' By Nicola Woolcock (Filed: 13/10/2003) Tests have revealed that a British peace activist shot in the head by an Israeli soldier is in a persistent vegetative state from which he is unlikely to recover. Six months after Tom Hurndall, 22, was shot while trying to protect Palestinian children on the Gaza strip, his family are still waiting to hear whether an Israeli military police investigation will take place. They are considering taking legal action should an investigation not proceed. The Manchester Metropolitan University student, a photo-journalism student, had been in Rafah for...