Nader, 23, killed trying to get food for his family

Before the current war in Gaza began, Nader worked as a guard at an orphanage in the east of Khan Younis. That’s according to his friend, Rafaat Ibrahim, who wrote about him in Al Jazeera.

Ibrahim says Nader did more than guard the shelter. He cared for the children, helped them in their daily lives, and gave them a sense of safety. After his work at the orphanage was destroyed, he took on the responsibility of supporting his family and his relatives’ children.

“I would see him returning from aid sites covered in dust from head to toe, utterly exhausted, yet greeting me with a faint smile even when he did not manage to get anything,” says Ibrahim.

On July 19, Nader and Ibrahim’s 16-year-old cousin Khaled went to an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Nader never returned. Khaled came back wounded with shrapnel in his leg.

Israeli forces had opened fire and launched several shells at the people waiting for food. Most of those killed were in front. Nader was hit by three bullets, along with shrapnel from a shell.