Ahmad Awad Al-Nader
Ahmad Awad Al-Nader was killed by Israeli missile strikes during an airstrike on agricultural land in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2021.
Ahmad’s death was caused by an Israeli airstrike that deliberately targeted agricultural land in the northern Gaza Strip. The missiles struck the area without warning, fatally wounding both Ahmad and his cousin, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader. The Palestinian Civil Defense recovered their bodies, and they were declared dead upon arrival at Indonesia Hospital in Gaza. Their deaths occurred during a night of intense bombardment in which Israeli forces used warplanes, artillery, and naval firepower to hit residential neighborhoods, religious sites, farmland, and public infrastructure, leading to mass civilian casualties.
Biography
Ahmad Awad Al-Nader, 36, was a resident of the northern Gaza Strip. On May 14, 2021, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with his cousin, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader, 32. Both men were pronounced dead upon arrival at Gaza’s Indonesia Hospital after rescue crews from the Palestinian Civil Defense recovered their bodies from agricultural land that had been bombed earlier that day. Ahmad’s death occurred amid one of the deadliest nights of the May 2021 escalation, when Israeli warplanes, artillery, and gunboats carried out massive attacks across Gaza, killing dozens of civilians, including many women and children, and destroying homes, mosques, and vital infrastructure.
Ahmad Awad Al-Nader was a 36-year-old Palestinian from the northern Gaza Strip. He lived through years of siege, repeated wars, and military escalations that have shaped life in Gaza. On May 14, 2021, amid one of the most violent days of Israel’s 11-day assault on Gaza, Ahmad was struck down by Israeli missiles targeting agricultural land in Beit Lahia. His cousin, 32-year-old Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader, was killed alongside him. Both men’s bodies were taken to Gaza’s Indonesia Hospital, where they were declared dead upon arrival. Their deaths were part of a wider wave of attacks that devastated Gaza that day: 39 Palestinians, including 13 women and 14 children, were killed overnight, many of them entire families. The bombardment also destroyed houses, mosques, civilian facilities, and infrastructure, displacing thousands. Ahmad’s killing reflects the indiscriminate violence faced by ordinary residents of Gaza, who were caught under heavy bombardment despite being civilians with no protection.
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Ahmad Awad Al-Nader, 36, was killed by Israeli missiles in the northern Gaza Strip. The missiles that killed Ahmad also killed his cousin Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader, 32. Both men were pronounced dead on arrival at Gaza’s Indonesia Hospital, Their bodies were recovered by rescue crews by the Palestinian Civil Defense. Both men had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on agricultural land earlier that day. The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said that around 11:50 at night, Israel’s air force targeted the Abdulrazaq Glebo Mosque in Beit Lahia with fifteen missiles, destroying it. The air force also fired another missile at a front yard next to the mosque. As a result, Ahmed Hatem Al-Mansi, 34, his brother, Yousuf Hatem Al-Mansi, 22, and his neighbor, Ahmad Mohammed Sabbah, 28, were killed. Five other people, including a woman, sustained injuries, which in the case of one person, were serious. On the night that Ahmad was killed, a total of 39 Palestinians were killed, including 13 women and 14 children; 2 of them were infants. Among those killed were: a man, his wife and their 4 children; a man and his 3 daughters, one of them was pregnant; a woman and her 3 children; and a woman and her daughter. Also, 224 Palestinians, including 60 women and 63 children, were wounded. Additionally, 13 houses, 6 civilian facilities, several governmental headquarters and military sites belonging to Palestinian armed groups were targeted. According to PCHR’s investigations, Israeli warplanes targeted an agricultural land near a 3-storey house belonging to Mahmoud Hashem al-‘Attar’s sons in Beit Lahia on a street between al-‘Atatrah and al-Salatin neighborhoods in Beit Lahia. As a result, Lamia’ Hasan al-‘Attar (27) and her children were killed.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source