Ahmad Mohammad Al-Nader

Their life

Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader, 32, was a Palestinian from the northern Gaza Strip who was killed on May 14, 2021, during one of the heaviest nights of Israeli bombardment in the region. He was killed alongside his cousin, Ahmad Awad al-Nader, 36, when Israeli warplanes struck agricultural land in Beit Lahia. Both men were taken to Gaza’s Indonesia Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Ahmad’s death occurred on a night of catastrophic destruction in Gaza, when dozens of families were wiped out in their homes, and mosques, streets, and civilian infrastructure were targeted. He is remembered as one of the many lives lost in a night that symbolized the immense human toll of the 2021 assault on Gaza.

Ahmad Mohammad Al-Mansi al-Nader, aged 32, was a resident of the northern Gaza Strip and part of a large extended family rooted in the area. On May 14, 2021, he was with his cousin, Ahmad Awad al-Nader, 36, when Israeli warplanes targeted agricultural land in Beit Lahia. Both were struck by the missiles and killed instantly. Rescue crews from the Palestinian Civil Defense retrieved their bodies, which were transported to the Indonesia Hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.

Ahmad’s killing came during one of the deadliest nights of the 11-day escalation in Gaza. That evening, Israel’s air force launched a series of devastating strikes across the north, including 15 missiles that destroyed the Abdulrazaq Glebo Mosque in Beit Lahia, and another strike that killed three members of the Al-Mansi family and their neighbor outside the mosque. Throughout the night, multiple families were annihilated in their homes as entire residential blocks collapsed under heavy bombardment. In total, 39 Palestinians were killed that night, including 13 women and 14 children, while more than 220 were wounded.

Ahmad’s life was cut short in the midst of overwhelming violence that saw Gaza’s infrastructure shattered, with homes, streets, schools, and mosques destroyed. He and his cousin became two among hundreds of victims of the May 2021 war, remembered by their family and community as innocent civilians taken by indiscriminate attacks that international human rights organizations have described as violations of international law.

How they died

Ahmad was killed by Israeli airstrike missiles that struck agricultural land in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

The cause of Ahmad’s death was a fatal Israeli airstrike carried out on May 14, 2021. Warplanes targeted an agricultural area in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, where Ahmad and his cousin were present. The strike killed both men instantly, with rescue crews later recovering their bodies. Despite being civilians and situated on farmland, they were killed in a bombardment that was part of a broader campaign of mass strikes that night, which destroyed homes, mosques, and civilian infrastructure, killing dozens of non-combatants.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ahmad Mohammad Al-Nader, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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