Dalia Yasser al-Nabahin

Their life

Dalia Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin was a 13-year-old Palestinian girl from the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Known as “the doctor of the family,” Dalia dreamed of becoming a doctor and was praised by her family for being an excellent student and a talented painter. She was caring and responsible, often helping her mother around the house while her siblings focused on their studies. Dalia lived in a close-knit family with her father, Yasser, a captain in Gaza’s nautical police, who was respected for his dedication and heroism. The family’s home, located east of Al-Bureij camp near the border, was a place of warmth and togetherness, where Yasser nurtured a garden for his family to enjoy.

On August 7, 2022, tragedy struck the al-Nabahin family when an Israeli missile targeted their home during the Israeli military’s offensive on the Gaza Strip. At around 7:05 p.m., an explosion devastated the family house, killing Dalia, her 12-year-old brother Mohammad, her 9-year-old brother Ahmad Yasser Nemer Nabaheen, and their father Yasser. Another sibling, Bilal, was moderately injured but survived along with two other brothers and two sisters who were inside the house at the time. The strike occurred as Yasser was watering the garden with his sons after a relative had visited. This devastating attack destroyed not only a home but shattered the dreams and lives of a loving family. Dalia’s death is a stark reminder of the human cost of the conflict, especially on children and families.

How they died

Dalia Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin was killed by an Israeli missile strike that targeted her family home during an airstrike on August 7, 2022, as part of the Israeli military’s offensive in Gaza.

Dalia Yasser Nimr al-Nabahin died as a result of an Israeli missile strike that hit her family’s home in the Al-Bureij refugee camp on August 7, 2022. The missile exploded shortly after 7 p.m., during a broader Israeli military offensive targeting the Gaza Strip. The airstrike caused a devastating blast that destroyed the house and killed Dalia along with her father and two of her siblings. The missile strike was part of a series of attacks launched by the Israeli military aimed at what it described as military targets, but which also hit residential areas, resulting in civilian casualties. The sudden and violent nature of the explosion left no chance for escape, causing fatal injuries to those inside and around the home, underscoring the lethal impact of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in densely populated areas.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Dalia Yasser al-Nabahin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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