Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri
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.
Biography
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.
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Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 15, was returning home from the grocery store around 3:20 p.m. when an Israeli fighter jet targeted a residential building in the heart of the densely populated Al-Bureij refugee camp in Central Gaza, according to documentation gathered by Defense for Children International. Ahmad was killed in the attack. He was struck in the head with shrapnel and sustained burns all over his body. He was one of 36 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on May 13th. In one of the many Israeli airstrikes during the night of May 13th, in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, three sisters in their early twenties, one of whom was pregnant, were killed along with their father in an Israeli airstrike. In the airstrike that killed the three sisters, 27 civilians were wounded, including 6 women and 10 children, while 3 houses sheltering 91 civilians, including 24 women and 41 children, were completely destroyed, and nearby houses sustained partial damage.1 israelpalestinetimeline.org Open source