Oday al-Quraan, a nurse, crushed by a falling aid packet

Oday al-Quraan was hoping to get some of the aid he knew would be air-dropped on Gaza on Monday, August 4. But one of the packets landed on him and killed him.

“Like all the young men, Oday waited in the scorching sun for four hours,” said his cousin, Moatasem al-Quraan, from central Gaza. “But when the planes arrived, he couldn’t get out of the way in time.”

“We thank all the countries that have helped and are trying to help, but the only solution is to open the crossing and distribute supplies,” said Moatasem as he attended the funeral of his cousin Oday.

“My cousin went to bring a meal to feed his family and children, but returned to them dead.”

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