Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri

Their life

Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 15, was a resident of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. On May 13, 2021, while returning home from a grocery store, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the heart of the densely populated camp. Ahmad was struck in the head by shrapnel and suffered severe burns over his body. He was one of 36 Palestinians killed in Gaza during the Israeli airstrikes on that day.

Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 15, lived in the al-Bureij refugee camp, a densely populated area in central Gaza. On May 13, 2021, during the height of an Israeli airstrike campaign across the Gaza Strip, Ahmad was returning from a grocery store around 3:20 p.m. when Israeli fighter jets targeted a nearby residential building. He was fatally injured by shrapnel to the head and sustained burns across his body. Ahmad’s death occurred amid a broader Israeli bombardment that targeted homes, apartment towers, and infrastructure throughout Gaza, killing dozens, including entire families, women, and children, and injuring hundreds more. The attacks left many homes in rubble, including shelters for civilians. Ahmad’s life was tragically cut short in the midst of these hostilities.

How they died

He was Killed by Israeli airstrike.

Ahmad was struck in the head by shrapnel and sustained severe burns over his body during an Israeli missile attack on a residential building in the al-Bureij refugee camp. The attack was part of a large-scale bombardment of Gaza that targeted civilian homes, infrastructure, and apartment buildings, resulting in multiple casualties.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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