Mahmud Fadi Khaled Al-Baba

Their life

Mahmud Fadi Khaled Al-Baba, an infant under one year old, was tragically killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza in October 2023. He was one of four quadruplets born to Fadi and Wafaa Al-Baba after 16 years of longing for children. Just a month after their birth, an airstrike destroyed their home in Gaza City, killing Mahmud, his three siblings, and their mother, Wafaa. Fadi Al-Baba, the father, survived the attack and was left to mourn the loss of his entire immediate family.

Mahmud Fadi Khaled Al-Baba, an infant under one year old, was tragically killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza in October 2023. He was one of four quadruplets born to Fadi and Wafaa Al-Baba after 16 years of longing for children. Just a month after their birth, an airstrike destroyed their home in Gaza City, killing Mahmud, his three siblings, and their mother, Wafaa. Fadi Al-Baba, the father, survived the attack and was left to mourn the loss of his entire immediate family.
The Al-Baba family tragedy is one among many in the ongoing conflict, which has seen a devastating toll on civilians, particularly children. According to reports, since October 18, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 16,800 children in Gaza, making the region one of the most dangerous places for children.
The loss of Mahmud and his family underscores the profound human cost of the conflict and has drawn international attention to the plight of civilians in Gaza.

How they died

killed in an Israeli airstrike

Mahmud Fadi Khaled Al-Baba, an infant less than one year old, was tragically killed on October 18, 2023, in an Israeli airstrike targeting his family's home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. The airstrike resulted in the deaths of Mahmud, his three siblings—Khaled, Abdul-Khaliq, and Maha—and their mother, Wafaa Abdul-Khaliq Al-Sweirki. The father, Fadi Khaled Al-Baba, survived the attack but was left to mourn the loss of his entire immediate family.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mahmud Fadi Khaled Al-Baba, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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