One Child a Day: Remembering Gaza’s Children

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I’ll be using this thread to remember one child each day who has been killed in Gaza.

This isn’t for political debate, just a space to honour the names, faces, and stories that risk being lost in the noise. I’m here as I see this as a matter of human dignity and ethics, not just politics or conflict.

I kindly ask all political debate be kept to the many threads on the ‘conflict in the middle east’ board.

I’ll post one child per day, with whatever information is available- name, age, photo if possible, a sentence about who they were. Please feel free to follow quietly or respond with a candle 🕯️ or heart 💔.

If anyone else would like to post a child a day to remember, please feel free. I ask that posts stick to verified information, keep the tone respectful, and focus on remembrance rather than politics.

If this is too heavy, that’s entirely understandable. Please just scroll past.

🕯️Yaqeen Hammad (age 11)

Name: Yaqeen Hammad
Age: 11

Location: Deir al‑Balah, Gaza Strip
Who she was: Gaza’s youngest social media influencer- known for sharing humanitarian updates and helping families displaced by the conflict.
Details of her death: On 23 May 2025, she was killed when an airstrike leveled her family’s home in Deir al‑Balah.
Legacy: She used her platform to uplift others even as bombs fell. Her final video, posted just days before her death, highlighted her compassion- she said she continued “to bring joy to the children” despite the war

Ariel and Kfir Bibas. Murdered by terrorists in gaza.

edition.cnn.com/2025/02/18/middleeast/hamas-israel-hostages-to-release-bibas-family-intl

Zainab Abu Halib (5 months old)

Name: Zainab Abu Halib
Age: 5 months

Location: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
Date of death: Late July 2025
Details of her death: Zainab died of severe malnutrition, weighing less than she did at birth. She was allergic to cow’s milk but could not access the special formula she needed due to the blockade and medical shortages. Her mother, also malnourished, survived.

Mohammad Mustafa Yassin (age 4)

Name: Mohammad Mustafa Yassin
Age: 4 years old
Location: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date: ~ 25 May 2025 (when he died)

Details of death:
Mohammad died from severe malnutrition after enduring prolonged hunger. According to Al‑Ahli Arab Hospital medics, his body showed clear signs of starvation, and doctors identified the blockade and food shortages as the direct cause. He had no known pre-existing conditions; his death reflects the broader collapse of nutritional access.

🕯️ Rezzan Abu Zahir (age 4)

Name: Rezzan Abu Zahir
Age: 4 years old
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: ~21 July 2025

Details of death: Rezzan died due to complications from starvation and malnutrition amid the ongoing blockade. There was no record of any prior medical condition- her death reflects the acute lack of food, clean water, and medical supplies in Gaza. ([AA News / Palestine News Agency, WAFA]

🕯️ Karam al‑Ghussain (age 9)

Name: Karam al‑Ghussain
Age: 9
Location: Nuseirat, Gaza Strip
Date: July 2025

Details of death:
Karam was killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution station while queuing with his older sister, Lulu, who was also killed. They and others were seeking water during extensive shortages caused by the siege. The strike hit unexpectedly, killing six children and injuring 19 others at the site.

🕯️ Sidra Hassouna (age 7)

Name: Sidra Hassouna
Age: 7 years old
Location: Rafah, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 12 February 2024

Details of death:
Sidra and several relatives were sheltering in Rafah when their building was hit by a series of airstrikes. She, her twin sister, her toddler brother, and five other family members were killed inside their home. The building collapsed under the bombing, trapping them inside.

Thank you, thinking of all these angels ❤️❤️

🕯️ Hamza Nassar (age 12)

Name: Hamza Nassar
Age: 12
Location: Near Abu al‑Kas cemetery, Gaza Strip
Date of death: Ramadan evening, 2025 (exact date unspecified)

Details of death:
Hamza had left home to buy vegetables for the family iftar (breaking of the fast) when he was killed by a strike near the Abu al-Kas cemetery. He never made it back. Schools remained closed, but he had been described by his family as a bright and diligent student- his life ended in a simple act of caring for his family.

🕯️ Al‑Najjar Family baby (6 months old)

Name: One of the al‑Najjar family’s children
Age: Approximately 6 months
Location: Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 23 May 2025

Details of death:
Israel carried out an airstrike on the home of Dr Alaa al‑Najjar- a pediatrician- while she was at work. The strike killed nine of her ten children, ranging in age from just six months to 12 years. The only survivor was 11-year-old Adam, who remains critically injured. The youngest child, at roughly six months old, was among those killed.

🪔 🙏🏻

Nine months old, along with his mother, his uncles and all of their children.

🕯️Asser andAyssel Abu al‑Qumsan (newborn twins)

Name: Asser and Ayssel Abu al‑Qumsan
Age: Newborn (4 days old)
Location: Deir al‑Balah, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 19 December 2024

Details of death:
The newborn twins, Asser (boy) and Ayssel (girl), were killed when their family home in Deir al‑Balah was bombed just as their father had gone to register their births. Their mother and grandmother also died in the strike, extinguishing multiple generations in an instant.

For a list of some of the babies and children killed so far please see:

https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/israel-war-on-gaza-10000-children-killed/

🕯️Hind Rajab (age 6)

Name: Hind Rajab
Age: 6
Location: Gaza City
Date of death: 10 February 2024
Details of death: Killed in a targeted tank attack on her family’s car; was the sole survivor before succumbing to injuries.

🕯️ Tariq Abu al‑Shaer (age 5)

Name: Tariq Abu al‑Shaer
Age: 5
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: September 2024
Details of death: Killed in an airstrike.
Tariq was a bright boy who rushed to prepare for school, loved riding his bicycle, and dreamed of becoming a pediatrician.

@Sorciere1deflecting much?
no sympathy for these innocent beautiful children murdered by Israel?

🕯️ Sannd Abu al-Shaer (70 days old)

Name: Sannd Abu al-Shaer
Age: 70 days (just over 2 months old)
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: September 2024

Details of death:
Sannd was a baby who tragically died alongside his older brother, Abdul (8) and Tariq Abu al-Shaer (5), in an airstrike.

🕯️Rheem Nabhan (age 3)

Name: Rheem Nabhan
Age: 3
Date of death: November 2023
Location: Al‑Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza
death: Killed in an airstrike that struck her family home while she was sleeping. Her 5-year-old brother Tarek was also killed.
Rheem was very close to her grandfather.

🕯️Issa Tariq al-Souri (age 13)

Name: Issa Tariq al‑Souri
Age: 13
Location: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 20 October 2023
Details of death: Issa, his parents (Tariq and Lisa al‑Souri), and several relatives were seeking shelter in the Greek Orthodox Church in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City when it was bombed.

Issa was an only child; described as gentle, well-mannered, and beloved by classmates and teachers. He often joined in games at break and lit up the room with his smile.

🕯️ Tala Abu Ajwa (age 10)

Name: Tala Abu Ajwa
Age: 10
Location: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 3 September 2024
Cause: Killed in an airstrike on her residential building; struck while rollerblading on the stairs in her pink rollerskates.

Tala was known for her beloved pink roller skates- often seen laughing, playing, and dreaming of going back to school.

💔

🕯️ Siwar Mohammed Nasr Abu Nasr (age 8)

Name: Siwar Mohammed Nasr Abu Nasr
Age: 8
Location: Beit Lahia Camp, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 29 October 2024
Cause of death: Killed when an aircraft bombed the Abu Nasr family’s five-story home, which sheltered dozens of displaced people.