Newly orphaned boy moaning in pain from IDF strike that killed his family

No.

5520

Date

23 September, 2024

Found by

Nahed Hajjaj

Original Social Media Post

"🚨Breaking: This child should be sleeping in his bed, but an Israeli rocket struck his shelter in the school in central #Gaza Strip , killing his family. He suffers from severe burns and excruciating pain. He was supposed to be safe, resting in his bed ya world ‼️"
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Archivist Notes: Aql family massacre - Khaled ibn al-Walid School

In the early hours of September 23rd, 2024, an Israeli Apache helicopter fired a missile at the upper floor of the Khaled bin Al-Walid school, which houses the displaced in Camp 2, Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip.

This strike killed four members of the Aql family, a mother, father, and two of their children, and left their remaining two children orphaned and severely burned.

Others in nearby classrooms were also wounded. A number of injured people arrived at Al-Awda Hospital in the camp. Civil Defense recovered the bodies of the Aql family, and transported by ambulance the surviving children, brothers Ahmed and Abdul Rahman, in critical condition to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

Killed:

  • Mujahid Aql, father
  • Islam Adwan, mother
  • Sham, their child
  • Muatasem, their child

Wounded:

  • Ahmed, their child
  • Abdul Rahman, their child

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