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.

❤️‍🩹💔

🕯️ Sana’a al‑Lahham (17 months old)

Name: Sana’a al‑Lahham
Age: 17 months
Location: Deir al‑Balah, central Gaza Strip
Date of death: mid-July 2025
Cause of death: Severe acute malnutrition leading to dehydration, as confirmed by medical staff at Shuhadā’ al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al‑Balah.

Born and killed in a genocide
What a waste of life

I am finding this thread really distressing. All these beautiful children…… so much potential, so much joy in their smiles when they were alive.

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🕯️ Lara Alioua (9 months old)

Name: Lara Alioua
Age: 9 months
Location: Gaza
Date of death: 7 January 2024
Cause of death: Killed during a military attack on the Na’im family.

🕯️ Miriam

Name: Miriam
Age: Unknown
Location: Gaza
Date of death: Early August 2025 (exact date unconfirmed)
Cause of death: Died one day before she was due to be medically evacuated for life-saving treatment. As confirmed by channel4news.

Miriam was approved for medical evacuation from Gaza, the day after she died.

🕯️Diyaa Ahmed Abd Al-Aati Saleh Moussa (0 years old)

🕯 Ruaa Amin Ibrahim Mashi (age 2.5)

Name: Ruaa Amin Ibrahim Mashi
Age: 2½ years old
Location: Al-Mawasi area, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 1st August
Cause of death: Died of severe malnutrition inside her family’s tent amid the siege and deliberate restrictions contributing to starvation. The community post detailing her death highlighted that she had no prior health conditions and succumbed to starvation in the dire circumstances of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

🕯️ Síwar Daloul

Name: Síwar Daloul
Age: Not publicly confirmed
Location: Al‑Mahatta, east of Deir al‑Balah, central Gaza Strip
Date of death: Circa April 2024 (approximately three months before her father Ahmad Daloul was killed in July 2024)
Cause of death: Killed by Israeli army fire during an attack on a vegetable stall

🕯 Amna (Boshra’s twin)

Name: Amna
Age: Newborn (twin)
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: 10 July 2025
Cause of death: Severe malnutrition

🕯 Joanna Khalaf (age 4.5)

Name: Joanna Khalaf
Age: 4 ½ years old
Location: Rafah, southern Gaza Strip
Date of death: 23 November 2023
Cause of death: Killed when an airstrike struck the home where she had taken shelter- one she believed to be in a “safe zone.” She died along with her mother and aunt.

She loved fun, laughter, and playing, approaching life with a pure and beautiful heart.
Her spirit was loved by everyone she encountered, and wherever she went, she always sang, “Your children, O Palestine, hold your head up high… “

What a disgusting world we live in , when newborn babies are deliberately being starved to death. So sad

🕯 Karam Mahmoud As-Sawaf (age 6/7)

Name: Karam Mahmoud As-Sawaf
Age: First Grade (approximately 6–7 years old) – exact age not specified
Location: Gaza
Date of death: 18 November 2023
Cause of death: Killed, along with his family, in an airstrike that destroyed their home.

Karam—affectionately known as “Karom, the fruit of the household”—was full of excitement for school and loved school.

🕯️Karam Mahmoud As-Sawaf (age 6/7)

Let’s never forget. ❤️

🕯️Oday Mohammed Rafiq Al-Sultan (0 years old)

🕯 Malik Sharaf (age 10)

Name: Malik Sharaf
Age: 10
Location: Gaza
Date of death: 25 October 2023
Cause of death: Killed in an airstrike that destroyed the apartment building where he lived with 30 relatives, all seeking safety. The blast tragically took the lives of Malik and his three siblings: Malak (11), Yasmin (6), and Nour (3). Their father, Youssef Sharaf, spent over a week trying to recover their bodies from the rubble.

Such beautiful innocents.
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🕯 Mohammed Zakaria Asfour (age 1 year and 4 months)

Name: Mohammed Zakaria Asfour
Age: 16 months
Location: Khan Younis, Gaza
Date of death: 7 August 2025
Cause of death: Died from severe malnutrition and starvation-related complications amid a severe shortage of food and medicine due to the siege.
Verified by: Anadolu Agency, IFP News, and Gaza Health Ministry.

🕯 Baby Lina

Name: Lina
Age: Not specified
Location: Gaza
Date of death: July/Aug 2025
Cause of death: Despite having all the necessary documents for urgent medical treatment abroad, Lina tragically passed away before she could receive care.

🕯️ Sham Saeed Qudeih (17 months old)

Name: Sham Saeed Qudeih
Age: 17 months
Location: Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip
Date of death: 6 May 2025
Cause of death: Killed in an airstrike on a school shelter, alongside her mother Aya and sister Jury

Born during the genocide in November 2023, Sham survived two brushes with death before her life was ultimately stolen. At just 10 days old, she was hospitalized with severe lung inflammation from smoke inhalation in a crowded school shelter. After 45 days in intensive care, she recovered- only to face a second life-threatening challenge: severe acute malnutrition caused by the blockade and starvation in Gaza.

Through months of care, nutritional support, and her mother’s determination, Sham regained her health. She was a playful, joyful toddler, filling her family’s days with hugs and laughter. But on 6 May 2025, airstrikes hit the very shelter she had once called home. Sham suffered catastrophic injuries and died after surgery. Her surviving sister, Judy, was left injured and without her mother or two siblings.

🕯 Saif Hilas

Name: Saif Hilas
Age: Not specified
Location: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date of death: August 2025
Cause of death: Died from severe malnutrition amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Sources: Reported by journalist Josep Goded and mothers against genocide

🕯️ Taqi (15 days old)

Name: Taqi
Age: 15 days old
Location: Gaza Strip
Date of death: 11th August 2025
Cause of death: Killed in an airstrike, alongside their mother and father. Their eldest brother survived, with one leg amputated.

Baby formula had been delivered to Taqi only 5 days earlier, by a grassroots charity delivering formula to babies during the blockade.