Lina Aludaini

Their life

Lina Aludaini, the 5-year-old daughter of journalist Wafa Aludaini, was killed alongside her parents and 8-year-old brother Adam in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Deir al-Balah on 30 September 2024. Known for her joyful spirit even amid war, Lina had survived four displacements during the conflict, with her mother often documenting her singing to comfort other displaced children. Her final video—a heartbreaking clip of her reciting a nursery rhyme in the ruins of a bombed kindergarten—went viral posthumously, becoming a symbol of Gaza's stolen childhood.

Lina Aludaini, the 5-year-old daughter of journalist Wafa Aludaini, was killed alongside her parents and 8-year-old brother Adam in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Deir al-Balah on 30 September 2024. Known for her joyful spirit even amid war, Lina had survived four displacements during the conflict, with her mother often documenting her singing to comfort other displaced children. Her final video—a heartbreaking clip of her reciting a nursery rhyme in the ruins of a bombed kindergarten—went viral posthumously, becoming a symbol of Gaza's stolen childhood.

Lina's name was later added to the UN's list of children killed in the conflict, with her case cited in the International Court of Justice's genocide proceedings. Her mother's media group established the "Lina's Song Fund" to provide music therapy to traumatized children in Gaza.
Legacy:
Memorialized in the "1000 Paper Cranes" peace project at UN headquarters
Her story inspired a children's book, "The Girl Who Sang to the Sky"
Current Status:
Buried in an unmarked mass grave with her family
Surviving relatives demand forensic repatriation of remains

How they died

killed by airstrike

Israeli F-16s bombed her home in Deir al-Balah

A plea from the family

Surviving Relatives: Maternal Grandmother (Umm Wafa, 62): Stage 4 cancer patient now caring for surviving grandchildren Aunt (Abeer, 29): Teacher sheltering in Rafah with Lina's orphaned cousin (age 4) Uncle (Khalid, 31): Journalist continuing Wafa's work at extreme personal risk Urgent Humanitarian Appeals: For the Children's Remains: "We beg the Red Cross to help recover Lina and Adam's bodies from the mass grave. They deserve a proper Islamic burial with their parents." Umm Wafa to BBC Arabic (10/2024) For International Protection: "My niece Lina sang of peace. Now I hide her surviving cousin in bombed-out buildings. Where is the world's humanity?" Abeer at UN Women conference (11/2024) For Justice: Demand ICC include child casualties in genocide case (ICJ Case No. 192) Sanctions on IDF's 215th Artillery Brigade (unit identified in strike)

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Lina Aludaini, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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