Child Profile: Ameen Emad Al Romi

Ameen Emad Al Romi

Date of birth: 13 September 2000

Date of death: 2 August 2014

At approximately 1:45 pm on Saturday, 2 August 2014, an Israeli warplane fired one missile at the house of Ahmed Al Romi, which is located in Al Hashasheen neighborhood in Rafah. As a result five people were killed, including Ameen; his uncle Ahmed, 51; his cousins Abdel Rahman, 20; and Smoud, 5. On Monday 11 August 2014, medical sources at The Egyptian Hospital announced the death of Ameen’s cousin Mohammed Ahmed Al Romi, 23.

The family refused to talk with Al Mezan’s field worker about Ameen. Ameen was 13 years old at the time of his death.