Yaqeen Hammad, youngest influencer in Gaza, killed in an airstrike

Yaqeen Hammad, 11, was killed May 24 in an Israeli air attack. Yaqeen and her older brother, Mohamed Hammad, delivered food, toys and clothing to displaced families, Al Jazeera has reported.

She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. In one social media post, Yaqeen wrote: “I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war.”

She had more than 100,000 followers.

More at the British Daily Mail and Al Jazeera

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