Child Profile: Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Al Sama’ana

Name: Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Al Sama’ana

Date of birth: 19 December 1996

Date of death: 26 July 2014

Seventeen-year-old Ibrahim from Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip had a strong body. He left school to financially support his father. He worked on a cow farm. “He liked football and his favorite team was FC Barcelona,” said his mother. She is 44.

Ibrahim’s concern about the cows on the farm prompted him to go to the farm to check up on it and to bring some milk for his displaced family. An Israeli missile targeted him. His cousin tried to help him, but he died minutes late. “I miss him and I miss his jokes,” his mother added.