Every day, we feature one story of a person or family surviving in Gaza and one about someone killed there recently, based on media reports.
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Yaqeen Sbeita, five months old, and her parents
Yaqeen Sbeita, born five months ago in the midst of the Gaza war, was killed with her parents, Ali Aoun and Saja Ammar Sbeita, when Israel attacked her apartment near the Carrefour Mall in Gaza City.
According to Yaqeen’s grandmother, Saja was nursing her baby girl when the family was killed.
The Israeli military did not respond to an NBC request for comment on why the apartment was targeted. NBC News reported the attack on July 9.
More information: NBC News
Mahmoud Ajjour, 9-year-old boy
Mahmoud Ajjour and his family were fleeing Israeli shelling in Gaza City in March, 2024, when he was hit. He was evacuated to Qatar but lost both of his arms. New York Times photographer Samar Abu Elouf’s photo of him won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year.
More information: World Press Photo of the Year