Child Profile: Mohamed Ibrahim Al Masri

11 June 2015

Name: Mohamed Ibrahim Al Masri

Date of birth: 10 January 2000

Date of death: 9 July 2014

Fourteen-year-old Mohamed from Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip was a calm and obedient child. His hobbies were football and school trips. He liked reading. He collected some scrap pieces and sold them to get some money to buy a bicycle.

On 9 July 2014, Mohamed was on his way to visit his aunt along with his siblings and mother. An Israeli drone targeted them with a missile. Many people were killed in the attack including Mohamed, his sister Aseel, 16, and his Mother Saher, 39.