Pleas of surviving relatives: Mo’men Yassin Jaber’s death deeply shattered his family and community in Hebron. While direct quotes from his immediate family are limited, his uncle Aref Jaber, who is also a human rights activist, spoke on their behalf. He described how Mo’men’s parents were “devastated…to the point that they can’t speak to anyone” after receiving the news. During the procession, hundreds of Palestinians marched in protest, chanting and calling for an end to the military violence. “No more children shot in cold blood. Stop the raids. Hold the soldiers accountable.” This outcry reflects a demand for justice and protection, urging local and international authorities to intervene and prevent further deaths of Palestinian youth.

Pleas of surviving relatives: Layan Musleh Sha’er’s family expressed profound heartbreak and outrage over the loss of their beloved daughter. They described her as a bright, joyful, and talented child whose greatest passions were school and Dabke dance, through which she expressed her love for Palestinian culture and life. “We sent her to learn and dance, not to die under missiles,” her father said, holding back tears. The family rejected any suggestion that Layan was near a military target, insisting she was simply a child caught in the violence of yet another airstrike on their neighborhood in Khan Younis. Her parents pleaded with the international community to protect children in Gaza, calling Layan’s death “a crime against innocence.” They urged global leaders, human rights organizations, and the United Nations to take real action to stop the repeated assaults on civilians, especially children. “We don’t want revenge,” her mother said softly. “We want this to stop. We want no more children to die like our Layan.”

Pleas of surviving relatives: Mohammad Ibrahim Shaham’s father delivered a heartbreaking and powerful testimony following the killing of his son, denouncing the incident as a deliberate execution. He recounted in detail how soldiers stormed their home at dawn, never asking for identification or issuing any warnings. According to him, a soldier immediately placed a pistol to Mohammad’s forehead and fired, without provocation. “This is an assassination in cold blood, just like they did in Jenin and what they are doing across occupied Palestine,” his father stated. The grief was intensified by the memory of another family tragedy: just five months prior, on March 15, Israeli forces killed Mohammad’s cousin, Ala’ Mohammad Shaham, also with a bullet to the head. The father vehemently denied the Israeli army’s claims that Mohammad had attempted to stab soldiers. “These are lies they spread to justify what they did,” he said, insisting that his son posed no threat whatsoever. The family also expressed deep outrage and sorrow over the military’s refusal to provide medical assistance after shooting Mohammad. They said the soldiers let him bleed on the floor for about 40 minutes before finally taking his body and disappearing into the night.