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.

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🕯️Mohammed Haytham Tamimi (age 2)

Name: Mohammed Haytham Tamimi
Age: 2½ years old
Location: Nabi Saleh, West Bank
Date of death: 1 June 2023
Cause of death: Shot in the head while sitting in a parked car next to his father. He was critically injured and died four days later.

He had a playful spirit and filled his home with laughter. His mother described their evening routine: “We would pass the time in the evenings laughing and playing cards.” He helped with daily tasks and was humble and kind. (B’Tselem)

According to his mother:
“he was like a good friend of mine… He loved swimming and riding his bike. He was ambitious and humble and wanted to learn a technical profession…”

🕯️Ayloul Qaud (age 7)

Name: Ayloul Qaud
Age: 7
Location: Swedish Village encampment (near the Egypt–Gaza border), Gaza Strip
Date of death: June 2025

Cause of death: Ayloul and her family had been displaced multiple times before settling in a makeshift camp (referred to as Swedish Village) near the border with Egypt. Ayloul’s mother, brother, father, and several extended family members were all killed during a strike at night.

Her aunt, Hiba Muqdad, described Ayloul as “the most beautiful child I have ever seen, inside and out.” Her last text to her aunt was: “Tell my father that I miss him.”

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🕯️ Heidi Mohamed Alaa El-Din Ahmed
(1 years old)

Love this thread, thanks for starting ❤️

🕯️Noura Walid Abdulsalam Shaheen (0 years old)

God bless them all. ❤️

🕯️Mohammed Hassan al‑Harbeiti (age 13)

Name: Mohammed Hassan al‑Harbeiti
Age: 13
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: 7 June 2024
Cause of death: crushed by a tank that rolled over him and his younger brother Ahmed (age 11) while they were walking near the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Mohammed was a caring older brother and bright boy known for helping around the house. He loved kebabs and had memorised seven chapters of the Quran.

🕯️Shahd (age 5)

🕯️ Ahmad Samir Abdel Aal (age 2)

Name: Ahmad Samir Abdel Aal
Age: 2 years old
Location: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 31st July 2025
Cause of death: Died of severe acute malnutrition at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. His weight was recorded at just 8 kg.

🕯️Maryam Nour Al-Din Wael Daban (0 years old)

🕯️ Layan al‑Majdalawi (age 2)

Name: Layan al‑Majdalawi
Age: 2
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: November 2023

Details of her death:
Layan was killed by gunfire

🕯️Mira Tanboura (age 6)

Name: Mira Tanboura
Age: 6
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: November 2023
Cause of death: Shot in the head

🕯️ Fatima Louay Rafiq Al-Sultan (0 years old)

💔💔💔

So many beautiful children. My heart is breaking.

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🕯️Maria Abu Khattab (age 9)

Name: Maria Abu Khattab
Age: 9
Location: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date of death: February 14, 2024
Cause of death: Killed in an airstrike that struck the car she was riding in with her father along al‑Jalaa Street in Gaza City. Her father, Alaa, also died in the strike; her step mother and baby brother survived.

Maria had already survived immense loss- losing her mother and three brothers in a separate airstrike in 2021.

🕯️Abdul Rahman “Abood” Shaat (age 3)

Name: Abdul Rahman “Abood” Shaat
Age: 3
Location: Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip
Date of death: November 2023
Cause of death: Killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck his family home. His siblings—Rawan (8) and Karim (12)- along with his mother and grandmother, were also killed in the same attack.

Abood was full of anticipation and innocence- his first word was “kindergarten,” and he was so excited to begin school. He was remembered by relatives as a happy and healthy little boy

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🕯️Manal Abu Al‑O’uf (7 months)

Name: Manal Abu Al‑O’uf
Age: 7 months
Location: Deir al‑Balah, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 14 October 2023

Cause of death:
Manal and her mother, Alaa (22), were killed instantly when warplanes bombed the home of relatives where the family had taken shelter after displacement from Gaza City.

We will never forget what has happened to everyone of these beautiful children. ❤️

🕯️Cedra Ayman Saleh Matar (age 1)

Name: Cedra Ayman Saleh Matar
Age: 1 year old
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: 6 January 2024
Cause of death: Cedra suffered a severe lung inflammation caused by exposure to toxic gas and smoke shells. She died in intensive care after oxygen support was abruptly cut off at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.