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Child Profile: Mohamed Omar Salama Dhair

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18 June 2015

Name: Mohamed Omar Salama Dhair   

Date of birth: 18 July 2004

Date of death: 19 July 2014.

 

Ten-year-old Mohamed from the Msabeh area in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip had a very beautiful sound to his voice while reciting the Quran. He was honored for memorizing 28 chapters of the Quran. He loved his father very much and was very close to him. He was a good speaker. “He used to spend most of his time with his cousins, Mohamed and Salama, playing football,” said Sheikh Mohamed Dhair, a survivor in the attack.

 

At approximately 4:29 am on 29 July 2014 an Israeli drone launched a missile at the Dhair family's house. During the evacuation, when seven people had just stepped out of the main door of the house and the rest of the group was close behind, a second missile hit the house. The three-story house was completely destroyed. Twenty persons were killed, including Mohamed. He was ten years old when he was killed. Three persons were injured.

 

“Honestly, I miss them all so much. I feel that life after them is worth nothing," added Sheikh Mohamed Dhair.

 

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