Mohammed, 1, killed hours after speaking his first words

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, reported in July that 15 Palestinians, including nine children and four women, were killed while waiting in line for food in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. 

One of them was a one-year-old baby named Mohammed. His mother, Donia, said he had just spoken his first words to her hours earlier. “Donia now lies in a hospital bed, critically injured by the blast, clutching Mohammed’s tiny shoe. No parent should have to face such tragedy,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.

Thirty more people including 19 children were wounded in the attack.

The aid was being provided by a UNICEF partner organization, Project Hope.

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