Cause of Death: Saud died from fatal burn injuries after a fire broke out inside his family’s nylon tent at the Yarmouk displacement camp in Gaza City. The fire ignited while dinner was being cooked and spread rapidly due to flammable tent materials, confined space, and strong winter winds, engulfing the shelter and leaving no chance of escape.
Pleas of surviving relatives: Mona Abu al-Khair, a relative, stated that the tent was used as both a living and cooking space, filled with flammable materials, and that the confined conditions made the fire uncontrollable.
A neighbour, Ashraf al-Suwair, said the nylon tents ignite “like fuel” and called for safe housing for Gaza’s children, warning that families should not be left to “burn to death” in tents.